fish
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new catty on its way!been busy today cutting a new catty from a billet of aluminium,its taking ages! 
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lurcherkid
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what type will it be nice crossbow in the back of the pic
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fish
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a nice wide forked simmilar to the one in the pic of the dove i shot,i keep hitting the forks on the milbro types!
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death stretch
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how thick is that bit of ally fish
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yoggerman
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how do you get on with the pipe........ i bin thinkin of smokin a pipe for a while, ever since i met an ol boy smokin cherry bacca in one
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baumstamm
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good god, u do this with hand!!! no machines!!!!! 
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hare basher
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looking good fish like the pick i forgot to tell you i have a load of alli plates and sheets half inch to three inch to ten inches some real nice stuff good to make a mould or hundreds of forks ???????
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statikpunk
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no kiddn' Fish it's high time to invest in a band saw or somethn'....or better yet a Plasma cutter, you could be punchn' ot cattys left and right 
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fish
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baumstamm, yep by hand mate! its taken 3 days on and off so far!
death, the alli is 1 inch thick.
yoggerman, the pipe is fab,its a very cheap and nasty one ,ille be upgrading to a decent briar soon!
HB,i could use some half inch plate!
statik, i de like a bandsaw but theres a real sence of achievement from doin stuff the traditional way!
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mr=punch
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Fish
I did mine on my electric fretsaw but you could go traditional and get an old Hobby treadle one great for cutting scales too.
Do you put a little drop of oil on the blade? it helps with cutting on ally 'n' brass.
I would like to make one with wider forks any chance you could email me a template please!!
eric
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statikpunk
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well no one could ever accuse you of taking the easy way out thats for sure
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fish
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there ygo!
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mr=punch
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Thanks fish
I will have to try that shape it looks very broad but as you say the forks won't get hit so much.
eric
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nudd
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Nice pic fish you look like a young jack hargreaves with that pipe stuck in ya gob lol
Im not wanting to hijack the thread but i have to know there seems a lot of folk having trouble with cattys breaking because they are hitting the forks with there ammo i have to ask how are you holding your catty is it in a clenched fist type hold or thumb in the middle or what
cheers stu
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fish
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the way to hold the smaller ones is to support the forks with the index finger and thumb. hb has a pic some where.
any how back to my catty,after 5 days cutting,12 fretsaw blades and 1 gallon of zider its cut out now for some trimming with a barsteward file....
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lurcherkid
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thats a nice catey but it will be nicer when its finishd
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mr=punch
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Wow are you doing this all manually? I would have just got the trusty dremel out dunno what I'd do without the lectrickery LOL
eric
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fish
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this ones gonna me shaped manually and the ille use the buffing wheel to shine.
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fossil
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if your interested when filing ali, rub chalkover the file and that will stop the file from clogging, and that will make it easiier for you
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fish
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good tip never heard that one before!
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fossil
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18 years in sheet metal work, you learn a thing or 2 !!!!!!!!!
french chalk is the best, pm me if you want some fish as i get free it from work, i work in westbury alot so not so far from you.....
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fish
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yep could do with some french chalk,ised to have sticks of it here,nicked it from an engineering job! we will have to sort out a meet up. theres a good cafe in westbury presinct! proper greasy spoon!
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fossil
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ok i'm on holiday this week, but when i get back i'll contact you and we'll meet up !!
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fish
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