I'm building another Tulle Fusil de Chasse from a Track of the Wolf kit, the 44 inch barrel kit. Wow have the quality and realism of kits changed over the last 30 years... Well it is going together a lot smoother than the first Tulle kit I did. I lined up the touch hole, lock, trigger, tange screw very well on this one, am very pleased with the overall geometry... but list of gotchas:
Slow down and watch the Turpin DVD first, before doing anything.
Better more shop lighting needed!
Remember to undercut inletting, then fit
Don't rely on Inletting black, try to use a pencil more
Need a real drill press vise, smaller and better quality.
Need good drill bit stops. Woodcraft visit!
Get more good chisels from Track...I love the old Miller's Falls chisels, but they are too small/dull for many operations
Get a 3/8 ramrod drill, to get the extra 1/2 inch, also the hole seems to fill up with chips as the rear thimble is inlet.
Over inlet the round part of the barrel channel because I sanded it...prolly no inletting needed on the round part. Make some barrel profile sillouhettes...maybe a pain with swamped and tapered barrels, but things will look better
Over cut the notch for the dovetailed underlug /doh! Use common sense and eyeballs!
Make another jig to hold the stock with the vise.. a little lower and wider, maybe adjustable?
Gouged the lower ramrod thimble. It looks like it was meant to seat further forward than I placed it, also file the bands on the top of the thimbles down, no one sees them and the lugs on top of the thibles can also be reduced a lot, there isn't much space between the lug pins and the lower barrel.
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