gun thread, literally

[Paul Pless]

i just thought it an interesting photo



Mary Ownby. A famous chairmaker near Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Ownby is shown here cutting rifling into a barrel.

[L.W. Baxter]

hard to believe she actually did that task sitting in that posture.

[Paul Pless]

too relaxed?

[L.W. Baxter]

limited leverage, limited range of movement, stress concentrated in lower back.

[CWSmith]

I used to watch the gunsmith at Williamsburg do that to the inside of an iron gun barrel. It takes patient work.

[Paul Pless]

I used to watch the gunsmith at Williamsburg do that to the inside of an iron gun barrel. It takes patient work.

he used a weight to pull the boring bits, reamers, and rifling buttons through the barrel blank

[Durnik]

photo from a book published in the 30's.. old, slow film.. she had to hold that (unnatural) pose for a moment.

'blog.lostartpress.com/2022/10/31/a-vampire-chair/'

and, of course - "Mary made her own chisels. And, like other chairmakers, she bragged that she had made her first chair with a pocketknife."

the Real Deal..


fwiw, the 'vampire chair' weren't hers..

[Gerarddm]

Where's her tattoo?

[L.W. Baxter]

photo from a book published in the 30's.. old, slow film.. she had to hold that (unnatural) pose for a moment.

and we can't tell from a photo what humor was behind her pose. could be a bit of a put on.