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General Forum => General Discussion => Topic started by: bowmike on July 14, 2015, 03:03:21 PM

Title: Custom fire ring design for the auction for the Callman
Post by: bowmike on July 14, 2015, 03:03:21 PM

I am no call maker....yet, but I do have acess to some pretty cool fabrication machinery. I am a mechanical designer/sales engineer. I wanted to come up with something pretty cool and one of a kind for the auction. I decided on asking my company if they would allow me to get a custom fire ring done. I am still working at it but this is my current lay out. I wanted to have the fired ring to tell the story on a text book off the roost turkey hunt (although if this is Cambria County on opening day or a Saturday I need to put in hunters shooting the gobbler off the roost, or insert a guy sneaking in a cutting off the hunter) but any way here it is.

I wanted the story to tell itself as you walk around the fire. Gobbler on roost, gobbler flying down, gobbler walking in, gobbler hamering at a call, hunter waiting for shot, then the successful hunter walking out with the bird over the shoulder.

I will be fine tuning it and smoothing it out but I am pretty pumped with how it turned out so far. I may add in some turkey tracks but I am kind of digging the rustic look that is on there so far. It wil be 38" in diameter and be made from steel. Going to have it blasted then paint it with either grill paint or woodstove paint.

What do you guys think of it? You are looking at the flat pattern of the ring.


(http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/g346/mrichardson06/fire1_zpszzz6miqb.jpg)

(http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/g346/mrichardson06/fire2_zpsmdmppjz9.jpg)

GOBBLER ON ROOST, GOBBLER FLYING DOWN

(http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/g346/mrichardson06/fire3_zpspzagudeq.jpg)

GOBBLER WALKING IN, GOBBLER HAMMERING AT A CUT SEQUENCE

(http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/g346/mrichardson06/fire4_zpstazhnjel.jpg)

HUNTER WAITING FOR SHOT, SUCESSFUL HUNTER

Title: Re: Custom fire ring design for the auction for the Callman
Post by: Silverspur on July 14, 2015, 07:16:45 PM

Nice job Mike, I like that a lot! *up*

Title: Re: Custom fire ring design for the auction for the Callman
Post by: gonehuntin982 on July 14, 2015, 08:25:47 PM

That is really neat I like it  *cheers*

Title: Re: Custom fire ring design for the auction for the Callman
Post by: Turkeybuster on July 14, 2015, 08:58:23 PM

That's really going to be nice great idea.

Jon

Title: Re: Custom fire ring design for the auction for the Callman
Post by: Mmcdonald on July 14, 2015, 09:09:19 PM

Very cool!!

Title: Re: Custom fire ring design for the auction for the Callman
Post by: B-Ready on July 15, 2015, 11:41:30 AM

That's nice!!

Title: Re: Custom fire ring design for the auction for the Callman
Post by: allaboutshooting on July 15, 2015, 07:27:34 PM

Very well done. Good luck with the auction for your friend.

Thanks,
Clark

Title: Re: Custom fire ring design for the auction for the Callman
Post by: AlabamaDave on July 16, 2015, 12:28:48 PM

Thats way cool!