Thread: Lockdown light weight carbon wrap stock build - Here we go

I hope the OP doesn’t mind others adding their projects to this thread. This could become a good resource for others looking at having a go.

Thanks to Scott sending out a blank I’ve now got the shape down. Will need some finer sanding now and inletting of the bottom metal which I have been dreading.

I’m seriously considering just painting it rather than going through the wrapping process. What does the forum think?

I need to order or make a recoil lug so I have time to sit on it and decide which way to go.

For those with wooden stocks; regardless of how it is finished I will drill through to install a limbsaver. How do I prevent these holes becoming an inlet for moisture. Should I drill over size and then fill with epoxy to seal the wood then screw into the epoxy?

For the front pic rail I’ll epoxy in t nuts which should seal it.

Cheers

Originally Posted by SPEARONZ

I hope the OP doesn’t mind others adding their projects to this thread. This could become a good resource for others looking at having a go.

Thanks to Scott sending out a blank I’ve now got the shape down. Will need some finer sanding now and inletting of the bottom metal which I have been dreading.

I’m seriously considering just painting it rather than going through the wrapping process. What does the forum think?

I need to order or make a recoil lug so I have time to sit on it and decide which way to go.

For those with wooden stocks; regardless of how it is finished I will drill through to install a limbsaver. How do I prevent these holes becoming an inlet for moisture. Should I drill over size and then fill with epoxy to seal the wood then screw into the epoxy?

For the front pic rail I’ll epoxy in t nuts which should seal it.

Cheers

Used to deal with that issue regularly when building high performance sailing dinghies. Exactly as you said, drill the hole for the pad screws oversized (say 10mm) and fill with a thickened epoxy mix. Then just drill and secure into the epoxy when cured. Solid as.