Thanks for that video, I have watched this guy do some others in the past, this was more tech shape so gives me some confidence that the stock will be not too hard to cover
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Thanks for that video, I have watched this guy do some others in the past, this was more tech shape so gives me some confidence that the stock will be not too hard to cover
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Its about right now. I need to sort my action screws and washers and tighten it up before I glue the plastic in place. That way it'll make sure I dont get a supprise later lol.
lockdown expox should be here from Bunnnings tomorrow I HOPE.
Anyways there is more lightening yet to be done so hope to get a gap between helping the kids with school work, a bit of office work myself and making dinner. Ven caserole be a quick option lol.
Hope your lockdown is going well chaps.
Psalm 2:1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
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450G achieved!. Still a mild bit of sanding to do and still to get the holes cut for actions screws tomorrow. So we are safely under the 450g mark for the blank, be real interesting how much weight two coats of resin (3 if I have to... and one layer of carbon put on it. Ill give it a laquer spray before resin to stop it soaking in more than it nmeeds to.
Looking great, One tip I learned when making a kite surf board, is to fill the holes in the foam with a light weight filler mix before applying the glass and resin. That might work in this case to fill in and seal the the wood grain, so it wont soak in resin. Also to keep the glass/carbon layer thin I vacuum bagged the board, with an absorbent layer to soak up the excess resin, but that might not be practical here.
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400g with holes cut for action screws... I had better stop there before I go too far. A super light weight rifle was not my goal here, if i really wanted that I would reprofile my barrel, which Im not going to do. Im looking at the stock as a project in its self and my goal was to get the blank to 450g. more than achieved that. waiting on bunnings to deliver epoxy now. they only sell small tubes on line so thatl get the washers for action bedded and the tikka bottom peice secured. Ill then be waiting on lockdown to end... ill also be wanting to get an ally trigger guard... or make one if I have to
Nice one. I would get some laminating epoxy from these guys when you can. I wouldnt trust the bunnings stuff to not discolor.
https://www.nzfibreglass.co.nz/2015/
If they wernt in Auckland I would. Ill try pultron once we switch levels
Adhesive technologies in Auckland make the West Systems epoxy and stock their other products. I find it cheaper to buy from them, even with freight was cheaper than buying locally.
These guys are worth a look too. I got some carbon-fiber and resin off them the other day. There in Hamilton too so they'll be able to ship again soon. Im trying to do something similar but with the 3d printed blank rather than wood.
https://www.resincraft.co.nz/
You might need to ring them.
Stug knows :thumbsup:
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test bolts are in and it seems I went too far with the mag insert, only by half a mill or so. I need to pack it so the mag clicks in place. scope height is about right. Ill mount the vx6 on this later and look for ome lower rings and it will be perfect height for eye alignment.
Regards the weight of the stock at 400g... man thats light in comparrison to a 5 shot tikka mag loaded with my 156's that weighs a hair shy of 200g. half the stock blank weight. Ill chop up another tikka triggerguard for the trigger portion. lucky I had two spares lol.
Been slow on it today guys... school work and play with the kids and chores around home swallowed up the day so its late night only and the odd snatch of 5min here and there during the day.
Ill order resin from auckland (ResinArt.nz) tomorrow, they will ship during lockdown from the guys email tonight.
oh yes and pillar bedding tomorrow too.
I was wondering what its the "long term" implications on the wood...
Will it rot or become brittle when incapsulated in carbon?
just like any timber with a sealed finish. last for ever. this timber has high resistance to rot and fungals even unfinished. my grendel stock is bare. Ill finish it one day lol. been too busy hunting with it to take it off and finish it.
What a sweet project, nice work. Where did you source the timber blank from?
So look what finally arrived from the other side of town 4 days laterAttachment 177013
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had to do a bunch more mucking around to get it to a prefect fit. but its in now and picking up rounds perfectly
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had to shave a bit here and ther off the mag to sit home close enough to all ow for the play in the tikka set up. also had to pack the rear of the housing to tighten up tolerances as the back of the mag had too much slop and sat to low even tho the front was home tight
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rounded the back corners too. I could have relieved the difference from the action but chose not to muck with that... mag still works fine in my long action tikka anyway
Attachment 177018 relieved the slot for the trigger guard
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sitting well. I need to relieve the holes for the pillars before I glue this in... and find something to use for pillars lol. And also do a touch more shaping to bring the edge down level with the trigger guard so I can finish the carbon tidly
they use this timber for surfboards with resin and fiberglass and without, just a wipe of oil. it has good water resistant qualities.
Its awesome timber alright. I use it for lure making
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pillars done, trigger guard glued down. fitted an extra washer under the guard to engage with the pillar. used very light pillars so will need to lay off the rattle gun to tighter the action screws lol.
just drying time before a final shaping of the butt to line up with a tikka but pad. might go limbsaver if it kicks me lol.
will also shape a small timber tab to go between guard and mag well.
time for dinner
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Wild pork roast... shot with the grendel just before lockdown
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Tasty pork, shot at 100y aprox. 123eldm 15" barrel 6.5 grendel home loads
Grendel has the bare wood stock of the smae timber as this current build
Do you think this would be possible with an A5 or manners eh1 shape?
I imagine the carbon wrap will strengthen the pistol grip enough but If I just shaped up the wooden blank and stained it would that be too weak?
Awesome project man I’ve been hanging out for your updates.
Ive been hunting with my Grendel with a blanck stock with a much thinner wrist than this one, went way to far by accident but never got around to carbon wrapping it. i havent fallen down the bank to test the strength but its held up well. its not pretty as it was just a throw together to get me up and running... then I was running... after a goat I shot and snapped my calf muscle and was laid up and lost the mojo for that rilfe for a bit lol. I think I may just carbon wrap the wrist and stain the rest and keep hunting... tho a full carbon will look great lol. function vs form lol
I will post some of the grendel stock before I finish this build
alloy arrow shaft works awesome for pillars....... the sellers of arrows cut them to length for new owner...and have ooodles of off cuts....for future reference.
drats that pig pic didnt load. here it isAttachment 177057
the Grendel has a torch taped to it and tape around the switch. Shot a stag at 120y the night before in the torch light... thought I was aiming at the chest but he must have spun as I fired and I hit it in the but cheek... no bone damage, no gut damage, just muscle damage in the butt... went 10m down the hill and piled up. I thought I must have gone up the gut chanel once I saw the bullet hole. but upon gutting it was obvious that the shock must have stopped him. 123 eldm 15" barrel
great idea!
Where do you get this Paulownia word ? And cost ?
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Resin arrived today so prepping the surface to take the base layer. Next time I would hold off bedding till after I carbon wrap. I had to take out a little of the bedding to get the carbon to wrap over the edge.
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Rounded up the edges. watched carbon wrap tutorials. will I get time tonight to do the basecoat and carbon? Back to work tomorrow so I better give it a darn good go tonight.
I don't know. But because I am old and an ex farmer I recall that in the 80's or before that Paulownia (sp?) was being touted as a cash crop for east coast farmers. There was going to be a wonderful market for it (along with goats, alpacas and about 20 exotic cattle breeds). Came to nought. Maybe its time has come :)
Later: https://www.nzffa.org.nz/farm-forest...ing-paulownia/
@Ben Waimata what do you know about it?