Managed a couple of crossed lines but over all reasonably happy for first attempt.
Pretty steep learning curve but sure the next one will come out better (I have 4 more to do)
A couple of pics of laminated stock I made for m77 mk2 in 22 creedmoor
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Managed a couple of crossed lines but over all reasonably happy for first attempt.
Pretty steep learning curve but sure the next one will come out better (I have 4 more to do)
A couple of pics of laminated stock I made for m77 mk2 in 22 creedmoor
bloody good !
hells bells thats actually damn good well done that man
Well done looks great.
looks great..would need to be looking really hard to spot any error.good on you for having the gonads to get stuck in and do it yourself.
Ditto all the above, aught wrong with that.
...Now have a crack at 28lpi :)
That looks really, really good. Well done.
Well done on making the stock too. You say the stock is laminated, but it looks like solid timber from what I see ...??
[MENTION=19653 @nevereadyfreddy Could you post pics of the entire stock for a better look please ? @nevereadyfreddy
Is epoxy laminated kauri ,epoxy coated and primed with 2 pot finish.
Some picks of 3 walnut stocks I made last year.
The pale one (m77 mk2) is going to get refinished. I dont know why it came out like that.
The others are cz 527.
Hope to get onto checkering them this year. (not 28 lpi yet)
Many thanks for those pics. The stocks look amazing. Good enough to be commercial products.Quote:
Originally Posted by nevereadyfreddy
That looks like you have been doing it for years....proper chequering really make a bang stick look 'proper'.....
Excellent work. Well done.
hey, excellent craftsmanship. Stocks look professional!
I made a stock myself once, was quite o.k. but I failed with the checkering.
your work on thosae stocks makes me drool .bloody mighty effort.
Wow, those look fantastic. Nice work on the checkering, it's not easy and most don't have the patience for it. I have checkered a couple of stocks and it will take a very special project to get me to do another. Thanks for sharing.
Hi guys.
Thanks for all the positive comments .
Giving me a bit of incentive to get started checkering another stock.
Got plenty of other stuff that has to be done unfortunately and (like everyone) fishing/hunting obligations as well haha.
Cheers NRF
Worked with timber all my life from chopping them down, milling them to building houses - but you guys blow me away your skills, amazing. Just a cave man by comparison.
Beautiful stocks mate! What did you use for the grip caps and fore ends?
Used acetal, caus I had some.
I turned a dovetail spigot on both bits to go into corresponding holes in the woodwork and glued them in with epoxy,
Shape the outside when glue sets.
BTW. Re checkering. Utube is your friend. Check out checkering with chuck parts 1 and 2. use masking tape for keeping track of your borders rather than pencil though.
Picture probably explain it better.
NRF
You're doing good. Wraparound pattern on the foreend is harder than people think. Its like paddling to Australia in a bathtub and hoping you'll hit Sydney.
Your best friend when checkering is a sharp knife - when the line wanders away run the knife along and then to where it should have gone and correct it.
Another tip is to get your hand and arm straight behind the tool and the line your scribing out, not on an angle.
Pay strict attention to the little lines going into the corners, they will turn on you unless you are vigilent - mark rough lines going across in the areas you are going to fill in the corners with a grease pencil, or ink pen, across so you can judge and keep the lines at the right angle.
When you start getting tired or start feeling like you want to hurry because your taking longer - its time to stop.
Thanks for that, all good advice.
Yeah def chucked myself in the deep end with the wrap around.
Figured out the sharp knife thing if a line wanders off.
Best to fix it before moving on to the next line.
I find planning ahead a few lines can help avoid mistakes.
Getting there, pretty satisfying when things go right
Cheers NRF
Gotta be happy with that!
I also like the idea of using acetyl instead of ebony too, might have to look into getting some for my stock build