Thread: Help needed ... how to make your own stock ...

go out there, unlikely they are going to be able to help you over the phone

be prepared to scratch around the lumber racks (and re-pack it otherwise they get pretty pissed )

tell them you need something for a gunstock i.e. hardwood

know the width and thickness of the stock you are looking for

be clear and insist on the type of cut i.e. quarter sawn etc

if you are after specific grain/figure, take a handplane with and ask them if it is ok to expose it.

Originally Posted by ebf

go out there, unlikely they are going to be able to help you over the phone

be prepared to scratch around the lumber racks (and re-pack it otherwise they get pretty pissed )

tell them you need something for a gunstock i.e. hardwood

know the width and thickness of the stock you are looking for

be clear and insist on the type of cut i.e. quarter sawn etc

if you are after specific grain/figure, take a handplane with and ask them if it is ok to expose it.

Thanks EBF, Im up in Auckland this weekend but might try and sneak out of work one weekday to go down there...

If all else fails the nzwalnut link above seems ok, ill just get an average $100 blank as i am bound to fuck it up at some point through the process