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

Morning all,

So i was thinking i might give this a nudge for the hell of it..

I have next to no wood working skills and minimal tools ... but once i know what I need ill go and raid the old mans shed and see what I can find..

Thinking of starting out on something small and easy (norinco .22) -- some of you might have seen my restoration of the less than average factory stock about 4-5 months ago..

Does anyone have a good link to a 'how to guide' or similar to get me started ?

Cheers

Marty

Where are you based, i could offer some tips if you liked?

I will watch this thread, have started making a stock from scratch for a jw15 to suit my 4 and 6 year olds hand size and reach.
Almost inletted, better get back onto this!

Yea, pls post photos along the way, I'm keen to try a DIY laminate stock one day

I built a stock for my toz 17-01 (my avatar and bigger pic on page 45 on the "What little pestys did you bowl over...."thread. I used pine ply with epoxy resin coating. The ply is easy to work, I filled holes with car bog.

Seems pretty sturdy, havent put any dents in it yet.

Good learning exercise anyway.

Originally Posted by kimjon

Where are you based, i could offer some tips if you liked?

Im down in Wellington, Tips would be fantastic... where to start would be a good one hahaha.

I found some video's on youtube that did help.. Ill start by trying to find some resnoble timber.. need to find someone local as i would need a kilm apparently to make sure its 100% dry..

If i cant find someone to fire it for me do i have any other options to dry it?

ill post pics as i go, would imagine it will take some time as i have almost no clue on what i am doing..

Thus far as per my youtube video learning i need to find a nice bit of wood and get it kilm dried...

then ill sketch out the shape of the existing stock and start sketching out the new bits that i want to add and or remove.

I am quite happy with the process i have seen so far but i am not looking forward to the inletting... could be the critical point where i fuck the whole thing up if i get it wrong hahah..

this weekends mission is to find some useable timber

Pretty much as far as iv got
I will take a pick of inleting later

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tikka7/08

if you want real wood (not ply), then have a look at Moxon Timbers in Seaview

if you need help with a bandsaw for initial shape, give me a shout

Check out the man cave section on the other forum, there is a thread on making a stock, guy lives in Pukerua Bay.

QUOTE veitnamcam

Pretty much as far as iv got
I will take a pick of inleting later



Id say for a JW your pretty much there

Im thinking we need an "Ugliest stock thread" -Tussock can start with his one

There must be plenty of weather beaten firearms out there.......

Originally Posted by ebf

tikka7/08

if you want real wood (not ply), then have a look at Moxon Timbers in Seaview

if you need help with a bandsaw for initial shape, give me a shout

Bloody brilliant, thanks for that!!!

I had a look at big_foot's bullpup and now im thinking about that option too... will have to do some thinking and investigating over the weekend to decide what the hell i actually want to achieve with this!!

Got a mill?


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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Got a mill?
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Nope think ill cross that bridge when i get to it

You could just hog it out roughly and fill with bedding compound

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