Do it yourself Stock making thread

[hoz53]

I watched YT video of them making them… pretty simple.. actually..

Just let ya mind go wild !!!

it usually is— OK thanks

 

[joshb]

hi Josh- my question is did you cut that buttstock with a duplicator ect ?? your work keeps getting better— mabie i need to start another stock now

Hi Kim! Yup! Posted back on page 69? I’ll cut the butts of a few blanks on the duplicator before I migrate to Texas. I focus more on hunter style down here. It saves a bunch of time. I thought about buying another duplicator but I’m cheap and I don’t really have the room.
I copy a Tikka Hunter stock because I like the lines and form. I did a few 40x too.

 

[hoz53]

Hi Kim! Yup! Posted back on page 69? I’ll cut the butts of a few blanks on the duplicator before I migrate to Texas. I focus more on hunter style down here. It saves a bunch of time. I thought about buying another duplicator but I’m cheap and I don’t really have the room.
I copy a Tikka Hunter stock because I like the lines and form. I did a few 40x too.

i thought so—. thanks

 

[ArtinNC]

Come a long ways…
Wasted some good wood learning.
From left to right the first 3 were learning curves. Actually took 6 tries to get it right.
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I like the short 3 inch forearm , looks easer to make weight .

 

[ChristianSilver]

The purpleheart and mahogany w/ the short 3” wide forearm came in at 3.72 lbs.
I believe the 3” tapered forearm with exotic wood will be under 4.3 lbs.
Really light compared to my McMillan Kestros and Kestros ZR.

 

[Bob3700]

Filler applied:
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Sanded to 2000 grit:
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First coat of oil:
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What ( is any) type of dye did u use to highlife the darker figure in the stock?
I have a walnut stock that I would like to enhance those darker grains in the wood.
Bob

 

[joshb]

What ( is any) type of dye did u use to highlife the darker figure in the stock?
I have a walnut stock that I would like to enhance those darker grains in the wood.
Bob

I didn’t use any dye on that stock. The analine dyes that Bc’z turned me on to work great for accenting grain patterns. I mix them with alcohol instead of water. It dries faster. Apply the dye and sand it. The dye will stay in deeper grain.

 

[Twdmar]

What ( is any) type of dye did u use to highlife the darker figure in the stock?
I have a walnut stock that I would like to enhance those darker grains in the wood.
Bob

If you want to use an oil or catalyzed oil finish, rottenstone powder works nicely as a grain filler in walnut.
Sand out to 320 and mix some rottenstone with your finish and push it in to the grain. Once it dries a bit, scrape off the excess and then sand it down. The proceed to sand to your desired level and finish. Don't use it on sapwood, it will look muddy.

 

[ChristianSilver]

Another one off the CNC.
This is the Magnum Version w/ the tapered forend.
Winge and Purpleheart.
No Inlet and this stock came in at 4.14lbs. I was wondering what the weight was going to be. Winge and Purpleheart is very dense, heavy wood.
Moisture content on the Winge is 7.3 and the PH is 7.7.

 

[ChristianSilver]

 

[joshb]

Very nice. I’ve used some of the heavier exotics. Watch out for Epe. The toxic dust got me bad.

 

[ChristianSilver]

Very nice. I’ve used some of the heavier exotics. Watch out for Epe. The toxic dust got me bad.

Yes the Winge is really bad from what I’ve read. My wood supplier told me that sanding and inhaling the dust is far worse than anything else.
I use dust collection on my CNC and sand out side w/ respirator.

 

[ChristianSilver]

Got a seal coat on my stock.
Inlet, bed, final sand and clear finish. Taking it to TRSA in Houston.

 

[ChristianSilver]

 

[ChristianSilver]

One more trial run, changing a few things up and adding some details…

Going to start running 15 stocks a month..

 

[ChristianSilver]

The stock is made of Winge, Mahogany and PurpleHeart came in at 4.18lbs.
Going to get this sealed in a few days hopefully..

 

[ChristianSilver]

 

[ChristianSilver]

One more thing… fresh off the mill tooling marks need 160 grit…

 

[hoz53]

One more thing… fresh off the mill tooling marks need 160 grit…

I know this is a dumb question but i didnt see the inlets at first—-very nice work—

 

[Taylorbok]

I'm gearing up to take a stab at this.
I tried to search and came up with titebond III or some sort of epoxy, you guys that are gluing woods together does titebond work as well as anything else or what is the verdict there?

My wood has some small imperfections in it that I'm not sure yet will be visible once the stock is shaped, anyway I thought if there was I would fill it with black epoxy, is there a certain epoxy I should use or is this art and craft stuff from amazon just fine?
Epoxy Resin Kit for Art & Craft