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Do it yourself Stock making thread

Painting has always been my short coming to any project. In the past, I was able to produce some beautiful wood furniture and such. But, sadly, could destroy it trying to put the finish on. This was not only relevant in wood working but metal or anything else I built in.

I am with Josh on Bret's work. I would be afraid to use a rifle stock job by Bret for fear of damaging it. Even if it was only F-Class. But would look amazing displayed on a gun room wall.
 
I think dyes are way past my talent level . Maybe 1 day i will try it but in the mean time I will just watch what Brett puts up . Will be back to machining ali rails for the next few days then be into duracoating them .
 
Seagull said:
I think dyes are way past my talent level . Maybe 1 day i will try it but in the mean time I will just watch what Brett puts up . Will be back to machining ali rails for the next few days then be into duracoating them .
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Yup! I’m at dyeing 101. I can’t produce anything close to what Brett does. I tried! Give me a single color and I can do it. Kinda? :)
 
Papa Charlie said:
I am with Josh on Bret's work. I would be afraid to use a rifle stock job by Bret for fear of damaging it. Even if it was only F-Class. But would look amazing displayed on a gun room wall.
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No matter how obsessive you can be, or how diligent you can be, there’s always gonna be some small something that occurs that bugs the crap out of ya. Better to enjoy the use than worry about it. Life is pretty short.
 
scasa said:
That looks really great! how about some pics of the rotisserie
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Ok, but it involves some precise machining!;) The main machine part is an old Dayton gear motor I salvaged from a green house I demolished. Built a support box to give clearance and wired a dimmer to it, so I can adjust RPMs. Drilled a dowel to fit the shaft, cut a slot, put a clamp on it, etc. The other end is pretty self explanatory in the pic for the barrel channel. Ya need the tent as it takes 8 hours for the epoxy to solidify. The one time I tried it without a tent, bugs landed on the wet epoxy and got stuck, causing a redo.
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joshb said:
Ok, but it involves some precise machining!;) The main machine part is an old Dayton gear motor I salvaged from a green house I demolished. Built a support box to give clearance and wired a dimmer to it, so I can adjust RPMs. Drilled a dowel to fit the shaft, cut a slot, put a clamp on it, etc. The other end is pretty self explanatory in the pic for the barrel channel. Ya need the tent as it takes 8 hours for the epoxy to solidify. The one time I tried it without a tent, bugs landed on the wet epoxy and got stuck, causing a redo.
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I thought I saw some duck tape in there. I have never had a ton of money and build most of the special tools that I use. As long as it works, as far as I am concerned it is a highly precision CNC machine.

P.S. Without all the headaches. ;)
 
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