Adjustable Comb Hardware for Laminate Bench Stock

[toasty]

Just picked up a laminate bench rest stock and need to do an adjustable comb on it. Planning on cutting the wood out of the comb and then re-attaching with hardware. For the guys that have done this, what hardware to you recommend? I have access to a lathe and can make the custom parts, anybody ever done their own? Are there any plans anywhere for this?

 

[WSnyder]

KMW Loggerhead

KMW LoggerHead ACP Hardware

LoggerHead Adjustable Cheekpiece Hardware by KMW.

www.kmwlrs.com

KMW LoggerHead Adjustable Cheek Piece

The LoggerHeadTM Adjustable Cheek Piece hardware is designed to address many shortcomings of other currently offered designs as well as offer some welcome new features.

www.stockysstocks.com

 

[tobnpr]

KMW is fine kit. I prefer Graco for ease of installation, but if you need a lot of vertical travel it's more limited.

 

[toasty]

I finally finished up this project. Turned out pretty good. I decided to make my own kit and learned a couple of valuable lessons. None of which ruined the stock. Shot it yesterday and it worked great. Ended up taking me about 4 hours to makes the hardware, cut the stock, and install. Having the stock manufacture add the comb is well worth the $150 most charge for it. This was my test run, will be doing another soon, hopefully will go a little faster and be a little bit better.

 

[hdskip]

Toasty that is a nice looking job. I have done a number of those except on shotguns. For the most part I made my own hardware.

 

[Lee in Texas]

How do you make the horizontal cut?

 

[Steve morgan]

Just picked up a laminate bench rest stock and need to do an adjustable comb on it. Planning on cutting the wood out of the comb and then re-attaching with hardware. For the guys that have done this, what hardware to you recommend? I have access to a lathe and can make the custom parts, anybody ever done their own? Are there any plans anywhere for this?

I made all my own hardware.

 

[toasty]

The 2 side cuts were a bandsaw. After that, had to use a hand coping saw for the corners and the straight cut. I now know why they cut all the way to the front of the comb on some stocks. You can do it all with a band saw.