Any good educational material on inletting and bedding?
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I like Charlie Suarez's series on YouTube. I think it's under STR Rifles or something of that nature.
JoshB has an awesome thread on building a rifle stock in this thread. Will try to link it here.
Do it yourself Stock making thread
I offered to show another forum member how to make one of my stocks. Although he's hesitant, some other guys have asked if I would show them. I'm going to make copies of the patterns I use, send them out and then lead them thru the process. I'll start a couple stocks, describe how and what I'm...
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I don’t know anything about inletting, but for bedding here’s the first video in a series Nathan Foster did, helped me out:
hoz53
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joshBs thread on this forum helped me get going. There is some info by Richard franklin on this site as well. Franklin did sell DVDs to. Don’t know if he still does.
joshb
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I just brought the Stockmaking thread back from the dead. Warms my heart to hear it was helpful. It shows a simple, easy step by step procedure for inletting.
It’s probably best if you watch as many vids on bedding that you can. I’m still an amateur at it. If you want to see the way it should be done, look at Cigarcop’s work. He’s a master at it!
It’s probably best if you watch as many vids on bedding that you can. I’m still an amateur at it. If you want to see the way it should be done, look at Cigarcop’s work. He’s a master at it!
shortgrass
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It would help to know where you are starting from. A stock blank? A pre-inlet?
paperpuncher
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There are some great tips to be found here in the videos he did on bedding
Gradous Rifles Vids
Gradous Rifles Vids
LVLAaron
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Pre-inlet to fully bedded.
Really just interested in the entire process. Plenty of quality information on chambering and action work but very little (that i've been able to find) about quality inletting, pillar installation, bedding, etc.
shortgrass
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Are you thinking about hand work (inletting) or by machine? If by hand; "Professional Stockmaking: Through the Eyes of a Stockmaker", by David Wesbrook. Alvin Linden wrote some books, also. When I attended school 30 yrs ago, we were taught stockmaking by hand from a blank. Require 4 stocks,,,, 2 bolt rifle, 1 through bolt (which could be a rifle or shotgun. A bolt holds the butt stock to the receiver, and a separate forearm), and a true tang style (where there is no trough bolt, it just involves the fit between metal and wood, like a '94 Winchester or Fox Sterlingworth shotgun). Instruction included several lectures, many demonstrations and hands-on by the student. Glass bedding and pillars are completely different subject, not completely unrelated, but different. Glass and pillars don't come into play until after the inletting is complete.
jepp2
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This will give you a preview of the Richard Franklin video on bedding. I bought his DVD and it really takes you through the process step by step (or Q-tip by Q-tip).
Richard Franklin Stress Free Pillar Bedding
This was the first one I did after watching the video.
Richard Franklin Stress Free Pillar Bedding
This was the first one I did after watching the video.
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A tiny bit of a tangent but "may" explain why you are finding reams of data lacking.
If doing it,"by hand" on mainly wood..... then start reading up on the tools and techniques for sharpening. Off the top of my head,go study the guys who are serious lathe turners. That is where you should get plenty of dope on steel quality,heat treating,and subsequently the tools/techniques for sharpening.
If by machine: there's more similarities between wood,plastic,and metal machining than there are differences. It still boils down to speed and feed #'s,tool geometry,and fixture design. A LOT of info on this(from the wood side) can be had studying spindle moulders..... AKA,shapers and/or moulding machines. Just because it's a barrel channel,dosen't mean that process is immune or somehow limited? Fluting has been done on wood and stone for a thousand years before rifle barrels. Look for,"knife marks per inch" data. And also profile grinding moulder tooling.
Good luck with your project.
If doing it,"by hand" on mainly wood..... then start reading up on the tools and techniques for sharpening. Off the top of my head,go study the guys who are serious lathe turners. That is where you should get plenty of dope on steel quality,heat treating,and subsequently the tools/techniques for sharpening.
If by machine: there's more similarities between wood,plastic,and metal machining than there are differences. It still boils down to speed and feed #'s,tool geometry,and fixture design. A LOT of info on this(from the wood side) can be had studying spindle moulders..... AKA,shapers and/or moulding machines. Just because it's a barrel channel,dosen't mean that process is immune or somehow limited? Fluting has been done on wood and stone for a thousand years before rifle barrels. Look for,"knife marks per inch" data. And also profile grinding moulder tooling.
Good luck with your project.
shortgrass
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"reams of data lacking"...... I think most traditional stockmakers, those who can and do work from a blank or use a pre-inlet are taught by a mentor or instructor showing 'how'. Showing is much easier than explaining, as circumstances change and 'there are no rules'. Sure, I think there are some basic steps taken that are common from one stockmaker to another, but after that each develops their own way of 'getting there from here'. Each has their own preference in tools. And, as Intheshop points out, quality tools, and knowing how to keep them sharp, are/is important. You're likely to NOT find a decent set of inletting chisels and gouges at the local Ace Hardware. The 'pattern maker' file/rasp will not be found there either ( a $50 cross between a file and a rasp that is now made in Brazil in a Nicholson package). If you can work from a blank, you can work from a pre-inlet. There are few in this modern world, where instant gratification is the norm, that have the patience to see a project like making from a blank, through. 80hrs minimum if I can work at it full time with little interruption.
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