Do it yourself Stock making thread

[heydogman]

I just posted a stock I did with a howa action. It’s a task inletting it.

Definitely different. A flat and a round.

 

[heydogman]

I have always thought I would like to make something out of pecan, but have never seen any thing. So I searched for pecan limber and hit images. I have never seen some much variation, no two looked the same. Now I don't have any idea what a pecan stock would look like. There was one that had every color and shade under the sun it looked really nice.

I built a lot of kitchens with hickory which most times is what you get for pecan. Hard stuff and a lot of blade sharpening. Can splinter with a router.

 

[heydogman]

Oh yeah, there are barns stacked to the ceiling with: Walnut, cherry, persimmon, osage orange, red oak, white oak, sweet gum, locust, poplar, cedar, pecan, hickory, and a few others I cant remember. If you ever find yourself near Clover South Carolina I can link you guys up and he will gladly show you around his stockpiles

Interested in the walnut.

 

[ebb]

I have had a lot of the problems you mention with cherry. Cherry splits so bad when routing I used to push bit to almost full depth of cut every 2 or 3 inches then run the full length. Usually had to cut a 1/32 deeper to clean up.

 

[ridgeway]

Is there a place to buy a laminated blank of paulownia wood big enough to yield a LR stock with a 5" forend and 2" rear? If not...how is the best way to laminate? Simply glue under pressure?

 

[CStuck]

Interested in the walnut.

We just need to find a time to meet up and head over to his barns

 

[heydogman]

I have had a lot of the problems you mention with cherry. Cherry splits so bad when routing I used to push bit to almost full depth of cut every 2 or 3 inches then run the full length. Usually had to cut a 1/32 deeper to clean up.

I ran into the same cutting hand dovetails in cherry. Very easy to split . Mahogany is so much easier.

 

[ebb]

If I work mahogany for very long (more than a few days) I most times get an upper respiratory infection. I like maple except for the fact it has no color or character. If I knew more about finishing I could tint and dye, but I don't.

 

[Bc'z]

If I work mahogany for very long (more than a few days) I most times get an upper respiratory infection. I like maple except for the fact it has no color or character. If I knew more about finishing I could tint and dye, but I don't.

Mmmmmmm maple

 

[ebb]

Bc'z I didn't say you didn't know how I said I didn't know how.

 

[Bc'z]

Bc'z I didn't say you didn't know how I said I didn't know how.

I know I know. I use to have a thing for walnut, but I'm really digging maple.
You build it I'll spray it!

 

[ebb]

Now that sounds like a good idea.

 

[joshb]

Is there a place to buy a laminated blank of paulownia wood big enough to yield a LR stock with a 5" forend and 2" rear? If not...how is the best way to laminate? Simply glue under pressure?

I bought a bunch of Paulonia from a guy that builds paddle boards in Oregon or Washington. I found him on the interweb. Pretty cheap, too. I was just going to glue and clamp it when I get time.

 

[ebb]

titebond 1 or 2 nobody likes the 3

 

[heydogman]

If I work mahogany for very long (more than a few days) I most times get an upper respiratory infection. I like maple except for the fact it has no color or character. If I knew more about finishing I could tint and dye, but I don't.

All my work with Honduras and San Domingo Mahogany has been with hand tools only, no electricity. So this is no dust. And you don't need a gym membership. After several years of cabinets with machines my throat closed off one day. I said the heck with it people would rather buy junk anyway and someone will under bid you and nail them together.

 

[Bc'z]

people would rather buy junk anyway and someone will under bid you and nail them together.

Ok a light just went on.
Build a "Rat Rifle" just like a rat rod only a gun
Beautiful wood laminated together but made to look like its held together with a hodgepodge of different screws, maybe a brass bolt knob, some of that stone epoxy filler Josh showed on cutting board.
You get the picture.

 

[joshb]

At one time, I thought of making an ugly stock out of 2x6 framing lumber. No finish, just leave it rough. Only smooth and finish the butt and the part of the forearm that touches the rest and bags, but sloppy edges. Then, I’d carefully inlet and bed my Borden 6ppc into it.

 

[heydogman]

At one time, I thought of making an ugly stock out of 2x6 framing lumber. No finish, just leave it rough. Only smooth and finish the butt and the part of the forearm that touches the rest and bags, but sloppy edges. Then, I’d carefully inlet and bed my Borden 6ppc into it.

I once French Polished a project to a piano finish only to have the customer say he wanted it to look rough. A female customer once told me it's not about what I want or like. I guess she was right in one respect. A man I consider the greatest furniture make that has ever lived told me nobody gives a damn what you build and it has to come from the love of doing it. For that it has to be something I like.

 

[heydogman]

At one time, I thought of making an ugly stock out of 2x6 framing lumber. No finish, just leave it rough. Only smooth and finish the butt and the part of the forearm that touches the rest and bags, but sloppy edges. Then, I’d carefully inlet and bed my Borden 6ppc into it.

I like that idea, a sleeper rifle. Set it on some leaking sock sand bags and watch peoples expression when they see the target.

 

[CStuck]

I tried a new method to cut the cheek riser for my stocks. I figured I'd share.

1st. Mark up and tape off the area you intend to cut...dont mind the mess in the background haha


2nd I use a multi oscillating tool with a round blade so I can "roll" the blade along the cut line. I also clamp a piece of steel on each side of the stock as a guide for the cut.



3rd once I have cut most of the way through on each side, while being careful to make sure my blade is perpendicular to the stock. I take a normal hacksaw blade or I use a coping saw, both work to finish the rest of the cut.




It is alittle rough, but a little bit of sanding and it cleans up nicely.