Do it yourself Stock making thread

[joshb]

Finally finished the shotgun. New butt stock, cleaned off all the rust and touched up the bluing.

 

[Papa Charlie]

Nice looking furniture there buddy.
I am looking for a good lever action or side by side scatter gun. Expect to have poor furniture but would be fun to make new for it.

 

[CharlieNC]

Finally finish the shotgun. New butt stock, cleaned off all the rust and touched up the bluing.

Old Stevens?

 

[joshb]

Old Stevens?

Ithaca.
It’s a friend’s gun that he inherited from his father. His Dad used it as a beater ranch gun. It was pretty beat, alright! Covered with lite rust. The stock I replaced looked like it was hacked out of a 2 x 6, so I think this is it’s third stock. It even had a sling swivel soldered to the barrel, which I removed. Surprisingly, the bores are pristine.
PapaCharlie: You have at it! I’ll warn ya, tho. I could have made 2 of my rifle stocks in the time it took me to do this project!

 

[Papa Charlie]

@joshb I made a stock for my first Win 94. I must have made that forearm piece three times. The rear stock was by far easier. It was while I was going to college and I had lots of time to kill as I didn't have much money to do much else.
Thinking about it, this could turn into a repeat, or I may just buy one and refinish it. I have so many projects going on now, I shouldn't take on another.
But the one you did above is really nice.

 

[joshb]

I’m finally getting back in the shop. Hogpatrol was kind enough to chamber my new 6.5x55 with KMart’s reamer. It’s on a Stiller tac 30 long action repeater.
I’m making this a hunter. I found a nicely figured block of Honduran mahogany.

 

[Bc'z]

I’m finally getting back in the shop. Hogpatrol was kind enough to chamber my new 6.5x55 with KMart’s reamer. It’s on a Stiller tac 30 long action repeater.
I’m making this a hunter. I found a nicely figured block of Honduran mahogany.
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That will finish nicely!!

 

[Papa Charlie]

Love the Honduran Mahogany, used it a lot in our 35 foot Ericson that I restored. Great sailing boat. Stuff will soak up the finish like crazy. I found using acetone wipe down help before the first coat which had 20% thinner in the varnish and then a touch of stain in the next couple of coats to darken and ever so slightly, really made the colors pop. Of course this was 35 years ago. I am sure that they have much better coatings today.

If Brett touches it, it will be another museum piece for sure.

 

[joshb]

Bedding.

 

[Seagull]

Getting ready for tomorrow cut and glue up session. There will be 2 carbon fibre stringers in these 2 stocks. Should be shaping them come the weekend well that's after I get mesh and plastic down for workshop extension and maybe even have the concrete layed aswell.

 

[jpmimproved]

Curious how you do the carbon fiber and how working with it is once it’s in place, I.e. how does it cut/sand with standard tools

 

[joshb]

Curious how you do the carbon fiber and how working with it is once it’s in place, I.e. how does it cut/sand with standard tools

I’ve heard it’s nasty stuff that dulls any tool that touches it. I too am interested to hear some truth.

 

[Seagull]

Yes carbon fibre does eat bits up . But I replaceable cutter bits when buying in bulk there reasonably cheap. Carbon fibre adds strength with out adding weight to your stock . Also once finished it will have carbon fibre in the barrel channel area from action forward. These stocks will also have a fibre glass skin on them aswell as the outer timber is lightweight and the same structural integrity as cedr but dents easily. I use a boat building epoxy for gluing all my stocks up .

 

[Seagull]

Glued up blank the tape is used to prevent the carbon fibre from going stringy. Then once it's all set up and glue has hardened up trim off then I run the blank over the jointer to make the top level. Will add pics as I go

 

[jpmimproved]

Finally completed the stock project after near a year


Straight 6br chambered by Lee Gardner, Borden Alpine Magnum

 

[Savage243]

Finally completed the stock project after near a year

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Straight 6br chambered by Lee Gardner, Borden Alpine Magnum

She's Purdy.

 

[Papa Charlie]

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What do you use for a bedding compound?

Never thought about doing the bedding at this stage of the stock fab. But makes sense so you don't have to worry about bedding compound getting all over the stock, it will be removed.

 

[joshb]

Hey Papa: I used a thickened mixture of West System Epoxy on this one. When it hardens, the color closely matches the wood. I set the pillars when I bed, which gives me my depths for my bottom metal inletting. I can just cut to my pillars instead of constantly measuring.
I got a little further today on the mahogany stock.

 

[joshb]

Another day, a little further...

 

[joshb]

Did the forend. A couple more cuts and final sanding to do.