Do it yourself Stock making thread

[joshb]

Ouch Kim! Be more careful out there! Just ask anything. I’ll help.

 

[hoz53]

Ouch Kim! Be more careful out there! Just ask anything. I’ll help.

thanks

 

[joshb]

Sanded the recoil pad, roughed in the grip cap and sanded the rest to 220. I have to gear up in full hazmat gear to work on this teak. Not pleasant. Honey do list only gave me a couple hours, today.
I’m waiting on my cheek piece hardware so I can’t finish until it comes in.

 

[joshb]

Knocked out some details while I wait.

 

[Seagull]

Thats coming along nicely Josh . Look good once finished and has a coat of oil or clear on it

 

[Infrequent Shooter]

Knocked out some details while I wait.
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Artist at work.

 

[joshb]

I sanded the stock to 600 and gave most of it a coat of oil. Then I sunk a 4 3/4” x 3/8” threaded rod in epoxy in the grip and covered it with my signature Liberty quarter.

 

[troupe]

Josh, you are a master and very helpful

 

[joshb]

Artist at work.

Josh, you are a master and very helpful

Thank you for those comments. They help motivate this old carpenter to keep going.
Josh

 

[troupe]

Well deserved Josh, every time I see two boards with some nice grain, I ask myself could Josh glue these to and make a great stock. The only part that I don't understand completely is if there are maybe some holes or imperfections, how the epoxy fill in works. I see stocks made of different woods and some of them are just amazing and gorgeous. Glued pieces can make a great stock, because a block of wood would cost thousands. You are the man that knows.

 

[joshb]

I used some leopard wood for the first time on this stock. It works easily and I think it’s pretty so I just ordered three 4 foot boards, 3/4” thick. I’ll get 2 blanks out of them for the $200, so $100 per blank. That’s more than I usually spend but it’s pretty wood!
Glueing thinner boards together usually makes the blank more stable, too.
I’ll fill small holes with clear epoxy. Larger holes and cracks might get some colored epoxy. (See the turquoise/Mesquite stock I did.)
For large epoxy fills, do a google search for “River tables”. Lots of videos about how and what to do. I’ve seen some Bc’z pics of some of those types of stocks. They can look cool.

 

[butchlambert]

Wait until you see the stock that Josh is doing for me for my "EL COYOTE" rifle.

 

[joshb]

Wait until you see the stock that Josh is doing for me for my "EL COYOTE" rifle.

For what you’re paying me, I might do you another!

 

[hoz53]

Wait until you see the stock that Josh is doing for me for my "EL COYOTE" rifle.

i wanna see it for sure