Good video on using a dial indicator to check bedding

[BoydAllen]

While there are multiple ways to get there, this video should get you started in the right direction. I ran across it on YouTube, and thought it worth sharing.

 

[PhilKeil]

Boyd,
Thanks very interesting,

 

[hoz53]

While there are multiple ways to get there, this video should get you started in the right direction. I ran across it on YouTube, and thought it worth sharing.

the interesting part of that is the bracket the guy uses that holds the indicator. Simple and would be easy to make. that one in the video looks like a store bought model.

 

[BuffaloBill]

This one was pretty easy to make also.

 

[D55]

Good video thx.

 

[WSnyder]

I use an off the shelf contraption Not a one trick pony either

 

[Dusty Stevens]

I dont have to check for movement. I eliminate that variable

 

[BoydAllen]

I dont have to check for movement. I eliminate that variable

One friend who had a really good looking pillar bedding job, where the rifle had been giving him fits, was finally convinced to do this test, and found that he had a lot of movement. With the bedding redone and checked he had a whole different rifle. I think that there are a lot more who read here in his category than yours, so I would not encourage them to "fly blind" any more than I would tell them that they do not need to avail themselves of the opportunity that a Teslong borescope affords.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

One friend who had a really good looking pillar bedding job, where the rifle had been giving him fits, was finally convinced to do this test, and found that he had a lot of movement. With the bedding redone and checked he had a whole different rifle. I think that there are a lot more who read here in his category than yours, so I would not encourage them to "fly blind" any more than I would tell them that they do not need to avail themselves of the opportunity that a Teslong borescope affords.

With a glue in its not needed for sure

 

[BoydAllen]

With a glue in, it would be impossible to test the final result. One of the things that I would like to see is a bullet proof fixture for drilling accurately located trigger pin holes in stocks to facilitate gluing in actions that do not have trigger brackets. While this may not be an issue for stocks that are laid up in a mold (where get it close and oversized and then fill around long pins works) , it is for wood stocks.

 

[Hal]

While there are multiple ways to get there, this video should get you started in the right direction. I ran across it on YouTube, and thought it worth sharing.

Boyd

Does he have " how to bed video" ?

Hal

 

[BoydAllen]

Boyd

Does he have " how to bed video" ?

Hal

There are a ton of them on YouTube.

 

[Alex Wheeler]

I dont have to check for movement. I eliminate that variable

Me too you cant match a glue in with bedding in my opinion. With long range stuff we have some weight wiggle room so I also use screws.

 

[AlNyhus]

I've seen pillar bedding jobs so beautiful they should be hanging in the Louvre.

On a couple, they were not stress free and the guns didn't shoot up to potential.

Good shootin' -Al

 

[Dusty Stevens]

I've seen pillar bedding jobs so beautiful they should be hanging in the Louvre.

On a couple, they were not stress free and the guns didn't shoot up to potential.

Good shootin' -Al

And after a year run a dial indicator over those exposed pillars and see how that looks. Or check the fit with an indicator a year later. It all changes pretty fast if its not glued in

 

[AlNyhus]

Dusty, that's one of the reasons I don't expose the pillar tops. -Al

 

[Alex Wheeler]

Stocks move. I have done jobs that measured excellent then a year later they dont. My own stuff. I dont expose pillars either. I also float the action when bedding with 2 barrel bands then balance the rifle between those bands so there is no possibility of stress on the action or stock while curing. But even with my best work I have seen it get better gluing. That's just my opinion and maybe it's my own issue.

 

[Twdmar]

Stocks move. I have done jobs that measured excellent then a year later they dont. My own stuff. I dont expose pillars either. I also float the action when bedding with 2 barrel bands then balance the rifle between those bands so there is no possibility of stress on the action or stock while curing. But even with my best work I have seen it get better gluing. That's just my opinion and maybe it's my own issue.

Can you elaborate on what you mean by balancing between the barrel bands?

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Can you elaborate on what you mean by balancing between the barrel bands?

He means putting the wraps of centering tape at the back as well as the front. I do this right against the action and it doubles as a dam to keep the bedding material out of the stock channel as well as helping balance it while curing

 

[AlNyhus]

Having the barreled action in a 'neutral' balance when bedding certainly helps both the final result and the longevity. Bedding the bottom metal/trigger guard is also part of a stress free job thay many don't consider.

Using Dave Tooley's 'o' ring method on the barrel makes that portion of it pretty slick. -Al