Stock Making

[Adam16]

Im toying with the idea of having a bash at making a stock. Now i have never really had a go at anything like this before my dad has quite a few tools that will probably do for the job but whats the cheapest wood to use and where can i get it from and any tips on making a stock with the essential tools needed so i can check if i have them avaliable. im fairly DIY capable ish so hopefully it will turn out looking like a stock at least but its the inletting that i think i will have the most problem with.
Cheers Adam

[dave blakemore]

Try laminating pieces of 18mm ply together until you reach the required thickness, v cheap and surprisingly effective

Dave

[Adam16]

Try laminating pieces of 18mm ply together until you reach the required thickness, v cheap and surprisingly effective

Dave

good idea, is it something you have done got any pics of a finished article so i could get an idea?
would prefer a as cheap as possible wood so if i cock it up its not going to cost me too much so that sounds like a good idea.
Cheers Adam

[joffy]

try a lump of pine for your first attempts

[spartan]

the first thing to do, in my oppinion is the inletting,pointless doing anything else to you get that right, you can do that with a router, or better still a milling machine far more controlable, you can do inletting with hand tools the first stocks we made where done with a plough plane and chisels, hard work though.

might aswell use hardwood to practice on, beech, cheap american walnut,ect, cuts better than softwood, you could try glueing 3 or 4 pieces of 3/4 ply together, looks quite effective and is cheap, you also get nice flat sides so you router follows straight

[Flannelmeister]

You can do a lot with plywood, here is one of mine:

http://www.airgunforum.net/agf/uploa...1226578735.jpg

[Adam16]

thanks for the help lads i think i will go for the pine option and give it a go will keep you up to date with the project
Cheers Adam

[FRENCHI]

the first thing to do, in my oppinion is the inletting,pointless doing anything else to you get that right, you can do that with a router, or better still a milling machine far more controlable, you can do inletting with hand tools the first stocks we made where done with a plough plane and chisels, hard work though.

might aswell use hardwood to practice on, beech, cheap american walnut,ect, cuts better than softwood, you could try glueing 3 or 4 pieces of 3/4 ply together, looks quite effective and is cheap, you also get nice flat sides so you router follows straight

Agreed inletting is a must first really...Then work around that!
A miller is better but if you do have to use a router (like I do) then use a double guided one just incase

Mick

[Adam16]

Agreed inletting is a must...Then work around that!
A miller is better but if you do have to use a router (like I do) then use a double guided one just incase

Mick

Seems like you are the master on the subject Mick i have seen a number of your impressive creations so i will defo follow your advice
cheers Adam