Yeah I saw something about a right angle to the barrel too. Might try to correct that and shoot a few hundred rounds to see if it
ups the average some. The Joint of the finger is exactly on the edge where it is carved out. I tried a bit different sizes when carving.
Slowly working my way in and testing and removing more material and testing again. The grip never felt right until I got the edge just
under the joint.
Grip
It is not a sharp angle but it is a perfect fit to each individual finger.
Grip
The grip was originally about a cm and a half wider on the back side and the extra of it almost wrapping around the thumb gave really
good support But as I tried with the bottom support to it became quite wide so I decided to sacrificed the back side for the front side
to get it down to 5cm width.
Loosing the grip around my thumb did make it less supportive, but having tried both, I feel the support on the front side is more important.
Shame the box is not 6.5cm wide, that would have been awesome
Working with the plasticine:
I heat the plasticine lightly and knead it a little as it makes it soft and easily shape able. I then grip it and work it around where it needs to be,
I use more than I need leaving it sticking out everywhere apart from where it shapes around my hand. The baked plasticine does not have that
much structural strength so it is easily cut and sanded afterwards.
It says that it needs baking for about 15 minutes up to, but not more than 130 degrees Celsius. At first it put the grip with the plasticine
in the oven at 130 degrees. Having put oil on the grip it hardened but would not stick as the heat made the wood sweat oil, but it was easily
glued back on with both contact glue and epoxy glue.
I then realized that a heat gun works fine just heat it up well a few times and let it cool of. Because of the oil it still comes off, but again it is
easily glued back on.
If one heats it to much with thew heat gun it tends to bubble a little almost like melting plastic, but the bubbles does not go deep. they are just
in the surface so one only have to be careful where it is shaped to the hand. For the rest there is always extra material that I cut off.
I am sure it can be hardened with a decent hairdryer too, but it might take a bit more time.
It is easily figured out and cheap so just give it a shot!
Cheers!
Last edited by Eidem; 08-02-2014 at 09:36 PM.
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