pulled me finger out

[joffy]

took half a day off today with the intentions of getting the stock started well .....nearly there got the action in but just needs a bit of tweeking here and there http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...ps29e5634c.jpg you'll have to excuse the work bench as my workmate is too short for me whilst drilling .....I rushed the bloody measuring so the action has a little gap at the front but it shouldn't be any bother as the stocks not going anywhere http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...psb8f1487a.jpg

I have to add a grip cap but am undecided to which hardwood to use as I have a piece of walnut, ebony, zebra wood and some rose wood .......I'm hoping that the poplar takes a nice dark stain.


anyways tell me what you think ......I might even get around to doing the 52 stock as well

[Craig-P]

Well done mate - the hardest part is out of the way so you can take your time and enjoy shaping it now.

Craig

[markyboy]

Nice work so far, the inletting is a right pain on springer stocks, take your time on the shaping as it's very easy to get carried away.

Mark

[joffy]

Nice work so far, the inletting is a right pain on springer stocks, take your time on the shaping as it's very easy to get carried away.

Mark

i made one before for my old hw80 http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...20090623_2.jpg i'm going to use a few ideas i tried but without the thumbhole (thumb up position) and a different front end hence the deeper fore end .i went for the rose wood in the end i've also dug out some jacobean oak polyvinyl finish that gives me an off browny green finish which is very similar to my s400 superlites stock

[markyboy]

I find it very therapeutic making the stocks, once I start it's very hard for me too stop till I get told off by the wife.
Here is a Hw97 stock I have just finished
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/k...psotaedace.jpg
It needs a few more coats of oil to get it finished, and I'm a big fan of the thumb up shooting position as shown in the pic.
I look forward to see more pics of the shaping.

Mark.

[joffy]

the one thing i regret is not adding a few inches onto the blank so that when you get to the end of the fore end the wood has a tendency to spring together leaving you with a smaller slot than i had intended (lucky i had a few scraps of wood the right thickness just to finish off ) i'd love to have a garage or shed big enough so i can get down and enjoy myself as at the mo my tools are in the little shed and only come out one at a time ...must check my lotto numbers

might try birch ply one next time for the bsa meteor

[markyboy]

No room in my shed either, it's full of tools and gym equipment, I have to make do with making them in the garden when it's dry, or if it's not raining too much under the patio umbrella.

Mark

[joffy]

I managed to grab an hour of near daylight this afternoon and got through 4 belts on my power file (most disappointing) http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...psf638febc.jpg
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...ps9c4cdd24.jpg
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...ps44c4f09d.jpg

I have some sanding drums for the power drill that i'll be using as they'll last longer

[markyboy]

Where do you get you powerfile belts from, I get mine from a guy on the bay of e and their reasonable priced and do last a while, I normally get through around 4-5 belts on the whole stock.

Mark.

[joffy]

i got 3 with the powerfile and bought a few more from b&q at the same time ....i bought a spoke shave yesterday but that really needs a tune up before i get going with it (i'll put a decent edge on the blade and do my chisel set too at the same time) it's very satifying going from a piece of timber to a usable gunstock made using your own hands ,mind you i'm thinking that ash would've not been so plain a bit of wood maybe the next one

[joffy]

managed to squeeze in a little bit today http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...psc5ac838b.jpg
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...ps751b1feb.jpg http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...ps5d4d8196.jpg and finally http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...psaeb4f71c.jpg .... I might thin the pistol cap down a touch and I have to shape and sand the fore end but that's easy now all the hard works done but I still wish I'd of bought a piece of walnut or ash

[Two200's]

If you had chosen Ash, your fingerfile belt count would have been a LOT higher.

[nat1]

You guys must be giving the powerfile belts a hard time!
Slow the speed down,use an "abrasive belt cleaner" periodically and let the belt do the work.

I use one belt per stock (40 grit),on ash as well.
once it starts to brown (burn) the wood change the belt.Have moved on to an angle grider lately though

Have done a few ash one's =




Good work Joffy, take your time,they get better the more you do.
Atb,Woody.

[joffy]

You guys must be giving the powerfile belts a hard time!
Slow the speed down,use an "abrasive belt cleaner" periodically and let the belt do the work.

I use one belt per stock (40 grit),on ash as well.
once it starts to brown (burn) the wood change the belt.Have moved on to an angle grider lately though

Have done a few ash one's =




Good work Joffy, take your time,they get better the more you do.
Atb,Woody.

hiya woody are the ash stocks dyed or are you using a coloured finish as all the ash i've seen and handled (snooker cues) seems to be a touch lighter in appearance atb jonathan

[nat1]

Hi Jonathan,
the first two pics are just finished with Danish oil, it's ash heart wood which already has a nice olive brown colour.didn't imo need any added colour.My preferred method,less work.With timber selection i always look at the grain for character.Must "pull my finger out" and do something with this

The last two pics scorpion and cz452 stocks came from the same piece of wood,normal pale colour ash.More work involved to create the grain character. I used a walnut "clay/pigment" based grain filler, (not sealer!),mixed with a little raw umber powder, thinned down with white spirit and a dash of spirit stain,colour to taste,(rosewood in this case), a sort of wash if you like.
Rub in with two fingers and a rag,let dry and then cut back with fine grade grey fleece (like scotchbrite).
The paste like grain filler will stay in the grain giving a stripey almost laminate look whilst the spirit wash will tint the smooth parts of the wood adding a little colour,then oil.

Hope i've been helpfull. Atb Woody.