Craig P does it again.

**Mach 1.5** · 28-09-2022, 04:38 PM

Yep the guy has done it again. Turned my old broken Venom Vantage 80 stock in to a work of art. If folks can remember he restored my 77 Vantage Stock a few months ago and now turned his magic to transform my 80 stock. I'll try to get him to pop some pics up. Massive thanks again Craig. Mach 1.5

**TonyL** · 28-09-2022, 05:52 PM

Craigy is a legend.

Pictures, please!

**les allam** · 28-09-2022, 06:47 PM

Originally Posted by TonyL

Craigy is a legend.

Pictures, please!

Yep,let’s have some piccys please Craig.

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Les..

**tom24** · 28-09-2022, 06:56 PM

I love Craigs work
He has turned many a sows ear into a silk purse
Proper artisan craftsman
ATVB TOM

**johnbaz** · 28-09-2022, 10:46 PM

I saw it on Facey, He's done a brilliant job, Love his chequering, So precise and neat!!

john

**baldinio** · 29-09-2022, 08:08 AM

Craig is definitely the man when it comes to chequering and stock finishing, and such a lovely pleasant bloke as well

**NickG** · 29-09-2022, 08:31 AM

Well done Craig, top work as always 👍

**Craig-P** · 29-09-2022, 08:40 AM

**Rapidnick** · 29-09-2022, 09:45 AM

Looks really lovely and I'm sure Paul- being a man of taste and discernment- appreciates it.

**prosport.177** · 29-09-2022, 10:03 AM

Originally Posted by Craig-P

Lovely job as always .) Now stop reading bbs Craig and get back to your shed

**Craig-P** · 29-09-2022, 10:18 AM

I’m multitasking and reading it from the shed

**les allam** · 29-09-2022, 10:51 AM

Great work sorting out that stock,I’m not surprised Paul is very happy with it.
Looking forward to getting my 300s stock from you,after you have refinished it

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Atb
Les..

**TonyL** · 30-09-2022, 04:42 AM

Originally Posted by Craig-P

Beautiful, as expected. Yet another very fine job, my friend.

**Shed tuner** · 30-09-2022, 05:39 AM

very nice

Craig, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it actually a lot harder to repair damaged / uneven chequering that just doing from scratch ? trying to work out how to even do it... e.g. which side of the groove to deepen / widen would seem to be a line by line decision !

**Craig-P** · 30-09-2022, 07:29 AM

Originally Posted by Shed tuner

very nice

Craig, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it actually a lot harder to repair damaged / uneven chequering that just doing from scratch ? trying to work out how to even do it... e.g. which side of the groove to deepen / widen would seem to be a line by line decision !

It's certainly not as straightforward as cutting new lines. Recutting existing work often reveals mistakes that were made when the pattern was originally cut - you have a choice of recutting it as is, or sanding the lot off and starting again ( not ideal when you've already put a good few hours into refinishing the stock ) or trying to correct certain areas to balance it all.
Most of these 90's Custom Stock made stocks show definite bias to the master lines, rounded, unfinished line cuts and directional change in the pattern ( examples below ). This is when the operatives at CS started to use a powered hand chequering tool. That can be a bit of a pig to sort out but it's not impossible and certainly looks a great deal better when corrected.

https://i.ibb.co/pLj68Nx/IMG-2709.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/bdtRjNv/IMG-5362.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/GCNcDCS/IMG-5363.jpg

Recutting is also one of the best ways to blunt a tool due to all the grit and grime that's accumulated in the cuts over the years. I've started using home-made tools for this as I can sharpen them back up again - as opposed to ruining expensive imported tools.

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