laminate stock

Mixed up some whitewash and dark stain last night, had the colour looking pretty spot on in the tin..... But when it touched the wood it turned into the foulest most insipid looking colour I've ever seen - definitely unacceptable.

Slight change of plan in the colour dept, and it's now coated in a Mediterranean walnut stain, that has been wiped and rubbed back to an almost dirty finish. Getting the stain on and off quick, several times, will help to bring the darker colours up, and leave the laminate lines visible, more so once the lacquer is applied.

Now for a trip up to drury to see the father-in-law and do the 2pot clear

Edited by (pink)MIST - 07 May 2014 at 7:14am

Hi Steve
Tools aren't hat to come by, and the first few I did (was living somewhere else) I did sitting in the deck with a couple beers every night.
It was almost easier doing that as there was no garage to clean up :)

while all the sanding is going on, ive also got to make its twin, with an FWB sport 124 mounted inside it for a wellington shooter. This will be used in their PRO650 class, which is limited in scope power, and build cost (sometimes its who you know :) )

Slightly heavier than the original, but only by 5-600 grams.
Marine grade pine, and marine grade rimu alternated , with a total cost of $24 incl aliphatic resin to glue it all up :)

Thanks mmamonster, but it's gonna look better soon :)
Tonight has workshop time pencilled in, and it's about 1 1/2 hours away from the first test fit :)

Once test fitting starts it's generally inside a week till it's all together finally, so fingers crossed tonight goes well :)

cleaned the cars ,you better not get mud in or on them :)

Edited by (pink)MIST - 29 Apr 2014 at 8:40am

Ok bit of an update on this, getting minimal time this week but still making forward progress.
Started on the inletting, most people building a stock do this first as it's a lot easier, I do it closer to finished so I can line the action up where I want it (one of the issues with a generic stock for me is to line the action and scope up to me, I've got to hold it off square, uncomfortable by the slightest amount, so why not angle the action in the stock to suit myself?)
About 2 hours into it, and about 80% done.
Note to anyone doing this is (a) take your time setting up router with the guide, work on the opposite side to where the guide is as this stops the router "running off" out the side if your stock.
And note (b) either remove or cover anything in the garage/work area you don't want covered in dust and shavings :)
Tomorrow's job will be cleaning the 2 Holden's :)

Will get progress pics up tomorrow