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 Posted: 18 Apr 2014 at 6:20pm |
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3 more hours tonight, really taking shape at a good pace now. Will do pics tomorrow, but have started on the lh side of the butt now, rh side is ready to be sanded in various grades of paper, but will leave that until both sides are ready.
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Posted: 16 Apr 2014 at 6:43pm |
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Another couple hours in the garage, with a half round file, some drum sanders, a plane, and the flap wheel.
Have worked the grip, thumbhole and butt a bit more, giving better shape to it all, and have started the RH side finger grooves. Started marking the trigger area with the spade bit in the drill, this will help to keep the trigger hole straighter and a more true shape, and will also help when putting bodyline down each side providing a reference point. The lines are starting to show up better now, so also trying to make sure they go where I want them as well :)     Also got this shot, using the lighting to show off the shape better. You can see where the trigger will be, and where the body line will shape to. The Body line will be cut using a router and fence, with the top following the top of the stock, and the bottom following the shape of the bottom of the stock.  |
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Posted: 14 Apr 2014 at 6:01pm |
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Okay, got bored again, which is easy for me as I dont like to sit still :)
Had a google search for custom laminate tx stocks, and found a few, but one stood out and just said "make me" Going to run through this step by step, as I get further through it, so to start it off heres what i found and am going to make - altered slightly to suit needs I thought needed changing.   First step was easy, get a whole lot of ply, and laminate it together. I used aliphatic resin to glue it all up, and had it sitting under 2 1/2 ton of pressure for 8 hours. Then I marked out a template to the shape and size i wanted, marked the laminated ply (I got two stocks marked out off a 300x850 slab) and rough cut it out on a bandsaw you can see the cardboard template just behind the two stock blanks  Starting with a 30mm drill through the thumbhole area, then used a plane to rough shape the comb and butt of the stock, and a 80grit flap wheel to start shaping the thumbhole/grip area. This small bit of work took just over 2 hours, and thats only one side. This can be done faster using an anglegrinder with sanding discs, but I feel theres more control this way. I'll use an anglegrinder later on.    |
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