I’m a little exhausted with all that is happening with the scene the last few weeks, how about a feel good story folks?
My son came to me in September and asked if he could take one of our 22’s and make a custom stock for his final project. TBH, at first I was a little reluctant because I had never made seen anything made from wood so intricate. Was it possible? We wouldn't have access to a lot of fancy tooling, I’m a steel guy and the high schools are pretty limited. But i figured it would be a good life experience to go through the planning process and have him think through to a final product.
We choose on of my rifles that I inherited when my dad passed away (Ithaca). The biggest reason we went with this rifle was looking at the inletting, it seemed to be the easiest out of something newer (10/22).
Anyway, he cut out the blank, brought it home where we used a lot of jigging and a router to inlet the stock. It was a high patience job for sure. But it taught him that with some thought, really anything is possible. After the inletting he took it back to school where he shaped it, sanded, and final finished.
My son came to me in September and asked if he could take one of our 22’s and make a custom stock for his final project. TBH, at first I was a little reluctant because I had never made seen anything made from wood so intricate. Was it possible? We wouldn't have access to a lot of fancy tooling, I’m a steel guy and the high schools are pretty limited. But i figured it would be a good life experience to go through the planning process and have him think through to a final product.
We choose on of my rifles that I inherited when my dad passed away (Ithaca). The biggest reason we went with this rifle was looking at the inletting, it seemed to be the easiest out of something newer (10/22).
Anyway, he cut out the blank, brought it home where we used a lot of jigging and a router to inlet the stock. It was a high patience job for sure. But it taught him that with some thought, really anything is possible. After the inletting he took it back to school where he shaped it, sanded, and final finished.
