Here was another version I made early on. It had the weirdest look, but very ergonomic.
It solved the problem of removing the magazine perfectly. The first Romanian style grip was made tracing a real AK type. That was too rearward and prevented the magazine from coming out. This design was a compromise. To answer your question, I don't think I have time to make more, but I will share how it was done. They all are done the same: inner shape, laminate outside.
You need a drill, dremel with rotary rasp heads and a bandsaw.
1. Trace your existing handguard. Study the shape of the rear and the front carefully. Note the thickness too and look for wood.
2. Draw the Romanian style grip on the template
near the front. Add a bit of extra material at the rear. Draw the shape of the side panels on thin cardboard. You use the rifle as a guide too.
3. With a bandsaw cut out the rough shape. Cut out the side panels.
4. Roughly finish the rear. Drill a hole at the rear that will later be used for the pin. Use the bandsaw to cut up to but not into the hole. Use the dremel to finish the exact shape using the old stock as a measuring guide. It took about 15 minutes as I recall.
5. The front end is really hard to make. I failed there repeatedly. To shape the front out of wood is near impossible. It gets too thin and breaks. In the end, I made a seperate block, much thicker, that is applied later. The good part is it helps in fitting. Get the shape and apply with glue, sliding it on after fitting the rear end first. It makes for a good fit. Let dry a day.
6. With the little stock pin in, the rough grip should be useable. Fit and glue on the side panels. Let dry.
7. Next, as you can imagine, you dremel a lot. This takes heaps of time. Then sand and finish. The finish on this one, btw, is painted to look like the original stock finish.
I can take pictures if you want.
