Schematics for no. 1 mk 3 wood
- Thread starter lazysod
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Winchester30-30
Regular
- Location
- Fraserwood, MB
its a great idea, get the proper wood for it, ill have a ross full wood coming in to, that would be a hot replicate
Count me in! 2 sets of No1Mk111{walnut}, 1 set No4Mk1 {walnut}....and for something really cool, If you were to find the dimensions of a military stock set for the 1899 Savage, I would gladly turn my civy Savage into something to gawk at at the range
{pssst, also walnut}
OP gun stock wood is specially cured for a long, long, dry time before its turned. The curing/drying time stabilizes the wood and prevents/lessens the chances of warping after a few years. The harder the wood and the closer to the heart wood the better. My fear is when you begin to really look into this venture you'll find that $200 is not enough profit to make the process viable. My bet is the wood alone will cost you almost that {unless you buy bulk quantities}. Again cheaper wood will most likely render unhappy customers 1-2 years down the road leaving them with split/warped stocks. Go Big or go home I'm afraid, but if you're into it I'll buy NP.
{pssst, also walnut}OP gun stock wood is specially cured for a long, long, dry time before its turned. The curing/drying time stabilizes the wood and prevents/lessens the chances of warping after a few years. The harder the wood and the closer to the heart wood the better. My fear is when you begin to really look into this venture you'll find that $200 is not enough profit to make the process viable. My bet is the wood alone will cost you almost that {unless you buy bulk quantities}. Again cheaper wood will most likely render unhappy customers 1-2 years down the road leaving them with split/warped stocks. Go Big or go home I'm afraid, but if you're into it I'll buy NP.
Greenfields
CGN Regular
- Location
- Lower mainland BC
No1 mk 1 wood, lee metford wood, ross wood, LEC wood.....
cheers
Brian
cheers
Brian
Count me in! 2 sets of No1Mk111{walnut}, 1 set No4Mk1 {walnut}....and for something really cool, If you were to find the dimensions of a military stock set for the 1899 Savage, I would gladly turn my civy Savage into something to gawk at at the range
OP gun stock wood is specially cured for a long, long, dry time before its turned. The curing/drying time stabilizes the wood and prevents/lessens the chances of warping after a few years. The harder the wood and the closer to the heart wood the better. My fear is when you begin to really look into this venture you'll find that $200 is not enough profit to make the process viable. My bet is the wood alone will cost you almost that {unless you buy bulk quantities}. Again cheaper wood will most likely render unhappy customers 1-2 years down the road leaving them with split/warped stocks. Go Big or go home I'm afraid, but if you're into it I'll buy NP.
its worth noting that the 2 piece design means shorter and smaller pieces will work
That's just it, there are going to be hiccups along the way. If this were to actually fly I may ask guys to ship me the wood they want turned. I don't know. The other problem is the riveted pieces of metal that go on the ends of the wood. Anyone ever replaced one? Can they be made?
RL
RL
stamped steel and brass rivits. I would suggest making a die that can be set up for a press, the rivits would have to be done by hand taking great care. Too much pressure and the wood will split.
Winchester30-30
Regular
- Location
- Fraserwood, MB
there will be alot of road blocks in this, ive never done anything like this,
Cynical is fine, for sure, but explaining why it doesn't go far would be very valuable. I think there are some serious roadblocks, including, getting a 3d cnc model that is accurate, cost effective cnc machining, metal and rivets for finishing touches.......and customers and a handful of other issues. The one that scares me the most are the people buying them. What if someone has to carve a little piece off, what if the wood has imperfections, I really don't want to deal with that stuff, BUT I think it would be really cool to give people an affordable opportunity to have beautiful new wood components for their restore jobs. It doesn't cost anything to dream, and that's all I'm doing right now. It may be chasing a rainbow, but what the heck, I think Canadians are wicked innovative, and maybe something like this can take off.
