Checkering tool angle??

[yippert]

I'm refinishing a stock on a Steyr Model S that had a really bad refinish in a prior life. Looked like shellac. I got a single 90 degree cutter to clean out the checkering after stripping and scrubbing. It seems that it is effecting only the top of the checkering and not getting to the bottom where where the groove is darker. Is it possible that the grooves are 60 degrees and I should consider a 60 deg cutter? Thanks for your ideas...Y

 

[RR]

Is your cutter the correct lines per inch? It sounds like it's larger than it should be.

 

[ironnose]

Virtually all checkering done by European gun manufacturers is with 60 degree cutters.

 

[yippert]

Cutter

Thanks...
It is a single cutter but the checkering is about 18 LPI
I'll get a 60. Any better source than Brownells?

 

[RR]

Sometimes you get lucky with paint stripper and the ol woman's toothbrush . You don't even have to repoint you just get the cold shoulder.

 

[marshall]

The only time I run into 90 degree is boaders '
Use 60's single cutter if you are cleaning them up and go slow
with a real good light.

 

[Boss Hogg]

The tool you want is the Dem-Bart 60 Degree Veiner, it works really well for repointing checkering.

http://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/store/ProductDetail.aspx?p=5693&title=DEM-BART VEINER