Devcon (steel) bedding a wood stock

Congratulations, you are a great teacher !

Just a comment;

Personally, I used a cylindrical and a ball cutter (endmill style) Dremell bits because they make a rough finish, providing a better grip to the epoxy. Also they removed quickly more material but required more training and a better tool control
 
id likely go and buy some plastercene(SP) and use it. play dough has a hell of a lot of salt in it. needless to say it wouldn't be good to have damp salt on your action for hours on end....
 
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You can use what ever you want. I just used what I had on hand and it worked great for me. By all means if you have to purchase, get something better. I have so much play dough and wax from the baby bell cheese, I can bed several rifles.
 
What was the reason for using action bolts ? Just to keep the Devcon out of the threads? Did you tighten the action bolts to keep the stock & barrel together?

Awsome thread btw. Great pics.
 
Zeb said:
What was the reason for using action bolts ? Just to keep the Devcon out of the threads? Did you tighten the action bolts to keep the stock & barrel together?

Awsome thread btw. Great pics.
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I have also installed my action screws as lineup guides. I also placed some tape around the action screws to allow them a more snug fit in the stock.
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Nice writeup notenough!

As an alternative to Devcon you can pick up Industro-Weld (two large 5oz tubes of JBWeld) at local supply stores for just under $20. I did two rifles so far and have about half of the tubes left. It sets in 4-6 hours, cures in 15 hours and is not quite as thick as the Devcon so you might want to let it sit for a while (after mixing) before applying it.
 
Devcon

Like I mentioned before, I was using what was either on hand or readily available in my area. The Devcon I had read about and the place that sold it is not far from my work so that made sense to me to try.

So far I think I've done 4 or 5 rifles and have enough to do 1 or 2 more. I like it over the 5 minute stuff only because if you make a mistake, you have longer to correct it. Once I run out of Devcon I may try something else but not likely since I'm familiar with the Devcon product.

By all means if you guys have other stuff your using, please list your instructions here (gunsmithing forum) and make sure you include what your using and where you got it from and how much it costs. Helpful would also be how many guns it does. There are lots of newbies looking to do this kind of simple improvement and the internet doesn't always work well for everybody.
 
Synthetic

I keep forgetting to do the write up on bedding a synthetic stock rifle as it's a little different. I did it on my Tikka T3 but that was a special case as the bedded recoil lug in the stock FELL out!

Again maybe I'll do the Winchester M70 Laredo.:D
 
Just a note for anyone wanting a video on using the Devcon, Richard Franklin did a great video which covers it as part of his pillar bedding video, which can be had from his website, or by torrents:
Stress free Pillar Bedding with Richard Franklin

and AGI has one out there speciffically on Glass bedding available as a torrent:
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4630796/AGI-_Glass_Bedding_Course

Of the two I preffer Franklins, as it covers everything a little more neatly.
 
Where can you find devcon ?. i went into my local Brafasco and they told me they havent had it for a LONG time, all they have is Loctite Stainless, Steel, and Aluminum Epoxy. which is like $70+tax for a container not much bigger than a box of Accuglass.

Any help would be great.
 
Devcon is sold by the pound. There is more material in the Devcon F Aluminum putty then in the steel putty. Enough extra to do 2 or 3 more rifles.

The difference between the differnt materials is shrinkage. Acragals and Devcon putty have very little. hence better bedding jobs.
 
Hey! Great Stuff. This may interest you and it works some slick for me. Rather than the tape, I use 26" bicycle inner tubes. I always keep 6 or so hanging on the wall. Cut the valve stem section out. Wrap it onto itself and keep wrapping. No need to over stretch the tube because the total clamping force is the sum total of the force of each wrap. When you are finished wrapping, tuck the end into one of the wraps and presto. The inner tubes also make excellent clamps for stock repairs. I have a steel toolbox welded to my utility trailer. The box is padlocked. I cut a couple of 2" sections from a tube and slipped them over the padlocks. Now the locks don't beat the paint off the tool box. For real rough trailing on my ATV, I wrap the tubes around my guns and racks to keep them super secure. I am sure there are many more undiscovered uses for inner tubes.
 
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