1963beretta
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Vaughan, Ontario
Excellent work.....thinking about all that chiseling, carving, cutting and sanding is really triggering my anxiety.....fack....I need meds!!
Ithaca NID SxS 20 ga....stocking update
- Thread starter dilly
- Start date
browninggold
CGN Regular
- Location
- Essex County, Ontario
Liking this thread!! Looking forward to seeing the process
If you are the impatient type, don't try this. LOL
I am really going slow on this one. The little voice in my head keeps saying "once the wood is removed, you cant put it back"...
Challenging getting this to fit with a piece of paintbrush handle wrapped in sandpaper.
Still a bit proud and not a perfect fit, but good enough for this guy!
I am really going slow on this one. The little voice in my head keeps saying "once the wood is removed, you cant put it back"...
Challenging getting this to fit with a piece of paintbrush handle wrapped in sandpaper.
Still a bit proud and not a perfect fit, but good enough for this guy!
Falconflyer
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
I'm inletting a rifle stock right now so I know what your going through! 
I'm inletting a rifle stock right now so I know what your going through!
The worst part is, when you get this far into it, I dread screwing something up and having to start over. I keep staring at it though and it bugs me that it still looks “blocky”. I might hold my nose and start up the belt sander...
Falconflyer
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Haha... I live in dread of getting it 9/10's finished then screwing it up!
Following with great interest. Just got my hands on an old double barrel 16 gauge that someone attempted to refurbish at some point. The wood is thinner and covered with some cheap ass varnish that's flaking away.
This thread is inspiring.
This thread is inspiring.
I'm still plugging along on the stock for this little SxS. Lots of work!
I grabbed a blank and rough shaped it. Its not fancy, but clean,dry, and straight.
Started nibbling inwards with the top part only first.
Finally got it seated just before supper.
Now the bottom....ugh
I grabbed a blank and rough shaped it. Its not fancy, but clean,dry, and straight.
Started nibbling inwards with the top part only first.
Finally got it seated just before supper.
Now the bottom....ugh
Haha! Oh hell no...might end up in the “participation award” category.
ninepointer
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Central Ontario
Congratulations Dilly on going where most of us fear to tread. We will continue to eagerly watch from the safety of our computers
Not seeing any blood on that new wood, so you must not only be on to something but, doing good
Keep plugging away .
Rob
Congratulations Dilly on going where most of us fear to tread. We will continue to eagerly watch from the safety of our computers
These statements sum it up pretty well. (and also made me chuckle) Looking forwarded to watching the progress.
Update on the slowest stocking job in North America. Should call it "Project Molasses"
Here I go with the trigger plate. I found the old-timey method of using lamp black actually worked for me.
Finally mated up. I still had to drill the through holes to bring it all together at this point. FYI, its not easy to line them up.
TahDah! Its on and is really tight. Safety works...barrels locked up...no wiggles, in fact, I may have to relieve it ever so slightly so it doesn't need to be forced together.
It is almost starting to look like a shotgun again.
Next up, I have to inlet the sears and make sure they don't rub anything. Once I get all that functioning, then its time to start shaping.
Here I go with the trigger plate. I found the old-timey method of using lamp black actually worked for me.
Finally mated up. I still had to drill the through holes to bring it all together at this point. FYI, its not easy to line them up.
TahDah! Its on and is really tight. Safety works...barrels locked up...no wiggles, in fact, I may have to relieve it ever so slightly so it doesn't need to be forced together.
It is almost starting to look like a shotgun again.
Next up, I have to inlet the sears and make sure they don't rub anything. Once I get all that functioning, then its time to start shaping.
- Location
- Kawartha Lakes area of Ont
It's coming along nicely!
Bob
Bob
huntingfish
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Quebec City
The beautiful lines of a handcrafted baikal....LOL
I guess it is time for an update on the project with the pace of a moving glacier...
The main reason I used such a thick stock blank, was because I wanted to build some cast-off and toe-out in this stock. I have always preferred the feel of a gun with this feature and think I hit better with it. I got input from my daughter as well, as she will likely get this gun when I am finished.
Then I started rasping.
While working down the stock, it became apparent I needed a better rasp, so off to Lee Valley tools.
Still Didn't speed things up much, but it helped with control.
I let my kid make the call on the grip style. She decided a POW with a rounded knob was her preference. Couldn't have gone with something easy....LOL
The main reason I used such a thick stock blank, was because I wanted to build some cast-off and toe-out in this stock. I have always preferred the feel of a gun with this feature and think I hit better with it. I got input from my daughter as well, as she will likely get this gun when I am finished.
Then I started rasping.
While working down the stock, it became apparent I needed a better rasp, so off to Lee Valley tools.
Still Didn't speed things up much, but it helped with control.
I let my kid make the call on the grip style. She decided a POW with a rounded knob was her preference. Couldn't have gone with something easy....LOL
