Laminate stock procedure

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Has anyone ever made one themselves?
I have decided to invest the time in making a thumbhole stock for my Savage 17HMR as no aftermarket stocks are availible for this model of rifle.
After hashing this idea around,I mentioned this to a friend at work,and he said the best way was to make it out of plywood.
his procedure is to find a good grain plywood and cut out 5 rough forms.Using 3 of these,glue them together,using a high qulity glue(he suggested "Bulldog glue")and at stress points,screw them together.After they're dry,add your last 2 pieces,good grain out,and glue in place.Then shape,sand and refinish as required.
Do any of the CGNs here have any suggestions to make this procedure any easier\more effective?
Looking forward to your comments.
 
Lamintated stock layers are glued together under extreme pressure. I suspect a plywood stock would come apart under recoil.
 
sunray said:
Lamintated stock layers are glued together under extreme pressure. I suspect a plywood stock would come apart under recoil.
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Recoil on a .17 HMR??? :shock: ????come on sunray....mic

BLD... I would use thin layers of wood(not plywood) and epoxy glue.... I would finish the stock with epoxy mixed with acetone to thin it or buy thinner epoxy from www.indform.com ....they are very helpful and have different types of epoxies....I have never made a laminatated stock but have finished several with expoxy as per an article in "RIFLE" magazine some time ago ....they turned out great!!!.....also had a friend build a stock out of styrofoam insulation covered with fiber glass and he use epoxy resin....this stock is on a REM. model 600 or 660 in .308 and at least 10 years old and still going...... If you go thru with this project post your results please....cheers mic
 
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I seen one made out of 1/2" plywood glued together with acraglass you must paint it afterwards cause it is ussually ugly.. The stock was quite stiff and worked well ,but as sujested in a earlier reply give Boyd's a call and have them ship you a blank or a shaped but uninleted stock you will be money ahead and it will look good also .
 
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I seen one made out of 1/2" plywood glued together with acraglass you must paint it afterwards cause it is ussually ugly.. The stock was quite stiff and worked well ,but as sujested in a earlier reply give Boyd's a call and have them ship you a blank or a shaped but uninleted stock you will be money ahead and it will look good also .
 
alberta tactical rifle said:
I have some laminated blanks available that are for gunstock making , $120.00 plus gst and shipping, seems cheap compared to the hassle of making a blank. :mrgreen:
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Rick....how much does it cost to have a stock duplicated on said machine and who has one of these machines here in canada???(no money and wheels are still turning. :shock: )........mic
 
Rick....how much does it cost to have a stock duplicated on said machine and who has one of these machines here in canada???(no money and wheels are still turning. )........mic
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I had Dave Henry turn out a couple of stocks for me, I do not have a stock duplicator, no plans to get 1 either, but I supplied Dave with the blanks and he charged me just over $200.00 plus tax and shipping to duplicate them. I thought that was reasonable , to get a left handed stock made for a MRC action was going to cost a fair bit more than that through other stock makers, now the real work begins. :mrgreen:
 
I'm making one for my Marlin 17HMR right now. I had some old mahogany doors kicking around so I took my Circular saw and split them and found they were made of very nice thin laminate that was all mahogany. After cleaning it up I cut out several stock shaped pieces and laminated them together to the desired thickness using Tite Bond II that I bought from Windsor plywood. Be sure to reeeeeally clamp well.
I made a rig out of some square iron and redi rods that lets me use an impact wrench to tighten it up. After this your wood working skills take over.

Total out of pocket expense will be for the recoil pad, bedding kit and swivel studs. ( under $60 )
You have to scrounge a bit but I can't think of a better way to pass the time when it's -30.
 
for what its worth most mech shops have a 20-50 ton hydrulic press for doing press fit bushings and stuff at least ours does and if your planning on buliond a stock might be worth your while to ask around about useing a shops press to to apply presure to your stock while drying the glue of each layer. most presses are large enough to acomidate a stock and can certainly apply enough pressure
 
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