Making my own woodset ?

[louthepou]

John (Sukey?) is one cool, friendly chap!

(missing anything else, Bob?)

 

[bobfortier]

Not at the moment Lou, I'll let you know....

 

[bobfortier]

Hi

Here is the result of this morning work. Next is adjusting the center band, then the nose-cap, and last will be the final rounding/sanding of the stock.

Somewhere in this block of wood is a Lee Enfield stock

Fitting the trigger was the challenge. It sits a bit further than in the other stock I had, I think I will get back the double "clic" on the trigger, which is a good thing

 

[bobfortier]

And here is after a couple of minute on the bandsaw. Getting there !

 

[fogducker]

i can see the pride you put into your work..
thanks for sharing the progress and the pics,i cant wait to see the finished product..

 

[bobfortier]

Thanks for the comment

Here is where I'm at tonight, almost done

Fitting the band

Nosecap on, all left to do is rounding the exterior, sanding and finish

 

[louthepou]

The pace at which you're going, Bob, is as impressive as the quality of the work.

Lou

 

[heavyBullet]

Ya, your moving right along. You remind me of that guy who used to be on TV (PBS ch57) who would paint a beautiful painting during a one hour show. Looks like you will be done in no time.

 

[bobfortier]

Raining outside all day, wife out with her friends, I lit a pipe and got to work. I would like to be done by the end of next week, deer hunting season begins and I will not have a lot of time during the weekends.

Thanks for the comments, I appreciate

 

[Pblatzz]

Holly smoke.... What's for next week, I hope a ross................?????

 

[fogducker]

how many hours do you have into this project?

 

[bobfortier]

I started October 6th, and let's say something like 10 hours a week, so I'd say about 35-40, I did not count...

 

[bobfortier]

Getting there....

Hi

Tonight was wood-removal night. I found the weapon of choice to remove a lot of wood in short time

I spent the rest of the evening fitting and carving a bit more. I removed a bit too much wood on both side of the action. Just too bad, other than you and me no one will know...

Next will be some last pieces fitting (the small front metal plate just under the top of the nosecap) and I'll be sanding it and finishing. I have to strip the stock to bare wood also

 

[bobfortier]

It is far from perfect, but I like the irregular look of the wood

 

[louthepou]

Ah, that's the thing when working with wood, it's easy to remove some, and difficult to put it back on

Good work Bob!

Lou

 

[woodchopper]

I like using a belt sander, I flp it upside down in a vise and use it for the finishing work.

Looing good

 

[bobfortier]

I did some sanding, the only thing left at this point is to dismantle everything (again), sand the stock to bare wood, and apply the finish. I'll do an oil finish on this, I'll choose the oil tomorrow.

And I need a 10 round mag, if anyone has one doing nothing in a dark corner.....

 

[Pblatzz]

Looking good!

 

[louthepou]

Choose pure Linseed oil! Go the real Enfield way!

Looking good indeed,

Lou

 

[John Sukey]

It appears you won't need that piling swivel as the nosecap looks like it hasn't been drilled for one. But you will need a sling swivel to replace it. You can always use it fror a future project LOL.

Now someone needs to send him a sling swivel for the mid barrel band.