Stippling?

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anyone done it? thinking about redoing an old stock.. with the dremel method, not a nail.
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i like the look of stippling, just not sure if its worth the effort.

if anyones bored, please post pics of your stippled guns or any stippling jobs youve done.
thanks!
 
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Nice job, Walther air rifle?
I bought a stippler from brownell's years ago, but have not use it yet.

I used to use a homemeade one, but have no pics .
Cat
 
Nice job, thought I am officially turned off to stippling, at least on STI guns...

I wonder if something like this might work too?

http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=46354&cat=1,130,43332
 
ah thats not my job - its from the Kung air guns site.

ive always liked the look of stippling and seeing his work in progress gallery makes it seem far more do-able for the home user than a quality checkering job.
the guy makes some nice air rifles - check out his site: blueline-studios.com/kuengairguns.com/
 
catnthehatt said:
Nice job, Walther air rifle?
I bought a stippler from brownell's years ago, but have not use it yet.

I used to use a homemeade one, but have no pics .
Cat
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I've subscribed to this thread, as I have a stippling job to do. I was thinking of buying one of those from Brownells... I was wondering how well they work.
 
I actually prefer stippling to checkering.
I have the front strap of my 1911 stippled as well as the grip on my Glock.
 
pics would be appreciated :)


stevebc -- if you go to his site (linked above) and check out his work in progress photos, he explains why stippling with a dremel is preferable to stippling with a spike/nail and shows the process.
seems pretty simple, only thing that looks like it requires a super steady hand and some skill/tools is the cutting of the outer trim lines.

i am positive i cannot do a quality checkering job - which is why im not even going to attempt it - but this looks highly achievable with some patience and simple tools everyone has.
i actually like the look of stippling because it looks.. well.. modern and utilitarian, as opposed to the very classic, 'formal' look of checkering.
 
Hmm, yes, I see that, especially with the "bad stippling job" pic. It also looks to be a quicker method, too. Guess I'll see what dremel offers: none of my bits are appropriate. The outer trim lines could be a challenge, yes...
 
32 Special- thanks, I've added that to my favourites. I have to say I'm leaning strongly to the Dremel.
 
steveBC: Not sure how he cut the borders there but a single line checkering cutter would work for me. Outline the pattern with masking tape and just follow the edge of the tape with the cutter. If following a single tape is scary to you then lay two pieces of tape with just a hairline of space beteween them and run the cutter between them.
 
I've got an old firewood stock that I'll try this method on, then I'll decide if I'll try it on my new laminate stock. I just purchased a ball cutter to do some inletting, should be interesting to try.
 
BTT

First time I see this very interesting thread :)
I was reading on rimfirecentral a long thread about stippling
and there are some on-line tutorials as well.

Did anybody try this on plastic stocks?
What would work better on plastic,
the punch method or dremel?

Does any company sell stick-on (aplique) pads
with glue on one side and stippling-like pattern
(like they were doing with checkering pads)???

I think that if somebody comes up with
a stick-on roll of tape with stippling on one side
(or bubles/blisters/wrinkles/cuts,
or whatever random texture of that kind)
they will probably make a fortune,
especially if the tape can be stretched a little
(unlike the skateboard tape that cannot be stretched).
Cheers
 
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