Homemade Stock II

rcs9250 · Mar 25, 2024

Incredible. So many areas of the stock where it was your perception of what material needed to be removed and what material must stay. The stress of knowing at any moment you might be starting over or mixing up some filler.
You are an artist.

OldSpook · Mar 25, 2024

Stunning. Some people just have a gift. I think we have found one of yours.

Gear_Junkie · Mar 25, 2024

HOLY COW!!! That stock came out absolutely stunning!!! The wood and the craftsmanship are spectacular. I love the design for the adjustable palm shelf - just really smart and practical. I also really appreciated all of the pictures. That is an heirloom stock that you created.

ABSOLUTLEY STUNNING WORK!

Vana2 · Mar 26, 2024

Beautiful work! Thanks for sharing!

rc4fun · Mar 26, 2024

You make it sound easy and fast. I know it's neither. Just WOW.

bearair · Mar 26, 2024

Excellent thread. Thank you for sharing the adventure with us. That stock is amazing.

ebutter · Mar 26, 2024

I just inleted my first stock…. But nothing like this! Looks great

Snap-Shot · Mar 26, 2024

Nice Job . Wow , And that Walnut - Black Walnut looks stunning . Many would love to try this but gettin good seasoned dry walnut is difficult.

JohnTaylor · Mar 26, 2024

john8 said:
Beautiful, that's some sweet work. Curiosity, how many hours do you have invested in the project?

I didn’t keep really great track….lot of coffee, and mulling details…I’d say around 80-90 hrs. Thanks for your interest.John

crowski · Mar 26, 2024

John gorgeous piece wood. And a talent that’s equal. Thanks for showing. Crow

Gear_Junkie · Mar 26, 2024

JohnTaylor said:
I’d say around 80-90 hrs.

Well worth it!!!

Linda_McGee · Mar 30, 2024

John, you an an artist with wood! Truly amazing and sooooo beautiful. Enjoyed the journey as you took us along for a fantastiic ride to completion.

JohnTaylor · Mar 30, 2024

Linda_McGee said:
John, you an an artist with wood! Truly amazing and sooooo beautiful. Enjoyed the journey as you took us along for a fantastiic ride to completion.

Thank you Linda. I’ll be over as soon as I get a chance to try it out. Love John

RScott · Aug 11, 2024

Wow! What an incredible project and accomplishment.
- An ambitious design,
- Perfect execution,
- Great finishing touches (e.g., stipling).
And great photo documentation of the process.

Peashooter · Aug 11, 2024

Nobody said you cant work other stuff on a metal cutting machine.
As a apprentice i once had stone in the jaws of my lathe,,,,,, turned out just fine. ( bong head )

jps2486 · Aug 11, 2024

Your workmanship is outstanding and does justice to that fine piece of wood that God has created for you.

RCope · Aug 11, 2024

As a woodworker, I am humbled. 3 dimensional machining is an art. I have had my moments with 2 dimensions and beautiful wood. But what you can do takes it to a whole 'nother level. I hope it shoot as awesome as it looks, Cheers! Rick

Mark.in.AZ · Aug 11, 2024

JohnTaylor said:
Recently I had knee surgery, and was faced with at least 3 weeks of downtime. I managed to get down to the shop and looked around for
something to occupy my time….and there it was…that old piece of walnut on the back of the bench. So I decided that stock I’ve been thinking about should come to fruition.….beware…I might have gotten carried away with the pictures…View attachment 448569I made a quick sketch with major dimensions…View attachment 448575and started inletting the action…View attachment 448576hogged out some material under the air tube from this heavy piece of wood…View attachment 448577It fits…View attachment 448579back to the bench to pickup pertinent points…View attachment 448580roughed out trigger area, butt stock, and cheek piece….View attachment 448581sawed the tapers on the table saw….having already milled away my reference surface, I hotmelt glued on a temporary one…View attachment 448582sawed off the hamster…View attachment 448583then the fore end….I really miss my bandsaw..View attachment 448584there’s the pieces…also dug thru my scrap aluminum for stock for the hardware..View attachment 448585first thing was a trigger guard….
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After milling and finishing…

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Inlet the trigger guard, and milled the height adjustment hardware ….also a couple of dowel centers for locating the cheekpiece..
View attachment 448597Roughing out the thumb hole area….View attachment 448598after a little refinement…View attachment 448599starting to work the left side…View attachment 448600after some refinement…View attachment 448602details pretty much View attachment 448605right side pretty much finalized…View attachment 448610roughing in the cheek piece…View attachment 448612
Cheek piece pretty much set..View attachment 448613
Planeing in the radius on fore end..View attachment 448614
Check for fit before final sanding…View attachment 448615another angle…View attachment 448616after final sanding…View attachment 448617after a couple coats of oil….View attachment 448619stippled, buffed, View attachment 448622 View attachment 448620 View attachment 448621 View attachment 448623Done….thank you for viewing my thread….sorry it was so long. John

Very nicely done! I appreciate your attention to detail and the fact that you designed it on paper first. woodworking was done very well, liked the choice of wood and grain, and the stippling came out nicely.

Reminds me of years ago when I made a copy of the AI AW stock for my Marauder. I can appreciate the time and effort that went into all the steps to make this an eye popper of a stock.

Good luck with it, and try not to let others slobber over it.

Mark

humbled · Aug 11, 2024

That is a nice stock indeed. This is were I am with mine. It's for an Air Arms TX200. .177.

bustachip · Aug 11, 2024

JohnTaylor said:
Recently I had knee surgery, and was faced with at least 3 weeks of downtime. I managed to get down to the shop and looked around for
something to occupy my time….and there it was…that old piece of walnut on the back of the bench. So I decided that stock I’ve been thinking about should come to fruition.….beware…I might have gotten carried away with the pictures…View attachment 448569I made a quick sketch with major dimensions…View attachment 448575and started inletting the action…View attachment 448576hogged out some material under the air tube from this heavy piece of wood…View attachment 448577It fits…View attachment 448579back to the bench to pickup pertinent points…View attachment 448580roughed out trigger area, butt stock, and cheek piece….View attachment 448581sawed the tapers on the table saw….having already milled away my reference surface, I hotmelt glued on a temporary one…View attachment 448582sawed off the hamster…View attachment 448583then the fore end….I really miss my bandsaw..View attachment 448584there’s the pieces…also dug thru my scrap aluminum for stock for the hardware..View attachment 448585first thing was a trigger guard….
View attachment 448593
After milling and finishing…

View attachment 448594
Inlet the trigger guard, and milled the height adjustment hardware ….also a couple of dowel centers for locating the cheekpiece..
View attachment 448597Roughing out the thumb hole area….View attachment 448598after a little refinement…View attachment 448599starting to work the left side…View attachment 448600after some refinement…View attachment 448602details pretty much View attachment 448605right side pretty much finalized…View attachment 448610roughing in the cheek piece…View attachment 448612
Cheek piece pretty much set..View attachment 448613
Planeing in the radius on fore end..View attachment 448614
Check for fit before final sanding…View attachment 448615another angle…View attachment 448616after final sanding…View attachment 448617after a couple coats of oil….View attachment 448619stippled, buffed, View attachment 448622 View attachment 448620 View attachment 448621 View attachment 448623Done….thank you for viewing my thread….sorry it was so long. John

Very nice craftsmanship. I take it this wasn't your first rodeo..lol.

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