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<blockquote data-quote="shortgrass" data-source="post: 1311842" data-attributes="member: 24284"><p>You would use the center screw hole, with a guide pin, to 'guide' as you're inletting the barreled action, and worry about the other two holes after the inetting of the barreled action is complete. Decide where on the blank you want the barreled action, locate that center hole, and drill it on the centerline for the guide pin. "Eye Ball" the tang on the centerline, and relieve any and all projections on the bottom of the action with a sharp chisel/gouge and after the action is sitting flat, on top of the blank, scribe a line around the action and barrel, highlighting that scribed mark with a silver pencil if the wood is dark/a regular lead pencil if the wood is light. Figure out where/what the center of the action, and route inside the line to that depth. Use a core box bit to rough out the barrel channel staying inside of the lines, Now the 'fun' begins', using sharp chisels and gouges remove wood slowly until the barreled action is half in and half out of the stock. Special barrel channel tools are available to work the barrel channel until you are within scraper distance of finishing up. As you are inletting, keep the barreled action on the centerline as closely as you can. I have tried many marking aids to show me where to remove wood while inletting. Jards Inletting Black might be 'nasty' to work with, but it leaves a mark I can see. Jards has "Inletting Gold" for darker colored wood. Apply it liberally with a 'tinning' brush to completely coat the metal that's going into the wood.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shortgrass, post: 1311842, member: 24284"] You would use the center screw hole, with a guide pin, to 'guide' as you're inletting the barreled action, and worry about the other two holes after the inetting of the barreled action is complete. Decide where on the blank you want the barreled action, locate that center hole, and drill it on the centerline for the guide pin. "Eye Ball" the tang on the centerline, and relieve any and all projections on the bottom of the action with a sharp chisel/gouge and after the action is sitting flat, on top of the blank, scribe a line around the action and barrel, highlighting that scribed mark with a silver pencil if the wood is dark/a regular lead pencil if the wood is light. Figure out where/what the center of the action, and route inside the line to that depth. Use a core box bit to rough out the barrel channel staying inside of the lines, Now the 'fun' begins', using sharp chisels and gouges remove wood slowly until the barreled action is half in and half out of the stock. Special barrel channel tools are available to work the barrel channel until you are within scraper distance of finishing up. As you are inletting, keep the barreled action on the centerline as closely as you can. I have tried many marking aids to show me where to remove wood while inletting. Jards Inletting Black might be 'nasty' to work with, but it leaves a mark I can see. Jards has "Inletting Gold" for darker colored wood. Apply it liberally with a 'tinning' brush to completely coat the metal that's going into the wood. [/QUOTE]
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