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Who's Made Their Own Stock?
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<blockquote data-quote="shortgrass" data-source="post: 996998" data-attributes="member: 24284"><p>Forgot, you're on the other side of the 'pond'. That #49 Patternmaker is made by Nicholson. They make a #50, too,,,,, but you don't need one. The majority of my chisels and gouges are made by Dastra with a smattering of Pheil thrown in for good measure. Several I've altered to serve a particular purpose. "over there" good carving tools may not be as hard to find as they are here. Some rough pre-inletting can be done on a vertical mill, or with a good lay-out and steady hand, a hand held router. I've done it both ways. The router is faster, just stay inside the lines. On an action like a Mauser or Springfield I inlet the bottom metal first. Others depend on their design. The integral mag box is why I do the bottom first. Lots of opportunities to get off the centerline when inletting one. If you do the bottom first and you're off the CL when its flush all you have to do is establish a 'new centerline (using the two guard screws/holes). Bottom metal like Rem. BDL I inlet the Barreled action first. Not much inletting for the bottom metal,,,, less chance of wandering off center. Besides, now you've got two guide pins to help keep that bottom metal on center.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shortgrass, post: 996998, member: 24284"] Forgot, you're on the other side of the 'pond'. That #49 Patternmaker is made by Nicholson. They make a #50, too,,,,, but you don't need one. The majority of my chisels and gouges are made by Dastra with a smattering of Pheil thrown in for good measure. Several I've altered to serve a particular purpose. "over there" good carving tools may not be as hard to find as they are here. Some rough pre-inletting can be done on a vertical mill, or with a good lay-out and steady hand, a hand held router. I've done it both ways. The router is faster, just stay inside the lines. On an action like a Mauser or Springfield I inlet the bottom metal first. Others depend on their design. The integral mag box is why I do the bottom first. Lots of opportunities to get off the centerline when inletting one. If you do the bottom first and you're off the CL when its flush all you have to do is establish a 'new centerline (using the two guard screws/holes). Bottom metal like Rem. BDL I inlet the Barreled action first. Not much inletting for the bottom metal,,,, less chance of wandering off center. Besides, now you've got two guide pins to help keep that bottom metal on center. [/QUOTE]
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