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Stock lamination question
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<blockquote data-quote="shortgrass" data-source="post: 1101923" data-attributes="member: 24284"><p>I was taught to inlet before shaping. What rifle will you be stocking? You will need a good selection of chisels, gouges & scrapers for inletting. You need some meams to drill the guard screw holes, too. You're a long way from shaping, I'd not bother to shape a piece of foam. There are a couple of drawing, by Jerry Fisher, that are commercially available (Brownells, MidWay) where you can get measurements or you can get some measurements from an already existing stock that you like. Worry about the inletting first. The majority of my chisels and gouges were made by Dastra Woodscrew. They're not WalMart priced, but they're not WalMart quality either. I have several that I special made for certain jobs. Most all of my scrapers are special home made. The 'store bought' ones just don't fit the work. The only exception may be those made by Fisher for barrel channels. Do you have a drill press? <a href="http://www.diefenbacher.com/Dasta.htm" target="_blank">www.diefenbacher.com/Dasta.htm</a> The "intermediate" sized tools are the ones you want. When I wanted some 'extras' that I didn't have I contacted Nora Hall, as she was a Dastra dealer and ended up buying several 'sets' in hopes of selling a few. No such luck, most are still packed away. Those "carving sets" that you may see at the hardware are about useless for the work you have ahead. If you seach some (Diefenbacher sells tools other than Dastra) you'll find other carving tools. Just remember, 'cheap' tools are a chore to use. I'd no venture to guess how many $$ and how much time I have in tools just for stockmaking.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shortgrass, post: 1101923, member: 24284"] I was taught to inlet before shaping. What rifle will you be stocking? You will need a good selection of chisels, gouges & scrapers for inletting. You need some meams to drill the guard screw holes, too. You're a long way from shaping, I'd not bother to shape a piece of foam. There are a couple of drawing, by Jerry Fisher, that are commercially available (Brownells, MidWay) where you can get measurements or you can get some measurements from an already existing stock that you like. Worry about the inletting first. The majority of my chisels and gouges were made by Dastra Woodscrew. They're not WalMart priced, but they're not WalMart quality either. I have several that I special made for certain jobs. Most all of my scrapers are special home made. The 'store bought' ones just don't fit the work. The only exception may be those made by Fisher for barrel channels. Do you have a drill press? [URL="http://www.diefenbacher.com/Dasta.htm"]www.diefenbacher.com/Dasta.htm[/URL] The "intermediate" sized tools are the ones you want. When I wanted some 'extras' that I didn't have I contacted Nora Hall, as she was a Dastra dealer and ended up buying several 'sets' in hopes of selling a few. No such luck, most are still packed away. Those "carving sets" that you may see at the hardware are about useless for the work you have ahead. If you seach some (Diefenbacher sells tools other than Dastra) you'll find other carving tools. Just remember, 'cheap' tools are a chore to use. I'd no venture to guess how many $$ and how much time I have in tools just for stockmaking. [/QUOTE]
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