rwade545 Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 Well its been a while since someone has done a stock build. I was given a shotgun which I found had a split in the stock so I decide to have a go at making a stock,so I bought a cheap blank of an auction site. While awaiting for the stock blank to arrive I epoxied the split and tested it, it held after a few rounds at clays so i decided to leave it alone and have given the gun to someone starting off, credit must go to shoot and be safe, great guy and your gun lives on. When the stock arrived i decided that it was too nice to not do something with so was offered a Ugartechea that had a broken stock, it had never been fired. Here is a log of my progress to date. As I have little experience and fewer tools it has taken a while to get to where I am. here is the blank stock as it was when i bought it. Nice looking grain and hopefully would make a nice stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwade545 Posted January 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 first job was to cut it to a rough shape, my lack of bad saw/ suitable jig saw men this in itself took a few hours. But you can see the rough shape coming out. The top and was roughly shaped out and then slowly inlet using a blue white board marker, faster and less messy then blacking the action with soot- also the home oil tank is right next to the shed and decided that flames were not a great idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwade545 Posted January 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 The action slow moved back as I scraped the areas ob blacking/ blue marker that was transferred. Thit took ages, 2 days later we were starting to get close to where it was starting to touch all over. You can see the broken stock in the back ground, i have glued it as a rough template. It has a bit of wood missing so could not be repaired to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwade545 Posted January 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 once the action was fully seated and made good contact all over at the head i moved on to the bottom tang. Roughed out then once again slowly removed to ensure a tight fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwade545 Posted January 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 rub the blue pen over all area and then press it into the action to leave blue marks over the high areas. An alterative to sooting/ inletting black or lipstick ( yes heard of that in my research). you can see the black marks on the inletting slowly the depth is increased to enable the pieces to come together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwade545 Posted January 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 i could resist fitting it together to see how it has all come together. Still a long way to go, but starting to look like a shotgun again. Hoopefully will look great once the stock is shaped and oiled. Hoping to get closer to starting that by the end of the month as it is an area I am more familure with. Hopefully the grain running down through the action and neck of the stock will help give some strength to the stock. Untill the next update- happy shooting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 Watching with interest and very impressed. Keep us posted. Had to google Ugartechea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisdom Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 Nice job must take some confidence to start though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwade545 Posted January 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 I went into this know that I had investied a few quid in a good action/ barrels. If the stock I make goes horribly wrong I can get one made for the shotgun and it will cost me about thesame as buying the gun new- but i will then have a shotgun made to fit myself, so not really loosing out on much except my time and cost of the blank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoot and be safe Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 (edited) Good to know the old gun still lives to shoot another day and good on you for passing it on to a new shooter It is great that you are having a go at making your own stock, I shall look forward to your updates as you progress. Looking good so far All the best SABS Edited January 18, 2016 by shoot and be safe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwade545 Posted January 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Today I spend a little time taking some off the extra wood off. Looking to get some chekering tools ordered up. Have a single cutter from rechecking but need to cut this from the start. The Forend look to be cut at 12 lines per inch. What do people recon for the stock? Might have a go at making a forend- but not for a while and depends on how this turns out. Advice appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwarrior Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 12 lpi is very corse that doesn't look 12lpi I would look at 18-20 lpi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwade545 Posted January 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2016 i agree, thought 12lpi was very course but counting the lines it apears that that is what the fore end has been done at. Will look at some 18lpi cutters. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalconFN Posted January 23, 2016 Report Share Posted January 23, 2016 (edited) I would have thought that the measurement is a taken at right angles to the direction of cut and not along the line of the cross cut. Great work so far by the way. Edited January 23, 2016 by FalconFN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwade545 Posted January 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 We'll have got the screw holes drilled and action back together. Have been removing the excess wood and starting to do some shaping of the stock. Hopefully getting there now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Kelly Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 Looking good. That's turning out to be a much nicer bit of timber than it first looked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwade545 Posted February 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2016 Well got it all done in the end. Phone trouble has meant no in between pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoot and be safe Posted February 8, 2016 Report Share Posted February 8, 2016 Now that I do like Nice lines with a good grain in the wood. You have done well Thanks for sharing with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted February 21, 2016 Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 Respect. Impressive stuff. U. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted February 21, 2016 Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 Nice work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenergp Posted February 21, 2016 Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 (edited) You have made a great job of it I tried doing one about 40 years ago, while at school, the woodwork teacher was a shooter and fisher the only thing was i had to take it home to attempt the inletting as i was'nt allowed to bring the action to school even though i had a SGC at the age of 15.........different times then I also made a **** job of it in the end Edited February 21, 2016 by greenergp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toqs Posted March 2, 2016 Report Share Posted March 2, 2016 Well done, great job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malmick Posted March 2, 2016 Report Share Posted March 2, 2016 Very impressive work indeed, inletting looks spot on I tried doing one about 40 years ago, while at school, the woodwork teacher was a shooter and fisher the only thing was i had to take it home to attempt the inletting as i was'nt allowed to bring the action to school even though i had a SGC at the age of 15.........different times then In the early 70s I made a set of grips for a .22RF Webley target pistol that I had when I first got my FAC. Walnut sourced at school and rough fitting done there together with brass fittings that I turned on one of the workshop lathes. Pistol was this type: Different times indeed, I've just retired from a long career in education and it's a very different ball game now. Cheers, Mick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie&bezza Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 Why have I never been in this section of PW!! Lovely job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortune Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 That's taken a lot of patience to achieve that goal. You've learnt a lot from doing it and probably found that, If you were to do another stock that some things you would have done differently and either saved a load of time or got a different result. Great job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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