Final photos - Decided to try making a HBR Stock.

[SFLEFTY]

I like the color of that wood, that should be very pretty finished.

[sharpshooter]

I've made many a plywood stock. I used 1/8 luan and cross laminated the layup. I did the inletting and bedding first, then did the profiling. When it was ready for a finish I first coated it with polyester resin and put it in a vacuum chamber. This will fill all the voids and seal it. The final finish is automotive clear. The colors are achieved with tint added to the clear.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/sharp-shooter/plywoodstocks.jpg

[sparky123321]

Beautiful. I don't expect my stock to turnout half as nice as your stocks. I am planning to keep the total cost in the $40-$50 range though and to learn from the process.

[sparky123321]

The $9 router bit I've been waiting for finally arrived from Hong Kong this afternoon, so I was able to start the basic inlet. I also attached the additional wood to the forearm. I should be able to square it up, angle cut the forearm wood, round the edges and start the final shaping tomorrow after the glue sets overnight. After that I will inlet the trigger guard and install a recoil pad.

Here are so more photos.

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[deerhunter85]

Very nice wish I had the time to do it look great and can I put the first order in for one

[henry1]

I love it! Keep us updated!
Henry.

[Apache]

You are making me want to give this a try!!!


That's coming out great!!!

[mugsie]

You're my hero! I will be following this post too. You've given my something else to now work on. It's amazing how something that started out as just a "let's see if I can do this" has taken on a precious life of it's own! Good luck.

[sparky123321]

Almost done! Cut the forearm angles today and started to square everything off. I'll inlet the trigger guard and drill the first action hole tomorrow or over the weekend.

Learned a lot and having fun with this project. Thanks again for all the kind words and encouragement. Here are a few more photos.

http://i1110.photobucket.com/albums/h457/zargon123/IMG_1498.jpg

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[tyler.woodard04]

very cool. cant wait to see the finished pics.

[Balljoint]

Look's like you are a better stock maker than you give yourself credit for, If this stock go's forward to being used in a Bench rest match the front of the stock shouldn't be more than 3 inches wide and the buttock has a set size also BUT check on what they should be.

[Apache]

What size bit did you use for the receiver/barrel channel?

I assume you're gonna bed that also?

[sparky123321]

I used a 1.25" round nose bit for the barrel/action channel. I did open it up further using a piece of pipe with sandpaper wrapped around it to accommodate the 1.36" diameter of my barrel and action. Yes, I will go deeper with the router or a forstner bit in the action area and bed it with an industrial steel epoxy. Due to the weight and length of this barrel I will probably also bed the first 3" of the barrel.

I only shoot against myself, my shooting buddy and occasionally a few prairie dogs, so I'm not worried about conforming to any BR standards on the forearm width or the bottom of the butt. It wouldn't be any problem meeting the standards mentioned above, but it's not my goal. A couple more passes through the table saw and I could change any dimension.

[Smokey262]

Single shot action?

[sparky123321]

Yes, 3-bolt 4.4" single shot target action.

[barrel-nut]

That is so cool! Very nice. I'm jealous.

[sparky123321]

I meant Heavy Benchrest.

You're going to laugh when you see the router jig I used/made. It's just 4 pieces of scrape wood. You just need to make sure it perfectly centered. It wasn't hard to do. I started a shallow cut first to confirm the jig was properly aligned. After that I did the cut to the desired depth with just one slow cut. That $9 Hong Kong router bit did a great job.

I spent this morning hand sanding with a long auto body block. The forearm is dead on and perfectly flat and parallel. Still need to inlet the trigger guard, fill the voids and final sand the stock. I will probably finish it before bedding the action. We'll see. Might do it the other way around.

I dug out some wood from the action area. Nothing fancy, it's going to be full of epoxy steel anyway. I will probably go a little lower into the stock, but I'm waiting to see how the trigger looks in the trigger guard first.

Here's a couple more photos.

http://i1110.photobucket.com/albums/h457/zargon123/IMG_1503.jpg

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[sparky123321]

I finished inletting the trigger guard and bedding the action and the first 3" of the barrel. This is the first time I poured the pillars while doing the bedding. It's tight as a drum and I just need to backfill the trigger guard/rear action screw with epoxy and drill it through. I always use that hole to properly align the action, so I couldn't drill it down far enough to complete that pillar.

I really don't have much left to do. I have to inlet the trigger/safety area, install the buttplate and then finish the stock.

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[GaCop]

You do great work! I'd love to try one of your stocks on a 110 (single shot).

[jrclocks]

Nice job!

Did you buy the router bits online? If so, what is the website?

Thanks,
JR