Tactical / Precision Rifles w/WOOD

[RockAndSage]

This thread should be marked NSFW.

That awkward moment, when your wife gets on your computer, sees the "PORN" file, opens it up, and finds photo upon photo of wood.

 

[Brontosaurus]

That awkward moment, when your wife gets on your computer, sees the "PORN" file, opens it up, and finds photo upon photo of wood.

Me every time this thread gets updated

 

[AMG04]

USPS didn't make me wait until Monday, and the SRS Hunter came in this afternoon. Chalk that up as a win...



The arca rail is flush with the front of the bottom metal all the way to the magwell, so nothing snags.


I'll start adding color tonight.

 

[AMG04]

Played around with a bunch of colors over the weekend, and this is where I ended up. Pop of color for my match rifle, but not so crazy it stands out when hunting.

 

[Reddish]

Why did I open this thread...I can feel money leaving my account already.

 

[Nine Banger]

Why did I open this thread...I can feel money leaving my account already.

Yup, and you're gonna lose a corner of your shop to big tools and its gonna be dusty.

 

[AMG04]

Yup, and you're gonna loose a corner of your shop to big tools and its gonna be dusty.

I cant even see my golf clubs anymore... buried in so much dust and wood chips!

 

[AMG04]

Wrapping up the CZ project

 

[RockAndSage]

Wrapping up the CZ project

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Man you are turning out some gorgeous wood on these guns.

 

[43.6N]

Played around with a bunch of colors over the weekend, and this is where I ended up. Pop of color for my match rifle, but not so crazy it stands out when hunting.

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I’m really excited to see this color combo once you finish

 

[43.6N]

As I was working on my walnut McMillan copy, I kept having a crazy thought. I couldn’t shake it no matter what I did.

So after finally finishing the bedding and pillars, I made sure my dad was invited to thanksgiving dinner last night. I then got the privilege of surprising my father with a custom stock for his tikka.

I don’t know if he will ever see this post (maybe, as he’s been getting really rokslide adjacent with his rifle choices lately). But thank you dad for giving me my love of the outdoors. I’m looking forward to packing out many more animals for you!!

Happy thanksgiving all.

 

[RockAndSage]

As I was working on my walnut McMillan copy, I kept having a crazy thought. I couldn’t shake it no matter what I did.

So after finally finishing the bedding and pillars, I made sure my dad was invited to thanksgiving dinner last night. I then got the privilege of surprising my father with a custom stock for his tikka.

I don’t know if he will ever see this post (maybe, as he’s been getting really rokslide adjacent with his rifle choices lately). But thank you dad for giving me my love of the outdoors. I’m looking forward to packing out many more animals for you!!

Happy thanksgiving all.
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That is really awesome.

 

[Te Hopo]

That's a beautiful rifle, what a great present

 

[Nine Banger]

@43.6N,

What is your sanding phase setup like?

 

[43.6N]

@43.6N,

What is your sanding phase setup like?

Setup: I set my garage shop up with a bright light over my main workstation, and everywhere else dark. This is important because I will stop frequently, move to a dark part of the garage, and angle the wood to the light, looking for tooling or cross grain sanding marks I missed with the bright overhead light.
1. Rasp and file for anything really really out of place.
2. 80grit orbital sander with very light pressure. Stopping very frequently.
3. 80grit hand sanding with round and flat pieces of wood wrapped in sandpaper.
4. 120grit hand samding
5. 240grit hand sanding.
6. Red scotchbrite pad.
7. Drench with Tung oil. Look for any tooling marks I missed. If I see them, go back to the appropriate level of paper and work back up to the scotchbrite pad. Re-apply Tung oil. Let sit until the oil has started to set in the wood (about an hour).
8. Buff it out with red scotchbrite pad and let it cure overnight. Reapply next coat in the morning. And repeat buffing and re-oiling process daily for next 4 days.

Here’s a spearfishing/Hawaiian sling handle my brother asked me to make. Same process as above. It just got its first coat of Tung oil.

In the pre-oiling picture you can see heap-many tooling marks that still need to come out.

 

[Nine Banger]

Setup: I set my garage shop up with a bright light over my main workstation, and everywhere else dark. This is important because I will stop frequently, move to a dark part of the garage, and angle the wood to the light, looking for tooling or cross grain sanding marks I missed with the bright overhead light.

Thanks for taking the time to prepare such a detailed answer!

That's awesome that you're doing so much by hand.

Your work looks great.

I was imagining some kind of specialty brush sander behind the scenes.