Stock wood
 

No, not a wooden stock. I mean stock wood.

Where can I get a block of wood to carve my own stock?? I tinker in my dads wood shop, so I know what I'm doing with wood, made a few yo-yos and the like.

What are good woods and where can I buy them in the right sizes??

I didn't find any forum better to post about this, so lemme know if there is one.


Oh, and a note, I think I need 7x1 3/4x30, but I might need bigger, I'm planning ahead for my next rifle, going to buy stainless/synthetic and try to carve my own wooden stock.

Or let me know of any good wooden stock makers that won't cost me limbs.

Many thanks.

RE: Stock wood
 

there really isnt any particular wood to carve a stock from aslong as its a hard wood you can use just about anything just make sure the grain goes the length of the stock, I know there are rifle stock grades of wood but ive carved stocks from all types of wood and even made a few of my own laminate stocks, stocks are pretty easy to make just the difficult part is carving the bedding for the particular action. good luck

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I found a very red wood that I think would go well with a stainless action, it's called Chakte Kok and it comes from Latin America.

HighDesertWolf, how hard is it to make a laminate stock? The place I see this wood at sells it in 13/16in. thickness only.

http://www.woodworkerssource.net/Mer...ode=Chakte_Kok

RE: Stock wood
 

if you have a plainer and or a jointer you can mill the wood into just about any thickness you want. a plainer would be ideal for this where a jointer can be dangerous for any use other then squaring edges. something you can also do if you have a band saw is rig up a jig and use a couple inch thick piece of wood and make 1/2'" thick pieces from it and then use a plainer to take the pieces down even thinner.

RE: Stock wood
 

I have a 10-inch wide plainer, so that's not an issue. The main problem I see is the fact that they come in what are pretty much sub-inch thick planks.

RE: Stock wood
 

yeah that can be expensive and wasteful,hmmm you could glue the planks together making it a thicker piece then cut to the thickness you need, would be about the easiest way id recut the planks to about 3/8" or 7/16" so when you saw you will miss the joints where you glued the planks together that way it wont look sloppy and it should all end up looking about the same.

RE: Stock wood
 

That's what I was thinking, two or three planks glued together length-wise to make a piece thick, wide, and long enough.

Also, this would be for the model 16 Savage. I think it has a trigger guard, but I'm not sure. If it doesn't, that would be tricky.


Edit: I checked more closely on Savage's website, I'm 99% sure that rifle has a mettal trigger guard, not built into the synthetic stock.

RE: Stock wood
 

it could be a plastic trigger guard but a seperate piece from the stock, savage is quite known for that lol they do it all the time on there wooden stock guns so wouldnt surprise me if its the same way on there synthetics stocks too.

RE: Stock wood
 

on second thought in the picture it certainly does look like a steel trigger guard. I would have to say you are pretty safe to be 99% sure.

RE: Stock wood
 

Thats what I was thinking as well. Plus, if you look up more info about the AccuTrigger, it shows a blown up picture that clearly has a steel guard, but that isn't a sure thing that it will be on the Model 16.

Here is a quick photo chop I did of the wood and rifle, just to get an idea of how the colors work together. It looks mighty sharp if you ask me.




Now I'm just wondering how in the world to do the checkering.

RE: Stock wood
 

As a Custom rifle builder let me put my two cents worth in. It takes a lot of time to make a good stock, and a lot of work so do not skimp on the wood!!!! For the most part it takes just as long to make a good stock out of plane wood as it does out of the nice stuff. If you are going to put the effort in then use a blank thea will give you something worth your effort.
I do not know your abilities but there is much more to making a stock then a piece of furniture, I am not knocking your tallents but there are differences and they spell the difference between splinters and a nice stock! If you have some questions feel free to call me at 207-938-3595

RE: Stock wood
 

Well, knocking talents requires I have some, no?? Haha, joking aside, I'd take any help and opinions I could get.

I can sand, I can route, I can drill, I can saw, I can chistle, I can carve to a limited amount, I can plane, I can nail, I can glue, I can Roto-zip and I cancopy the stock that the rifle will come with.


Now, if I need to learn do do anything not mentioned above, please do let me know.

I could probably take this wood:
http://www.woodworkerssource.net/Mer...ode=Chakte_Kok

Then I would epoxy (with the correct epoxy) three pieces of suitable size, with the middle pieces' grain a different direction for strength.

Then I would procede to cut out the close, general shape of the finnished product. Then I would progress to smaller and smaller means of sculpting untill I got what I wanted. Then I would treat it with a sealer, whatever one that suits the perticular wood I was using.


And of course I would likely make a pine "dummey" for practice.

RE: Stock wood
 

I might add that if anyone knows of a stock/stock maker that would be as red as in the picture on the previous page, or dark red with black streaks, please let me know.

The colors I'm going to be looking for are something like this picture.

RE: Stock wood
 

There are several places that makes stock blanks. I cant remember any of there names or web sites, if you are gonna make it yourself thats what I would get . The one I looked at had great looking laminated blanks in almost every color. Good luck I might look to see if I can find them angin

RE: Stock wood
 

Thank you, I would apriciate that.

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Check out this site www.rifle-stocks.com

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Thank you. I also found this site last night : http://www.reamerrentals.com/woods_colors.htm

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There are a lot of ads out there from wood suppliers. Walnut is always a good bet,and you can buy just blanks from them also. They figure out the least amount when they cut the blanks out,so just buy one and go form there. vangunsmith