midge28
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as airgunner said you can get away with using basic tools for stocks . besy thing ta do is have a practise with a cheap piece of wood first before ya commit yaself to buying a nice piece of walnut or other expensive wood , done the final tweaking to the maple stock and is now in first coat of oil, looks awsome
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thanks all , good luck with your one rob, hope all goes well for ya, next pic i put up it should be finished and i havent a buyer for it yet so anyone interested please pm me . next stock i make will be from the tulip , should be interesting
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no4 nearly there, must be a easier way ta rub these things down, hands are getting sore, lol
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not at this moment in time mate no, no way i could afford one , bit outa my leauge. mind you any i make can def be called one offs and no one else will have one the same . trouble is i wanna keep em all
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thanks sean, thats the words i was looking for lol
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after spending most of the day on the maple stock it is realy taking shape, think this one will be my best ta date .
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stock i am working on at moment , the american maple, this one will be up for grabs when i,m done.
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well the first one i done i gave it a coat of sanding sealer first then about 8 coats of danish oil, found a prob with this is that the oil seems ta sit on top of the sanding sealer, you get a nice build up but also marks easy, so the others i done i left out the sanding sealer so the oil penetrates more, about 8 coats and i found it gives a much better finish , you could use other oils like tung, linseed takes a long time ta dry though. theres more or you could wax it , realy a matter of trial and error ta see what you like on scrap pieces a wood, good luck with it mate , if i can be of any h
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i too anly got back into airguns a little while ago, was more inta me shotties and pigeon decoying and after days of watching the pigeons go straight over our decoys and inta the sitty trees i thought about time ta get back inta the air rifles, i purchased a secondhand s410 carbine , first time i shot a pcp and boy what a differance from the springers i used ta own, i purchased a chrono and after some testing and a lot of pellets i found best i only fill ta 150 bar shoot down ta 100 bar and i can get over 40 realy consisten shots with hardly any variation, . them pigeons dont know whats hi
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takes some time mate huh, ive had the same thing with a few holes, walnut is quiet notty and you end up with some holes sometimes, i got some walnut brummer and filled them then they just look like a knot, sometimes it pays ta mix a bit a dark woodstain inta the brummer ta make it nearly black to look like a knot. let us know how u get on mate,
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no link mate but no worries, i found there web site very interesting how they can do that in one day . wished i could , i would be loaded , lol I think you will find that those people are using CNC gear not hand craft only like you mate. I for one would rather have a stock for my 410 made by you. ATB Michael thanks michael, nice ta hear that mate, hopefully as i progress they will get even better , i def got the bug now, my missus says i,m addicted . spend all my spare time either in the shed or researching everything i can get me hands on to get some ideas, lol
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no link mate but no worries, i found there web site very interesting how they can do that in one day . wished i could , i would be loaded , lol
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never heard of them , would like ta see the pics please. there bloody quick, takes me a lot longer than a day ,lol
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thanks chunk, sneak preview of next one already underway, reckon this is gonna be the nuts ,
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thanks chunk, sneak preview of next one already underway, reckon this is gonna be the nuts ,
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thanks gents, think it is cheap for what u get , one of a kind stock, but like i said before , not in it for the money, the time it it takes me i would not beable ta live ,lol . got some differant ideas i,m gonna try soon, should be interesting , thanks again guys
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cheers mate, i started on the american maple one first, will have a go on hte tulip next , i,m sure it will look good in the tulip, cant wait , i havent had a lotta spare time lately but got a long weekend this weekend but wanna get out shooting too, farmer tipped us of about a rabbit warren that is running alive, he said he come past it yesterday and must a been 25 plus rabbits out grazing so i cant resist, will be out there bunny bashing, if anyone does wanna stock done please pm me and i can put you on the waiting list, lo,l go for it mate may i ask how much are they will be ask
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cheers mate, i started on the american maple one first, will have a go on hte tulip next , i,m sure it will look good in the tulip, cant wait , i havent had a lotta spare time lately but got a long weekend this weekend but wanna get out shooting too, farmer tipped us of about a rabbit warren that is running alive, he said he come past it yesterday and must a been 25 plus rabbits out grazing so i cant resist, will be out there bunny bashing, if anyone does wanna stock done please pm me and i can put you on the waiting list, lo,l
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pm me mate and i,ll tell ya , if i put it up here i wont beable ta keep up with em ,lol
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thanks michael . thay are getting better and i realy do enjoy making them , never gonna make a fortune cause they are very time consuming but it something i enjoy so gonna keep doing them and hopefully imrove even more . sold to bushart . hope ya happy with it mate
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this is the third one done. this one i am selling as i am keeping my first one and got another in the making now from american maple. i think i got about 6 people now wanting me ta make them a stock so looks like i will be busy in me spare time .bushart has got first dibs on this stock as he was first to enquire by pm about a stock if he does not want it then will be putting it up for sale as i have orders but for a differant style . think this one has come out nice , feels nice and light and verry comfy . verry simalar ta the one i done for me mate and he is getting on verry well with it
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It's not that funny a way of working really mate - thats just creativity for you Midge bud. My original drawing for my own walnut stock looks very different to what the finished artical now looks like, i too had re-thoughts along the way. But that is the beauty of doing things in this way - the more you think about something, then the more ways you can see of making improvements along the way, Innit!? Like I say - creativity. Regards, Grim. cheers terry . i do set out with plan but it never seems to finish like i set out , i think along the way and change the lines s
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cheers mate , i start of with a basic design in mind but change things as i go , funny way ta work but they seem ta be getting better lol
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thanks clabby, i got a few orders for these stocks coming in now , nearly finished no 3 which ha seemed to take ages as i have not had a lot of spare time lately , just a bit more rubbing down then the oiling , this one will be for sale , couple a pics below . got 2 people got first offers on this , have pm,d them if not then i will put it up for sale . looking fowrd to my next stock , already drawn plan on the american maple , bit simalar to stock no 2 but bigger palm swell and may change a couple a things as i go ,
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chers for the info and opinions guys, gonna do the maple one first and then i,ll give the tulip a go, i know that this timber has had a long time ta dry out my mate who sought me timber out for me knows it been in undercover sheds for over 2 years from what he know, how much longer than that he doesnt know. think this tulip stock will look very differant , looking closely it has loads a differant colours. will post some pics when i get started on it , thanks again for the info and comments .