Air rifle Stock Building by howie1a Part 1

[howie1a]

I thought I would put some info on stock building since some of you have asked how to go about it. I know this is in the china gate but I mostly work with China Rifles. If Gene wants when this is completed  he can put it into the Library  , I will have to make it in more than one post since I don't think I can put enough pictures in one post. So here we go. The first thing is to get 2 pieces of 3/4 " wood about a 1"x8"x8 '  will do when glued together using marine epoxy glue you get a 2"x8"x4 ' piece most of the time I can get 2 stocks out of this  mtl. I make my stocks from 2 pieces to prevent warping , also when gluing together I put a 4 ft I beam I have and clamp this on the mtl. first to straighten out the stock mtl. them I put the rest of my clamp's on about 20 . After it has cured  for 24 hrs. I can remove the clamps and dress the edges of the stock mtl. Now I can lay out a over size blank on the mtl. then cut to the over size stock blank out The next thing is to lay a stock from the rifle you want to copy ( note you are only going to copy the inletting. ) You must leave the outside on a square shape id you make any changer to the with or the top of the stock you will have a lot of problems. Now I locate the end of the chamber this is where all measurements are taken from, and use my 2 hp router maunted up side down on my saw table , this is lets me to use the fence on my saw to get a straight cut. In the pics. you can see some of the tools I use and how I lay out a stock. I am in the process of making a pair of Walnut stocks for a Ruger AirHawk rifle. And you can follow along. Howie

[ezman604]

TOTALLY awsome Howie and many thanks for sharing this. I've wanted to see how you do it by hand. I would like to tackle one myself. I know you work with mainly Chinese rifles but I'm going to move this to the Wood Chop Shop Gate. It's better suited there. And yep, once completed, this will make an excellent document for the library.
MANY thanks again sir for your outstanding work and for sharing your secrets!!!!
Happy Shooting!!!!
Dave
 

[makenzie71]

Howie...I got to ask...where did you get that router bit?  I need one.

It's nice to see that what you do as an accomplished craftsman isn't too far different from what I tried...though with far inferior results on my part.

[howie1a]

Hi Makenzie I got a cove bitt of the dia I needed with the bearing  , and took the bearing off and ground off the threaded post , Howie

[makenzie71]

Never occurred to me!  Brilliant!  Off to Home Depot I go!

[Rescue912]

I do some of the rough inletting with a router and 1/2" straight bit before I glue mine up. That way all I have to do is some minor tweaking after glue up to get the action to fit. After it dries I go nuts with the spokeshave.