Thread: Help needed ... how to make your own stock ...

Morning all,

So i was thinking i might give this a nudge for the hell of it..

I have next to no wood working skills and minimal tools ... but once i know what I need ill go and raid the old mans shed and see what I can find..

Thinking of starting out on something small and easy (norinco .22) -- some of you might have seen my restoration of the less than average factory stock about 4-5 months ago..

Does anyone have a good link to a 'how to guide' or similar to get me started ?

Cheers

Marty

Where are you based, i could offer some tips if you liked?

Originally Posted by kimjon

Where are you based, i could offer some tips if you liked?

Im down in Wellington, Tips would be fantastic... where to start would be a good one hahaha.

I found some video's on youtube that did help.. Ill start by trying to find some resnoble timber.. need to find someone local as i would need a kilm apparently to make sure its 100% dry..

If i cant find someone to fire it for me do i have any other options to dry it?

I will watch this thread, have started making a stock from scratch for a jw15 to suit my 4 and 6 year olds hand size and reach.
Almost inletted, better get back onto this!

Yea, pls post photos along the way, I'm keen to try a DIY laminate stock one day

I built a stock for my toz 17-01 (my avatar and bigger pic on page 45 on the "What little pestys did you bowl over...."thread. I used pine ply with epoxy resin coating. The ply is easy to work, I filled holes with car bog.

Seems pretty sturdy, havent put any dents in it yet.

Good learning exercise anyway.

ill post pics as i go, would imagine it will take some time as i have almost no clue on what i am doing..

Thus far as per my youtube video learning i need to find a nice bit of wood and get it kilm dried...

then ill sketch out the shape of the existing stock and start sketching out the new bits that i want to add and or remove.

I am quite happy with the process i have seen so far but i am not looking forward to the inletting... could be the critical point where i fuck the whole thing up if i get it wrong hahah..

this weekends mission is to find some useable timber

Pretty much as far as iv got
I will take a pick of inleting later

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Pretty much as far as iv got
I will take a pick of inleting later



Id say for a JW your pretty much there

Im thinking we need an "Ugliest stock thread" -Tussock can start with his one

There must be plenty of weather beaten firearms out there.......

tikka7/08

if you want real wood (not ply), then have a look at Moxon Timbers in Seaview

if you need help with a bandsaw for initial shape, give me a shout

Originally Posted by ebf

tikka7/08

if you want real wood (not ply), then have a look at Moxon Timbers in Seaview

if you need help with a bandsaw for initial shape, give me a shout

Bloody brilliant, thanks for that!!!

I had a look at big_foot's bullpup and now im thinking about that option too... will have to do some thinking and investigating over the weekend to decide what the hell i actually want to achieve with this!!

Originally Posted by tikka 7/08

Bloody brilliant, thanks for that!!!

I had a look at big_foot's bullpup and now im thinking about that option too... will have to do some thinking and investigating over the weekend to decide what the hell i actually want to achieve with this!!

That project got extremely complicated (converting to left handed straight pull) and ended up a pound or two heavier than I would have liked. Its also about three times as loud to load it than when it actually goes off

If I was guna start fresh again I think I'd just leave its action in its original state and just deal with awkward reloading.

Originally Posted by big_foot

That project got extremely complicated (converting to left handed straight pull) and ended up a pound or two heavier than I would have liked. Its also about three times as loud to load it than when it actually goes off

If I was guna start fresh again I think I'd just leave its action in its original state and just deal with awkward reloading.

yeah i think i have decided to look at doing a traditional stock to start with..

While i think your stock looks bad arse might look at doing it down the track... maybe with something more worthy of the effort than my little .22

Yea good choice...I wanna do a similar thing as my .22 to a remy pump .308

Check out the man cave section on the other forum, there is a thread on making a stock, guy lives in Pukerua Bay.