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PhilVH

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  • Birthday 08/09/1947

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  1. You might want to try wood veneer, available from the Marquetry supply houses, holly or maple make good spacers. Also basswood, available at Lowe's or Home Depot. Phil VH
  2. Have you tried Dom-Ex hardwoods? I got some very nice Holly from them, it looks and finishes like Ivory.
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    Carving

    I use 1/4" Ebony and Holly for the inlays, I get the patterns from old Weatherby and Winslow catalogs. I copy them and expand them up/down or sideways with the PC, cut them out with a scroll saw and do most of the inlay relief with a Dremel tool with a router attachment. The shading is done with an engraving bit in the Dremel tool and filled with a mixture of ebony sanding dust and TruOil. The Dremel/router tool is also handy for inletting the action if you are stocking from the block, or one of the C'alico Hardwood Weatherby seconds. As a note I do the panel carving just prior to applying the final finish coats (about 3/4 of the way through finishing). I use Birchwood Casey's Tru Oil, tried a spar varnish on the Arisaka and was not happy with the results. Enjoy!
  4. PhilVH

    Carving

    Yeah, patience was always a virtue I never quite achieved. You might want to consider getting some drafting applique film from Chartpak. Once you've got your design laid out, trace or transfer it on to this stuff, peel the backing off and stick it on the stock (the pistol grip gets kinda tricky). being translucent the pattern shows up well enough to be able to carve the outline right through it. When you get done with your project, please share some pics with the rest of us. I'm attaching a few more pictures here.
  5. PhilVH

    Carving

    If you want to give it a try, get the book "Custom Gunstock Carving" by Philip R. Eck. I search the gun auction sites looking for patterns that I like. My tools for carving the panels are an Xacto knife with a #16 blade, a nailset (for stippling the background) a hammer and a magnifying headband. The inlays are copied out of old Winslow or Weatherby catalogs, cut with a scroll saw out of 1/4 ebony and holly. As for that fore-end tip, a gent named Nils Hultgren used to do such things in ivory. I've found that pure white holly makes a very good substitute for ivory and is a whole lot cheaper. For wood I have about given up on the pre-inletted blanks (too much lead time)and have started using the Weatherby factory seconds available from C'alico Hardwood. These are un-inletted and resemble a rough turned baseball bat more than a gunstock. They will have flaws (the Springfield stock had a serious knot in the forearm) but that piece of wood was only $41 and was shipped the day I ordered it over the phone.
  6. PhilVH

    Carving

    Anyone else besides me interested in carving/inlaying gunstocks? I'm including a picture of 4 stocks I've carved.
  7. I've had 4 McGowan barrelled rifles 25-06 7mm Rem Mag .300 Win Mag .300 Wby Mag All very professionally done All very accurate
  8. Does anyone know of a semi-inletted stock supplier who supplies what they promise when they promise? Years ago I dealt with companies like Herters, Fajen and the OLD Richards Microfit and Royal Arms and always got the product described when promised. Two years I tried to buy a stock from Richards Microfit, was promised 8-12 week delivery and after 5 months they couldn't even tell me the status of my order. I then placed an order for an existing stock with Royal Arms and finally got it after 5 months of excuses and delays. Last week I tried buying a "buy it now" stock from DakotaCliff on e-bay and after being informed that they been paid and the stock shipped they informed me that the stock had been sold at auction. (They did reimburse me after I screamed bloody murder). So is there anyone left like the old Fajen, Herters, Royal Arms or Richards Microfit? Phil :angry
  9. Check out a book titled Gunstock Finishing and care by A. Donald Newell. There is a section under Suigi finish about flame graining that might help you out.
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