M14 Forum

casebro · October 12th, 2011, 03:42 PM

Apparently the original owner was a youngster-sized person. LOP was only 11". TOOoo short for my 6'3".

So, rather than buy one for $75 + shipping, I spent $22 for a piece of black walnut 2x6 22" long, with a knot in it. Nice grain near the knot, even though I had to buy an extra $8 of lumber to chop off the knot. Pistol grip materiel anybody? And now I have a custom Fancy grade stock, much cheaper than the $200 'they' get for them.

14" LOP, rollover cheek piece, all the toe out I could get in the material I had. Truly custom.

Fore end was a factory one, had to sand off the modern hard as heck plastic finish.

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Finish so far is two coats of hand applied Minwax Poly spar varnish. Two coats 2 hours apart, it's 95 degrees and dry here today. Hand rubbed, just like BLO, except not nearly as dark. In fact, in person, it's almost as gold as Myrtle. More coats to follow, but I do like it so far. Gun not totally assembled, I just wanted to show it off.

Boom Stick · October 12th, 2011, 05:55 PM

Nice work. Describe how you made it when you have time. Nice grain.

casebro · October 12th, 2011, 10:55 PM

How? Simple- cut away everything that doesn't look like a stock. ;^)

Rough saw the blank, leaving the sides flat. Use a router in the table saw table to cut as much of the in-letting as possible. Then the saw blade to scarf out the deeper area for the main spring. Much hand work inside and out, to get the in-letting done, and the outside to rough shape. Oops, forgot to drill the holes for the tang screw while inlet but still square. Had to clamp in a Jorgeson wooden clamp to hold it square on the drill press. It did work, screw went right in. Drill butt of rht butt plate screws, attach plate, trace around edge for shape. I added all the toe-out I could get, fits me better that way. Then free hand on the band saw to waste away lots of the wood. Next, a hand held disc sander with 50 grit to do the heavy sculpting. Then a soft pad sander with 80 grit, then 120. Then a RO sander with 150. Finish sand by hand, to 320.

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