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< 16ga. Guns Wanted or For Sale ~ Wtb checkering tools |
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Sat Jan 21, 2017 9:17 am
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Joined: 17 Jan 2016
Posts: 107
Location: Cincinnati, OH
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Anyone have some old checkering tools collecting dust you want to get rid of? I got a nice piece of walnut from someone here for my model 11 and would like to put a pattern down close to original. |
_________________ Model 11 |
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Sat Jan 21, 2017 10:44 am
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Joined: 22 Aug 2011
Posts: 1498
Location: the Moosehorn
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try e-bay |
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Sat Jan 21, 2017 8:05 pm
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Joined: 24 May 2008
Posts: 56
Location: N. Idaho
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I picked up a set a while back and haven't used them but dont want to get rid of them. I'll let you borrow them if you pay the shipping. |
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Sun Jan 22, 2017 7:39 am
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Joined: 17 Jan 2016
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Location: Cincinnati, OH
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sl93z wrote: |
I picked up a set a while back and haven't used them but dont want to get rid of them. I'll let you borrow them if you pay the shipping.
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Really appreciate the offer! I have some plans for a couple other stocks so really looking to own. Plus as somewhat a perfectionist i have no idea how long it will take me. Lol. |
_________________ Model 11 |
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Sun Jan 22, 2017 1:34 pm
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Joined: 27 Dec 2005
Posts: 582
Location: Great Lakes
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PM sent |
_________________ A Springer Spaniel, a 6# double and a fair day to hunt. |
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Sun Jan 22, 2017 5:54 pm
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Joined: 13 Oct 2014
Posts: 253
Location: North Shore of Boston
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... Unless you are experienced with checkering - NO you don't want to buy checkering tools.
Checkering is not for amateurs.
It is FAR more involved than you think.
Do some research first - and there's lots to learn.
Avoid the heartbreak of f__king up a stock.
Besides checkering tools, a checkering cradle is required for best results.
And after: doing your research, buying a COMPLETE set of checkering tools, and also buying a checkering cradle - now you have to develop checkering skills.
Checkering is kind of like sketching - which is relatively easy to put pencil to paper.
With checkering it's like sketching into hard wood with tiny little scrapers & rasps.
Most people start with checkering a piece of hardwood.
Don't even consider checkering a stock until you've mastered checkering your desired pattern into a piece of hard wood.
This reply may seam a little harsh, but in the end you'll thank me.
I screwed up one stock, and my buddy totally ruined the stock of his favorite 28 GA over/under.
That gun went from being my buddy's number 1 'go to' gun into a closet queen - which he'll never be able to sell or trade.
Ugh. |
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Sun Jan 22, 2017 7:09 pm
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Joined: 06 Aug 2004
Posts: 2172
Location: Kansas High Plains
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Bill K is spot on. I redid the checkering on one of my guns that was very worn but still visible; I figured all I gotta do is follow the old lines - how hard can it be? The answer: a hell of a lot harder than I thought. I only got off line once but it still bugs the hell out of me every time I look at it. Never again. |
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Posted:
Mon Jan 23, 2017 3:48 am
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Joined: 22 Aug 2011
Posts: 1498
Location: the Moosehorn
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Read the books and practice a lot then practice some more. Gunstocks Inc. sells reject walnut stocks for $5.00 ea. Get good on that contoured surface then go for it. |
_________________ ALWAYS wear the safety glasses
If you take Cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like Prunes than Rhubarb does ----G.M/ |
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