Trboatworks
Diamond
- Joined
- Oct 23, 2010
- Location
- Maryland- USA
I am making a buttstock and handguard set for a AR-15.
Question- how much time do I have to give the wood to settle as I start to shape the parts?
I purchased a shotgun blank for the project- crotch wood aged four years:
It appears that two stocks were cut from the crouch so my piece is off to one side or the other of center.
The blank has a set of about 3/16” or so along length.
I need a small part of that for a ar butt stock- maybe capture that wild figure over the comb.
I am cutting a comb on one side.
I am making up a A2 stock with full length buffer tube, trapdoor, butt plate with a hollow milled out in the stock.
My key concern is how to work out the bore for the buffer tube.
Slip fit direct to wood?
Drop in a liner of some sort: nylon, fiberglass, or carbon bonded to the wood or not.
I guess I am thinking the trick is to keep the stock from warping a bit over time and seizing to the tube.
What is the standard for fitup on receivers and barrels in stock making- rough mill then let sit for a few weeks?
Thanks all
Question- how much time do I have to give the wood to settle as I start to shape the parts?
I purchased a shotgun blank for the project- crotch wood aged four years:
It appears that two stocks were cut from the crouch so my piece is off to one side or the other of center.
The blank has a set of about 3/16” or so along length.
I need a small part of that for a ar butt stock- maybe capture that wild figure over the comb.
I am cutting a comb on one side.
I am making up a A2 stock with full length buffer tube, trapdoor, butt plate with a hollow milled out in the stock.
My key concern is how to work out the bore for the buffer tube.
Slip fit direct to wood?
Drop in a liner of some sort: nylon, fiberglass, or carbon bonded to the wood or not.
I guess I am thinking the trick is to keep the stock from warping a bit over time and seizing to the tube.
What is the standard for fitup on receivers and barrels in stock making- rough mill then let sit for a few weeks?
Thanks all