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Professional Stockmaking Through the Eyes of a Stockmaker by David L. Wesbrook

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Professional Stockmaking Through the Eyes of a Stockmaker by David L. WesbrookA step by step how to with complete photographic support for every detail of the art of working wood into rifle stocks. Comprehensive coverage of the techniques is illustrated to gain skill and or understanding of the professional gunmaker's craft. An unparalleled achievement, destined to become the bible for students, professionals or those who appreciate custom rifles. Contents: Introduction to Inletting the Semi inletted Stock Introduction to

A step-by-step how to with complete photographic support for every detail of the art of working wood into rifle stocks. Comprehensive coverage of the techniques is illustrated to gain skill and/or understanding of the professional gunmaker's craft. An unparalleled achievement, destined to become the bible for students, professionals or those who appreciate custom rifles.

Contents:

Introduction to Inletting the Semi-inletted Stock

Introduction to Inletting: Definition of inletting - Inletting black - Patience - Workbench - Tools - Types of lighting

Inletting the Trigger Guard/Magazine Box into a Semi-inletted Stock: Alignment and initial fit - Inletting the corners of the box - Flat scraper - Trigger-guard tangs - Outside radius at rear of box - Proper clearance between box and action

Inletting the Barreled Action - Section 1

Rough Inletting: Inletting guide screws - Leveling - Outlining barreled action onto stock - Choosing the right chisel - Rough inletting the half-inch barrel channel - Repair of mistakes - Alternate methods for difficult wood - Barrel channel rasp

Rough Inletting the Barrel Channel with the in-cannel Gouges: Muscle control - Hand positions - Control of fine cuts

Inletting the Barreled Action Semi-inlet - Section 2

Finish Inletting: Insertion and removal of barreled action from the stock - Marking points of contact - Chisels - Flat scrapers - Tang - Curved sidewalls of receiver - Recoil lug mortise - Receive ring - Fisher Inletting scrapers - Barrel channel scrapers - Half depth determination - Inletting complete

Finish Shaping the Stock

Introduction to Finish Shaping: Definitions - Line flow diagrams - Stages of shaping - Design history - Lighting

Section 1 - Fitting the stock to the individual shooter: Physical characteristics of the shooter versus stock fit - Stock dimensions - Length of pull - Location of grip - Drop at heel and comb - Cast-off - Pitch - Toe-out

Section 2 - Introduction to the tools used in shaping: The smooth-cut plane - Palm plane - Bull nose plane - The spokeshave - The In-cannel gouge - The straight chisels - Nicholson 50 rasp - Crossing file

Section 3 - Shaping begins - profiling the buttstock: Toeline - Nose of Comb - Top of wrist - Modification of Tang - Sides of grip

Section 4 - Shaping the sides of the buttstock: Line flow diagram - Right side of buttstock - Toe-line - Top and sides of comb-line - Left side of buttstock - Shaping areas adjacent to the cheekpiece - Ghostline of cheekpiece - Cheekpiece fluting

Section 5 - Rough shaping the combnose fluting, the top and upper sides of the wrist: Comb nose fluting and tip of wrist - Pistol grip and finger clearance arch

Section 6 - Shaping the body and fore arm of the stock: Body - Profiling the forearm - Rough shaping the fore arm - Finish shaping the forearm - Ejection port and bolt handle recess

Sanding and Stock Finishing

Sanding - Section 1: Right Side of the Buttstock - Side Profile Line of the Wrist - Lower Right Side of the Butt and Lower Rear Portion of the Grip - Toe-line and the Small Radius at the Rear of the Grip - Lower Left Side of the Buttstock and Grip - Behind and Below the Cheekpiece - Front of the Cheekpiece - The Cheekpiece - Front of the Grip - finger Clearance Arch - Upper Wrist and the Comb Nose Fluting - Body the the Stock Through the Receiver Area - Forearm

Stock Finishing - Section 2: Stock finishing essays by Dave Wesbrook, Monte Mandarino, Mark Silver, Ed Webber, Richard Schreiber, and Bruce Farnam

Appendix I

Inletting a Steel Buttplate: Curved Sides of the Plate - Cutting in the Tit of the Buttplate - Spotting-In - Use of a Curved Riffler - Use of the Flat Scraper - Inletting Completed - Layout of a Skeleton Buttplate - Grinding the Draft

Appendix II

Tools Used in Stockmaking: Channels - Gouges - In-cannel Gouges

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