stock blanks
Can anyone refer me to a source for wooden stock blanks. I'm seeking wood for a Spanish, 20 gauge sxs.
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I'm looking for rough stock blanks. AKA a solid unshaped piece of wood for the stock I'm crafting. I found one that i believe is suitable but the guy wants 50 bucks for the blank. It looked a little rough on the edges but nothing a planer couldn't fix...do you think the price is justfiable or should i keep looking around locally.
And given it comes from a gunsmith I think its fair to say the moisture content is pretty low.0 -
Ok I asked this a long time ago, and I now have the stump I wanted to use. I have a cherry stump, and just cut a quarter last night. I am going to pick up varnish today (if that is what I need to do the ends with)
If this works the grain will be real nice. The stump is about 4.5 feet long and 26-30 in wide. It broke to a double stem about 5 feet off ground level, and the figure shows at the base.
Those people who see nothing but grey areas, no black and white, are lost in the fog.0 -
Depends on the grade. Any character to it? 
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tough to tell as i'll be cutting on all sides..It looked a little aged on the outside so it may provide a little character but i didn't notice anything outstanding other than the discoloration from age 0 -
50 bucks could be an absolute steal...or firewood.
Depends upon factors such as the wood involved..Walnut, American, French, English ? Birdseye Maple ?
Some blanks are worth thousands of dollars...
How about the figure ? Does the grain run down properly into the grip area ? If it doesn't the grip can split easily...
Rub a bit of linspeed on the side of the blank, and the figure and grain will jumk out at you...even a damp cloth will tell the tale better then dry.0 -
looked to me to be a walnut. THe bark that was on one edge gave it away.depending on what my search brings me that blank may be the only one available to me. but if i see something better for the price i'm taking it 0 -
You can smell walnut..but need a fresh cut.
With bark on it..sounds like somebody cut a tree down and sawed out a blank. Not many know how to do that.
You used to be able to find rather nice blanks over on the auctionsitethatmustneverbementioned....but since the last sweep, I am not sure they allow them anymore.
Any chance you would get to the April gun show here in Tulsa ? There has been a guy setting up here for several years...and he has blanks that will make you drool.
I wouldn't start whittling on a really GOOD blank, for the first one...but he has straight grained blanks, also.
Been years since I started from a blank..lots of fun..
As that old guy said..."Just cut off everything that doesn't look like a stock"...[:D]0 -
eh I live too far up north for tulsa to be a possibility. THe bar isn't too bd matter afact if I measured it out and cut it to length there would be no bark to mess with. I kinda questioned its squareness but that can be fixed. Over all perhaps i should look for other blanks but if i need to at least i know i at least have one 0 -
Before this topic falls completely in oblivioin I want to ask if theres anything else i should know about hand picking blanks and perhaps a set of guide lines to go by 0 -
check prices on both semi-inletted stocks and some blank prices
http://macongunstocks.net/
www.americanwalnut.com/awgunstocks.html
http://www.walnut-gunstockblanks.com/index.html
http://www.wrightsguns.com/0 -
Stock blanks are pretty specialized as far as the grain runs. They place the grain just so, so it strengthens the stock and still add character to it. For one that has been placed and dried well which can take a couple years, Ive seen go for $350 and up for a good walnut. for a piece of thick walnut that has been cut and dried, but not placed on the pattern for the be best grain run is just another piece of thick walnut that could go for anywhere between 5 and 9 dollars a board foot. 0
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