I haven't had a chance to try it yet, but I saw one of these at the local hardware store and it looked like a brilliant idea for rough shaping the outside of a blank: Chainsaw disc

Anybody here ever tried one?

Never played with one. I can see splintering. I'll stick to my duplicator.

You got to be shitting me

Nicholson raps, files, etc. along with wood chisels and planes.


The Stanley plane below hasn't work well for mesquite, but it peels off the walnut quickly and is easy to use.

http://www.stanleytools.com/de...Small+Trimming+Plane

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Originally posted by montea6b:
I haven't had a chance to try it yet, but I saw one of these at the local hardware store and it looked like a brilliant idea for rough shaping the outside of a blank: Chainsaw disc

Anybody here ever tried one?

Maybe for shaping this rifle:

I wouldn't touch a gunstock with one of those.

If you do get one, invest in the kevlar gloves they sell to protect your hands. A friend carved chainsaw art with one for a while. He cut all the tendons in the back of his left hand, even after surgery, came out fairly useless. They grab and kick back real bad.

dave

Kinda reminds me of that pic Duanne posted of his powered roughing tool.

Too easy to remove wood and too hard to put it back on. Probably not a good tool for me.

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Originally posted by z1r:
Kinda reminds me of that pic Duanne posted of his powered roughing tool.

The exact same thing came to my mind.

I learned to remove excess with a router and a high speed bit. I use a band saw, too. After the 'rough' removal, a Nicholson #49 Patternmaker works just fine for me. The 'details' are left to smaller tools, all hand powered. That tool you posted looks like an accident waiting to happen. You must have Obama Care?

I use a bandsaw and a hatchet.
Not kidding.

looks like a tool made for a trip to the ER

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Originally posted by Duane Wiebe (CG&R):
I've tried them, but prefer a sanding disc with 16 grit.removes wood just about as fast, but easier to control and leaves a tolerable finish. Still use my wood hog for roughing

That wood hog of yours is not for the faint of heart!

A horse hoof rasp is about as radical as I get.

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Originally posted by dempsey:
A horse hoof rasp is about as radical as I get.

I have one of those as well. That really takes the wood off. Have to be carefully because it takes a lot of clean up to remove the gouges.

An older local gunsmith uses a right angle grinder with a flap wheel disc mounted in a vise (outside). He can rough out a stock in very little time and he really does decent work.

I use a band saw and a 6x48 belt sander with 60 grt. belt. the band saw or even a table saw will cut wood with angles and the belt sander will round the angles off. I have also used a hatchet, but if you get carried away and laz with any of this aggressive stuff you can ruin a stock in a hurry...I like to leave a lot of wood for the cabinet rasps..and at some poing I really like to shape a stock with a scraper or some sort as opposed to rasps. My favorite scrapers are a pocket knife, a hack saw blade thats been ground flat on both sides of the edge.