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anyone getting started checkering?
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I have a stock that needs scratched on a little. Is there anyone out there just getting started that's looking for some work?


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I have been trying to checker for 40 years and it still looks like a chimpanzee did it. You do not want me to try, and I have an MMC electric tool, which makes mistakes come much faster than hand tools.
 
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I had the idea that I was going to do checkering. I didn't think it could be harder than basket stamping leather. Boy I was wrong.

I'm not afraid of having a little oops on it.


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What have you got, what do you want in the way of pattern, and what is your budget?
I've been checkering one or two stocks a year for the last dozen or so years. Not a Monte Kennedy but I do get repeat clients. PM me if you wish to discuss further.


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dpcd...it sounds like your MMC tool may be defective. I'd be willing to haul it to the dump for you. Whistling
 
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