David Schnabel
Numrich Gun Parts Corp sells laminated blanks for about $35.00 ea.
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Boyds Gunstocks
I think practicing on a few cheap stocks is a waste of time. It takes just as much time to properly fit a decent piece of wood then a poor one, and I'm not about to invest 40 hours, or more, into a plain piece of wood. I also think that if you have a 1/2 decent piece of wood, you will be more committed to doing a good job, then when using a piece you don't care for.
Certainly practice checkering on scrap wood, but re-consider buying several cheap stocks to practice on. Figure what they'd cost, and put that into your first stock blank. For $200 you can get a piece nice enough to make you proud of your work, as well as nice enough to keep to let you know what your first project looked like, and to compare to others in the future.
"Any job worth doing is worth doing well"
[This message has been edited by Phantom Duck (edited 01-12-2002).]
I have some nice two piece blanks in the $300 to $1500 range and a couple of $2000 one piece blanks..but off and on I have some $500 one piece blanks and recently sold some $100. blanks to Dan McCarthy who posts here and he just sent me some photos of them...I obviously sold them too cheap by about a 500 dollar bill.....His 585 looks real nice for a hunnert doller bill.....
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Ray Atkinson
Paul H,
You and the others certainly have a valid point and I will definitly give it some thought. My purpose for getting a few cheapies is more or less to satisfy my own experimentation concerning checkering and finishing. That said, I already have a 26 year old blank of french I procured at a gunshow for a song. I'm only looking for one or two more to refine my skills on. As far as time is concerned the aforementioned blank I purchased is the same age as I... so I have plenty to spare!
Thanks again
David Schnabel