/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>2623246
>I’m gonna use it and also these woods are (imo) pretty dull, the seam with jb weld on the stock is because I accidentally cut it too short and needed to extend it a little
anon please don't use jbweld, that's the mark of some dumdum who can't plan for shit and is okay with gluing his projects together as he goes.
I think it would look better with a dark stain.

>>2623258
What would you have done,? Short of just making another stock. Any ways it was kind of a hack job and I’m not too happy with it either but I only found out the wood glue was separating when I was testing it out so I kinda just got angry and jb welded it together.

>>2623268
>What would you have done,?
It's held in place with a long screw. I would have used two short sections of the same dowel you used to stabilize the crack to keep the small section from rotating. Even if the wood glue didn't hold it together (which it would) the long bolt would hold everything sandwiched together. It could only come apart when you remove the stock.

>>2623459
I did put 2 dowels in it at first but not the screw which is what I think screwed me over and caused the wood glue to separate, when I in welded it I did put a screw in it and it’s held so far.

>>2623246
What is that gun?

>>2623640
Daisy 880 pellet gun

>>2623671
Go to a group home.

>>2623560
>I did put 2 dowels in it at first
Even if you didn't use glue, the bolt holding the stock on the gun would have held everything together if you used 2 dowels. Why again did you use jbweld?

>>2623246
I stumbled into this thread by accident. Nice stock op. Great for a first attempt.

>>2623246
I stumbled into this thread by accident. Nice stock op. Great for a first attempt.

>>2623691
Ah I see the confusion here, there is no bolt that holds the stock on the gun it’s just clamped in between the two receiver halves via this piece which you can see on the old stock, hence why there’s a 3d printed bit on the wood one, here’s how my process went; I realized I had cut the stock too short so I glued a piece on the end with 2 dowels going through to line it up BUT I didn’t have a way to effective way to clamp it, at this point I should have put a screw going through the extra piece going into the stock to clamp it together, but I didn’t so I assume the piece separated because of that. I only realized it was coming apart once I had already fully assembled and was testing the gun, so to fix this I pulled the stock apart smeared the two halves with jb weld to make sure they didn’t come apart (I was pretty mad at this point because I had already finished and clear coated the stock) and I put a screw through it like I should have done in the first place to clamp them together, but they didn’t pull together fully leaving an ugly gap. Hope this clears it up.

>>2623683
What? Would you rather I had fucked up an actual gun instead of a 70$ pellet gun, I’m just trying to practice stock making. Take your meds

>>2623738
Forgot the pic.

>>2623254
The rest of the stock is okay, but the JB weld and 3D print looks like ass

>>2623741
Looks pretty good.

Do you have a copy of the first and second "Gunsmith Kinks"? The first volume is literally almost entirely about dealing with gun stocks. The second has some other stuff but still quite a few chapters on stocks and furniture.

>>2623808
That sounds great and I will definitely look into it, I was mostly winging it making this because there wasn’t any real info on making stocks, thanks for letting me know.

>>2623268
>What would you have done,?
to join wook? Titebond.

>>2624622
>wook
*wood

>>2623246
>Hello /diy/ I finished my first stock today and wanted to know what you think, the scales are made of white mulberry and the stock is made from magnolia, I find and dry my own wood because it’s cheaper that way, the dead magnolia tree wasn’t as dry as I thought hence the pretty big crack in the stock but I stabilized the wood and put a dowel in the cracks path so it should be fine, everything is stained and coated with polyurethane because I’m gonna use it and also these woods are (imo) pretty dull, the seam with jb weld on the stock is because I accidentally cut it too short and needed to extend it a little, and a 3D printed bit goes into the receiver, also the butt plate is original to the gun so even though it’s kinda ass and is way too slippery for a butt plate I still wanted to put it on there. Any ways enough ranting. R8 and don’t be afraid to hurt my feelings or some shit this isn’t Reddit.
I think you took your first step and you should do it again. You will find your second is better than your first and your third is better than your second.

>>2623246
Nah, that ain't finished yet.
Strip it and get back to sanding and blending.
Make that buttpad fit, make the lines crisp and the curves intentional and smooth.
Until it looks like all the pieces are meant to go together, you ain't done yet.

>>2623254
Shudda used elmers