Checkering

Bob Thompson · May 7, 2002, 02:11 PM

Can an already finished stock such a a new gun would have be checkered and would the smith have to strip first or just finish the checkered area?

9mmepiphany · May 7, 2002, 03:34 PM

add/retouch checkering?

through finish? kind of finish? re-finish?

Dfariswheel · May 7, 2002, 05:43 PM

It can be checkered with no major refinishing needed. Usually the finished checkering will have a thin coat of some kind of finish applyed.
In fact, it's better to finish the stock before checkering, since trying to sand a stock without marring the checkering is nerve-wracking.

Khornet · May 8, 2002, 06:34 AM

is almost always best done after the finish is completed. For one thing, it makes it MUCH easier to mark out your layout lines and cut your first rows. It's hard to see well on unfinished wood. Then after your diamonds are pointed, work a little finish into the checkering with a toothbrush. Voila!

I've checkered a number of rifles and pistol grips on newly purchased guns. Lots of fun. Gets tough on the eyes when working on multicolored laminated stocks though...hard to see your lines.

BigG · May 8, 2002, 09:55 AM

Those guys are correct. Checker after finishing. On high end guns there often is no finish put over the checkering.

May 7, 2002, 02:11 PM	#1
Bob Thompson Senior Member Join Date: December 28, 1998 Location: riverdale,ut,usa Posts: 136	Checkering Can an already finished stock such a a new gun would have be checkered and would the smith have to strip first or just finish the checkered area?

May 7, 2002, 03:34 PM	#2
9mmepiphany Senior Member Join Date: November 30, 2000 Location: northern california Posts: 1,092	add/retouch checkering? through finish? kind of finish? re-finish? __________________ the map is not the territory

May 8, 2002, 06:34 AM	#4
Khornet Senior Member Join Date: December 11, 2001 Location: NH Posts: 585	Checkering is almost always best done after the finish is completed. For one thing, it makes it MUCH easier to mark out your layout lines and cut your first rows. It's hard to see well on unfinished wood. Then after your diamonds are pointed, work a little finish into the checkering with a toothbrush. Voila! I've checkered a number of rifles and pistol grips on newly purchased guns. Lots of fun. Gets tough on the eyes when working on multicolored laminated stocks though...hard to see your lines. __________________ The M1 does MY talking!

May 8, 2002, 09:55 AM	#5
BigG Senior Member Join Date: May 19, 1999 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 4,334	Those guys are correct. Checker after finishing. On high end guns there often is no finish put over the checkering. __________________ o "The Earth is degenerating today. Bribery and corruption abound. Children no longer obey their parents, every man wants to write a book, and it is evident that the end of the world is fast approaching." Assyrian tablet, c. 2800 BC o "In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man brave, hated, and scorned. When his cause succeeds, however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot." Mark Twain o "They have gun control in Cuba. They have universal health care in Cuba. So why do they want to come here?" Paul Harvey o TODAY WE CARVE OUT OUR OWN OMENS! Leonidas, Thermopylae, 480 BC

May 7, 2002, 05:43 PM	#3
Dfariswheel Senior Member Join Date: May 4, 2001 Posts: 7,478	It can be checkered with no major refinishing needed. Usually the finished checkering will have a thin coat of some kind of finish applyed. In fact, it's better to finish the stock before checkering, since trying to sand a stock without marring the checkering is nerve-wracking.