Can anyone help me with a gunstock question?

tpcollins · January 28, 2017, 04:29 PM

I couldn't find anywhere else to ask this so here goes:

I want to make a stock with a Fajen style cheek pad. I've done a shotgun stock before from a semi-finished blank and only needed a flat wood chisel to inlet the front portion and a pneumatic disc sander to finish up the walnut stock.

But I'll have to recess the underneath section of the raised Fajen pad area and I'm wondering if something like a 1/2" wood gouge chisel (1/4" radius) would be sufficient to rough carve that one side of the stock with? Thanks.

HiBC · January 28, 2017, 04:59 PM

Maybe,if its really sharp and your are more skilled than I am.You'll have constantly changing grain.
There is a round,hollow cheasegrater file.There are smaller half round Nicholson cabinet rasps. Big honker round files. Barrel inletting scrapers and rasps.Dowels with 40 grit wrapped around them.

Scorch · January 29, 2017, 01:27 AM

Could you? Sure. Should you? That's another question. I do stock work for a living, and I have a good selection of rasps and files for contouring cheek pieces on stocks. A gouge will let you rough the shape you want, but to really shape it well and contour it well, you need more than just a gouge. Since you are going to invest a hundred or more in wood, invest $20 or $30 in tools.

**4V50 Gary** · January 29, 2017, 09:53 AM

yes you can but remember, it's not the tool but the person who wields it that counts.

January 28, 2017, 04:29 PM	#1
tpcollins Senior Member Join Date: February 18, 2009 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 558	Can anyone help me with a gunstock question? I couldn't find anywhere else to ask this so here goes: I want to make a stock with a Fajen style cheek pad. I've done a shotgun stock before from a semi-finished blank and only needed a flat wood chisel to inlet the front portion and a pneumatic disc sander to finish up the walnut stock. But I'll have to recess the underneath section of the raised Fajen pad area and I'm wondering if something like a 1/2" wood gouge chisel (1/4" radius) would be sufficient to rough carve that one side of the stock with? Thanks. __________________ What direction did that last shot at Kennedy come from?

January 29, 2017, 01:27 AM	#3
Scorch Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2006 Location: Washington state Posts: 15,248	Could you? Sure. Should you? That's another question. I do stock work for a living, and I have a good selection of rasps and files for contouring cheek pieces on stocks. A gouge will let you rough the shape you want, but to really shape it well and contour it well, you need more than just a gouge. Since you are going to invest a hundred or more in wood, invest $20 or $30 in tools. __________________ Never try to educate someone who resists knowledge at all costs. But what do I know? Summit Arms Services

January 29, 2017, 09:53 AM	#4
4V50 Gary Staff Join Date: November 2, 1998 Location: Colorado Posts: 21,841	yes you can but remember, it's not the tool but the person who wields it that counts. __________________ Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt. *Molon Labe!*

January 28, 2017, 04:59 PM	#2
HiBC Senior Member Join Date: November 13, 2006 Posts: 8,288	Maybe,if its really sharp and your are more skilled than I am.You'll have constantly changing grain. There is a round,hollow cheasegrater file.There are smaller half round Nicholson cabinet rasps. Big honker round files. Barrel inletting scrapers and rasps.Dowels with 40 grit wrapped around them.