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Ways in which to improve walnut blank/stock properties to improve accuracy.
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<blockquote data-quote="ZAR LRH" data-source="post: 1324500" data-attributes="member: 86870"><p>Thanks again JE Custom. Will defiantly be using True Oil to finish and seal the stock with. Putty one can't use the True Oil to vacuum empregnate the stock. Would have been ideal perhaps. Quickly had a look at some videos and some do dilute the True Oil for the first few layers. </p><p></p><p>Hired gun, someone also told me the same thing. Wouldn't the movement of the wood vary the pressure on the bedding and on the bedding block and influence the harmonics/barrel vibration?</p><p></p><p>Spoke to a local gunstock maker. His suggested solution is to cut the blank in half and reinforce it by putting a strip of hardwood or laminate down the middle. This looks like the trend everyone is following if they use solid wood for long range rifle. I'm milling with the idea of perhaps trying to get thin hardwood that matches the lighter color of the blank and building up a centre piece with this wood and carbon fibre. </p><p></p><p>Perhaps a little over engineering but I don't currently have the dimension of the Barnard PL bedding block but was thinking that building a aluminum of titanium box about 2-5mm bigger that the bedding block. Then have this box bedded first and then bed the bedding block into that. External pressure from the wood will be absorbed by the outer box.</p><p></p><p>Some make mention of a bedding epoxy with elastomeric flexibility properties that also has a very high sheer and tensile strength. Does someone have a name for epoxies with this properties that I can consider using?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ZAR LRH, post: 1324500, member: 86870"] Thanks again JE Custom. Will defiantly be using True Oil to finish and seal the stock with. Putty one can't use the True Oil to vacuum empregnate the stock. Would have been ideal perhaps. Quickly had a look at some videos and some do dilute the True Oil for the first few layers. Hired gun, someone also told me the same thing. Wouldn't the movement of the wood vary the pressure on the bedding and on the bedding block and influence the harmonics/barrel vibration? Spoke to a local gunstock maker. His suggested solution is to cut the blank in half and reinforce it by putting a strip of hardwood or laminate down the middle. This looks like the trend everyone is following if they use solid wood for long range rifle. I'm milling with the idea of perhaps trying to get thin hardwood that matches the lighter color of the blank and building up a centre piece with this wood and carbon fibre. Perhaps a little over engineering but I don't currently have the dimension of the Barnard PL bedding block but was thinking that building a aluminum of titanium box about 2-5mm bigger that the bedding block. Then have this box bedded first and then bed the bedding block into that. External pressure from the wood will be absorbed by the outer box. Some make mention of a bedding epoxy with elastomeric flexibility properties that also has a very high sheer and tensile strength. Does someone have a name for epoxies with this properties that I can consider using? [/QUOTE]
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