More bedding porn. . .

[NesikaChad]

I use a commercial mold release agent in a spray can. As far as getting the stuff off I just tap on it with a brass hammer and then it chips right off. The rest is hot soapy water and a tooth brush.

 

[Chas1]

Great pics, great work. I'm assuming when tooling that the rpms are high but the movement is very slow. I find that, to work best when I want to avoid splintering the wood upon exiting, now that's with a router and I know yours isn't but wondering if the pricipals the same?

 

[NesikaChad]

I don't exceed 4k rpm most cases. Going too slow on the feed with a high spindle speed just means burned up tooling and cooked wood. As far as feed rates I run at a top of about 50ipm only because the mill I have will turn into a studdering fool if I try to run surfaces any faster. The mill I had at Nesika had much more modern software and higher spindle RPM capacity. I'd shred through stocks at over 300ipm! That was bad ***! Complete an entire inlet in about 4 and half minutes! Now it takes about 15-20. Still beats using lamp black and a scraper though!

My tool packages and tool paths are a bit different than what's commonly encountered when working with wood. Very, very rarely do I have an inlet "grenade" on me and require a bunch of repair work.

 

[Chas1]

Cooked wood, learned that lesson a few times now I go slow just before exiting. Your tools and methods are I'm sure much more sophisticated than my home woodshop. Thanks for responding, it's interesting and your works amazing.

 

[NesikaChad]

Thanks!

Not to sound like a cheese _ick but its that kind of encouragement that keeps me plugging along my own little path.

Had a killer barrel job tonight. Best as I can tell the chamber runout is .00007"

CHRIST. I need a "better" indicator. I'm sure its more than that but its what the little needle says so I'm gonna go with it!

Gnite all.

C

 

[trebark]

Thanks for posting. Now I gotta buy a CNC machine to bed my rifles??? Don't I have enough invested in guns and gear?

 

[Chas1]

.00007 if my math is right that's 7/100,000 of 1 inch heck my micrometer only goes to 1/10000 of 1 inch and at .00001 I can't even see light between the space. Just thinking about .00007 makes my eyes sore.

 

[NesikaChad]

Like I said guys, I'm not claiming its really that good. My Brown/Sharp indicator reads in 1/2 tenths increments. It's one I had to buy back when I worked in a Job shop and ran the Wire EDM.

I'm getting a "red one" past .00005" so I'm calling it .00007"

What it really means is I have no way of telling just how small it is. I'd need something with much higher resolution I bet.

Either way, it's heading in the right direction so I'm pleased.

Thanks.

C


Here's the latest:

Stolle Swindelhurst 22 rimfire bench gun. Just popped her out 10 minutes ago.

This one came out perfect. Not one little bubble or blem anywhere. I like those!

 

[Chas1]

Looks great, what are those in the box under the stock, are they reamers?

 

[NesikaChad]

Those are old chamber reamers that I've been peddling off on a different forum/site.

I've got a handful left. They run $25.00 for solid pilot and $30.00 for floaters. I've also got a pile of old Anschutz triggers and a bunch of other stuff that I'm going to be getting rid of. Scope rings, bases, H/S detach floor metals, etc. Lots of stuff I won't ever use.

It's a mix bag of crap that I've picked up over the years that I don't/won't use anymore. All my tooling now is exclusive to PTG to include every reamer pilot available from 17 to 338 caliber in .0002" increments.

 

[blackbrush]

Chad,

This is what shows up where your sexy stock pictures used to be:

...OK, I can't get it to paste into this reply.

Anyway, I says something to the effect that Photobucket moved or deleted the file (photo).

Can you stick them back up? They are very motivating!

Wally

 

[NesikaChad]

sorry about the pics guys. I have been going through my photo bucket stuff and trying to get it organized. Everything is too cluttered and I can't find stuff.

I'll get it sorted and get photos back up.

thanks.

C

 

[GNERGY]

NesikaChad I have been reading your bedding posts and used a lot of your tips just the other day on my Ironwood stock I just got back from Joel Russo.
I even made a stock holding jig like yours but just not as pretty. It made working on it a lot more easier.
I have beeded stocks before using acraglas but that was over 10 yrs. ago.
This was the first time using Devcon and I am very happy with the results.
So Thanks and keep your expertise faucet flowing. It helps us amateurs do professional looking work.
Here is my thread.
http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/f17/work-art-its-way-54165/index3.html

Tarey

 

[NesikaChad]

Nice job.

Why the red tape?

Get some CLAY. Much, much more reliable!