May 14th – Checkering Update
Ok…so a quick update on the checkering progress. Last week we checkered the wrist of the
rifle….this week we are checkering the fore ends.
This is a similar process…well…similar in that we use the same
tools and we are making a series of diamonds as we did on the wrist.
The major difference is the layout.
On the wrist, I was able to lay out the full outline with
all of its’ boundaries. Not so on
the fore end.
The spacing cutter will actually make the final border line.
Let me explain:
I need to carve two parallel lines of equal length down the fore
end.
(I’m doing the same thing on both sides of the stock so that
the checkering region is the same.)
Next I will carve in the master guide lines on the section
closest to the wrist. You can see
them here:
Now…here is the trick…I will begin carving the checkering
lines,…one at a time…up the fore end of the stock.
Here is what it looks like as I progress:
Eventually when one of my checkering lines touches the
opposite part of the borderline I will have a new border.
Ok…it sounds more complicated then it is…I’ll show you in a
couple of days when it is finished what it is supposed to look like.
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