Ive owned this book for about 20 years after i found a musty one in a used book store. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Checkering in its current form started to occur about 150 years ago. Checkering carving gunstocks by kennedy monty abebooks. Carving and checkering your own custom gunstock can be very rewarding. Fullsize line drawings and photos of checkering and carving patterns by americas leading stockmakers.
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I love to take something simple and make it into something beautiful. Each has contributed photographs of his handiwork and fullsize line drawings of checkering and carving patterns. Fine layout checkering cutter used for original pattern layout and deepening the rows after they are marked in and the final finishing. Checkering and carving of gunstocks by monty kennedy. Checkering and carving of gunstocks as practiced by many of americas leading stock makers. If a metal checkering file of 32 or more teeth per inch is available it is really the. Checkering is not really neccessary on most stocks, so the decorative aspect is probably the most important. Fullsize line drawings and photos of checkering and carving patterns by. The official home of fox chapel publishing, publishers of bestselling woodworking, woodcarving, scroll saw, woodturning, pyrography books and magazines. I thought it was the find of the decade for me, and i was very happy a few. Photographs and illustrations include modern, traditional, and antique style work. In this video series, kurts custom carving and checkering will walk. Personal fitting and quality craftsmanship for trap, skeet, sporting clays and live pigeon shooters. Fundamentals of gunstock checkeringwood carvers supply, inc.
If you do any carving at all, you can use checkering for some of the background areas. Gun stock checkering tools archives kv woodcarving supplies. Hand checkering just carving, its one thing to checker on a flat surface compared to doing it on a gunstock because of the curved surfaces. Gunsmithing how to checker a gunstock presented by larry. Gunstock finishing and checkering a to z introduction. Beginners guide to precision rifle shooting reading free ebook pdf book. If you use a single cutter, you can do different things, like where the diamonds are flat instead of pointed. Apr 17, 2016 explore 4appss board gunstock checkering and carving on.