I get bored. I get lazy. I’m also creative and productive but I always come back to being bored and lacking motivation. I’ve taken the summer off of production because of the heat and family activities, but along with that I think my mind was needing a fresh problem to tackle. A while back someone …
I fired up the tools again to see if I could improve the original design. If you’re not improving, what are we doing? I don’t have process photos on this one but I do have results. Changes from version 1 to version 2 Shape Tried to shave off more weight by really thinning the stock …
I started out going with just the manual hand planer and rasp but quickly swapped things up. I had too much material to remove by hand so I busted out some power. Now I can go after it with the rasp and chisel. The eventual design is starting to take shape. Get Amazing how this …
My first part of the process in making a new stock is to think through all the steps I’m going to need to take. Not that I followed all of them, but it’s nice to have a game plan prior to having to change the game plan. The challenge that kept me from attempting this …
As soon as I purchased the Ruger PC, the weather turned cold and picking it up Friday or Saturday seemed questionable. I told my wife I would just take a quick drive down the road and assess the snow situation, but I kept checking a little further and a little further until I was in …
I’ve finally committed myself to converting the Ruger Police Carbine (Ruger PC Carbine) to a full wooden stock after the iconic Russian PPSh-41. I’ve been playing with this concept on my Ruger 10/22 takedown with good results, but the difference in the magazine well held me back from committing to the 9mm.
