08-03-2017, 08:18 AM
Randy,
I was hoping to do a try stock this fall to work out the various dimensions, either and actual adjustable model, or a sacrificial one out of maple. That is a shoot and adjust scenario before starting to whittle away on an expensive piece of Black Walnut (maybe in the winter). The blank came from your neck of the woods from a fellow by the name of Ray Richter in Redmond, WA. He's been selling stock blanks on ebay for a number of years and really knows how to get some interesting grain patterns out of a tree. The stock on your Savage looks mighty fine to me. I like the rolled over comb. It also has some Tiger stripe patterns similar to the blanks I found.
Oh, and thanks for the compliment, but I made my living at engineering, design and machining, so that's cheating. Not many can do it at woodworking though, unless you have skills like Greg.
Darren: I was actually leaning toward the baby ***** green on my mill.
Tom
I was hoping to do a try stock this fall to work out the various dimensions, either and actual adjustable model, or a sacrificial one out of maple. That is a shoot and adjust scenario before starting to whittle away on an expensive piece of Black Walnut (maybe in the winter). The blank came from your neck of the woods from a fellow by the name of Ray Richter in Redmond, WA. He's been selling stock blanks on ebay for a number of years and really knows how to get some interesting grain patterns out of a tree. The stock on your Savage looks mighty fine to me. I like the rolled over comb. It also has some Tiger stripe patterns similar to the blanks I found.
Oh, and thanks for the compliment, but I made my living at engineering, design and machining, so that's cheating. Not many can do it at woodworking though, unless you have skills like Greg.
Darren: I was actually leaning toward the baby ***** green on my mill.
Tom
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