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(insert tantrum here) ... I made the groove for the ramrod, and bought the cool looking 48 inch ramrod hole drilling bit from TOW, and everything looked cool. I made the little wooden blocks described by Peter Alexander in Gunsmith of Grenville County and everything looked cool. I gently clamped them onto the stock, thus holding the bit in place and allowing it to turn, and everything looked cool, so I slowly started to turn the bit with my drill, and lo- there was a huge wad of chipout, completely spoiling the carefully made and smooth,. straight edge that was to be at the edge of my ramrod groove. Now, everything doesn't look so cool. It's a Lancaster 1770s / Isaac Haines (with lacewood stock)
so:
Should I consider, perhaps, some horn inlay to cover up my goof
How do I get the thing into the rest of the hole without making a worse mess?

Thanks

MSW
 
You kinda lost me on where the chip come out. You mean where the entrypipe goes ? or it broke out of the top between the entrypipe & triggerguard ? or it broke out of the side of the RR groove near the entrypipe ?

Sometimes you can glue the piece back in & it is almost unnoticable. If it is the entrypipe end just move the entrypipe back to allow for the error. If it came out the bottom of the stock an inlay can be made to cover it.

If the wood is very brittle, it may not make a pretty stock but not a durable stock, thus you might option out on a dif. stockwood.

Another option is to router the RR channel in from the barrel channel, then fill in the barrel channel with a 1/4" piece of wood made to fit into the barrel channel & microbed or glue it in. I know of one stock dealer that makes his stocks this way, however I won't use them because I feel weakening the stock from the beginning & then you are trying to put the strength back in there. It just doesn't appeal to me to start like that. Some guys it doesn't bother & some build them & never put the piece back in to cover the hole.
 
I agree with what you say about weakening the stock by routing the ramrod groove from the barrel channel, I don't like them either. But here's some food for thought. Have you ever played with thin strips of wood or plastic laminate by bending the into curves or s's? Well, When you glue and clamp them in that position you freeze them in that position. Also in home construction the use if laminated beams can carry a load far greater than that of demensional lumber. My hometown church used laminated roof trusses, they were shaped like a big "L" from the left and right side of the church and met in the middle to form an arch. Truly laminating is stronger, but as the ramrod groove/hole is concerned, I'd rather have it drilled.
....... George F.
 
I agree with the theory & use of laminates....... However you cannot properly put laminates in there & squeeze all the glue out & etc like you would press/clamp them to make structure beams & etc., or at least it doesn't seem like it would be an easy task.
Also you don't want the RR hole full of glue. That is why if I did it I would use Microbed, build a lil ledge in there to fit against, & make the piece to fit, swab the Microbed in there & then press the wood into it, then fill up over the piece, put a piece of shrinkwrap on the barrel & clamp it in place, then turn the rifle upside down. What small bit of Microbed that squeezes thru would level out on the piece you put in & not obstruct the RR hole this way.

I bought a lil rifle a few years back & it had one of these routered out RR hole stocks in it & this is how I filled the gap. I just didn't like having that open hole there.....

But as I say, some use them & like them & that is OK by me. :winking:
 
thanks, Birddog & George ...i'll get the photobucket fired up and try to post some pix, so you can see what's happening... in the interim, I'm liking the notion of inletting some black cowhorn ... this will run along the edges of the RR groove.

Thanks Again

MSW
 


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