Do you like to do butt stock area detail using a vice or on a bench?

[Larry (Omaha)]

When ya got a chunk of wood to start with it will take lots of position moves to get at the work. Excluding barrel and RR work I do most of the build with a stock on the bench in some fashion or another.
#1 This is the chunk I started with
#2 Is a makeshift cradle that sits right next to the installed BP
#3 Butt stock clamped on cradle with cloth cushion and line of work placed
#4 Two detail lines after cut in
The forestock lays on a soft/hard rubber portable knee pad to keep the stock parallel with the cradle and bench.

Larry

 

[deerstalkert]

looks like it works for you.
i use vises with padded jaws, for years i would sit in a recliner and checker, or scrape, sand and finish a stock. now i need the vises for the stability because i have no grip left.

 

[CuNosecap]

Vise for me.

 

[dave_person]

Hi,
I use a combination of leg vises, pattern maker's vises, and padded arm rest.

dave

 

[Rob M.]

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[cannonball1]

I have a great big mechanics vise and I use it for inletting ALL the items. I am not even

careful until the shaping takes place and for that I use a high speed sander/grinder with 32 grit sanding belt.

 

[cannonball1]

Then a padded vise for finishing.

 

[ZUG]

Many years ago I visited Bill Shipman to ask him for some help building flintlock rifles. When I saw how he works I was surprised. He had a rifle that he was working on, and it was laying on top of two sawhorses that had a 3/4" plywood board with a large piece of heavyweight leather on top. He had a TV mounted in a corner toward the celling where he would watch some of the Phillie's ball games when he took a break from building. This room was his rec room in his house. Check out this link <Bill Shipman "Isaiah 6:8 Rifle">

 

[Larry (Omaha)]

Many years ago I visited Bill Shipman to ask him for some help building flintlock rifles. When I saw how he works I was surprised. He had a rifle that he was working on, and it was laying on top of two sawhorses that had a 3/4" plywood board with a large piece of heavyweight leather on top. He had a TV mounted in a corner toward the celling where he would watch some of the Phillie's ball games when he took a break from building. This room was his rec room in his house. Check out this link <Bill Shipman "Isaiah 6:8 Rifle">

That link is awesome!
Thanks for posting!
Larry