Tool recommendations for Newbie

[Bucky182]

I am as I stated in another post going to restock a T/C Renegade with a Pecatonica stock. This is my first of hopefully many builds. What you you guys recommend for tools needed for someone starting out in the building process. I know I will need files, gouges, chisels but what sizes? Brands and so on. I figure it is easy to ask you all than spend a bunch to find out I don't need 1/2 of what I bought or bought the wrong size, wrong brand and so on. LOL
It will also help keep momma from yelling too much. lol also where are some good placed to find said tools?

Thank you

 

[david w]

Two Cherries makes very good chisels. There are better chisels, depending on how much you are willing to spend. You need the smallest flat, and gouge chisels to get into the tight spaces. Buy larger chisels as needed. Water stones are best for keeping your chisels sharp. Sharp is the key. Dull chisels tear wood, not cut. If you find you have a talent for carving, you will never have enough chisels on hand.

 

[The Appalachian]

The things I have in my hands the most are a 1/4" straight chisel, a 3/8" gouge, a small block plane, an old block plane blade I use as a scraper, a sanding block, a 1" wide half round wood rasp, a 6" sterrett tri-square, set of sterrett dial-calipers, a set of sharp dividers, and a quality compass.

Edit to add: forgot one on the most important things I use often. A 1/4" hand driver with an apex bit holder and a small handful of appropriate apex driver bits. Lots of taking apart and putting together when building a rifle.

 

[rchas]

A 1 inch, 1/4 inch and 1/8 are my most used chisels. A 2 inch wide #6 sweep gouge can hog a lot of wood off, as well as help form the right curves on cheek pieces and wrists. You'll need smaller gouges and parting (v shaped) tools if you do carving. The tool I use the most when shaping a stock is a spokeshave. Fine and coarse half round wood rasps are helpful too. Don't forget a sharp knife, xacto knives work well

 

[Kyblackpowder]

I use pfeil swiss made chisels 6mm and 10mm , a craving vise is handy, square, calipers mind I think is pec band , scale is also handy ,good sharpening stone ,and I found a magnet tray works good on all your small parts to keep you with . my rasps is a sawb type .

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[Bucky182]

WOW thanks guys!! got some work cut out for me. No pun intended.

 

[Sean E Bug]

a hand plane for leveling the stock and removing a lot of material, chisels in the size of 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, a couple gouges. beaver craft are cheap and acceptable but only available in some sizes, a Japanese rasp and a half round. some kind of drill and bits of many sizes, any kind of sharpening stone and a strop. strop your tools often when working to keep your tools razor sharp. inletting black, patternmaker's vise, calipers, pencil, screwdriver with assorted bits, dovetail file, hacksaw, coping saw, solder flux and a torch. if you intend to do incise carving ramelson makes good veiners. for files a mill file and fine flat file, then a round and needle files.