Has anyone any experience crafting custom cheek rest/ comb risers?

[BBoru]

Thanks Dwight, I did read it through and did again now. You know what they say, sometimes it takes seven times or seven different ways.

And sometimes it just takes a while for a circuit to light up from all the corrosion on the wiring.  

Anyhow, I appreciate the content here and if I don't cut both my thumbs off and make a monstrosity after ruining yards of good leather I'll post back with what I did. 

And thanks again chuck123wapati for the sidebar tips, I'm slow but I eventually there  

[PeltMe]

In response to the suggestions and a few hours fettling, I think I have something... It's a bit rough around the edges in places, but it's my first one and I'm quite pleased with it. 

The resolene has come off in two places, but has made it look quite tacky IMO. I've looked at restoring leather to try remove the finish and start again to which I found people mentioning IPS and deglazer. I got both just to be sure. I'll always use the 
IPS on electronics and the like. 

 

I had a bit of a struggle getting the cheek piece and tension right. It wasn't until I'd I thought I'd overestimated when I realised that I'd REALLY underestimated! Anyhow, we got there in the end. As you can see in the photo's, I've used a bit of everyone's ideas, so thank you all very much for your time and knowledge. 

[Northmount]

On 3/23/2025 at 12:12 PM, BBoru said:

And thanks again chuck123wapati for the sidebar tips, I'm slow but I eventually there

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[PeltMe]

 

32 minutes ago, Northmount said:

If you want to get a user's attention, you need to either quote at least a portion of their post or tag them.  Since I quoted part of your post, you will get a notification that I have done that, depending on your profile settings regarding notifications.

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Sorry, I was addressing the entire thread

[chuck123wapati]

That's a fine pattern!! It looks great. Shooting it will tell the tale, lol. Sometimes, they slide up due to recoil. The stitching is great looking, too. If you can clean up that edge on the riser, it would be perfect, IMO.

[PeltMe]

5 hours ago, chuck123wapati said:

That's a fine pattern!! It looks great. Shooting it will tell the tale, lol. Sometimes, they slide up due to recoil. The stitching is great looking, too. If you can clean up that edge on the riser, it would be perfect, IMO.

Thank you. I have cleaned those edges up and pleased to say it does look nice. I can't believe I mad it to be honest! Now to try it for height, but to be honest I did try it before hand and it sat perfect. The layers are compressed and only amount to about 14mm on the rifle so shouldn't be too over the top. Oh, by the way, I meant IPA, but somehow managed to get it wrong twice 😄 

 

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