Rifle buttstock pattern and type of leather

[AJ2018]

6 hours ago, Hildebrand said:

This was about 35 years ago and thankfully no photo evidence exists from that time in my youth. One of the problems with the device is the instructions tell you to start in the middle of a piece of leather and essentially cut a spiral out. This leaves all the lace naturally laying in a circle. 

No problem thank you,  I will try it and see how it goes

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[AJ2018]

Here is the Solidworks 3D Model of the Browning x-bolt SS Stalker 30-06 sprg partial stock image. it took me 2.5-3 hours to model it, started to get gray hair from it , very complex features were used to model it. let me know what you guys think of it and if you drawn one using solidworks expert features please share.

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Cheers,

A.J

Edited April 18, 2018 by AJ2018

[AJ2018]

Just an update of the project , I added some artwork using swivel knife and waiting for the 1mm thread to arrive from internet order so i can stitch it all around. the thread color is deep brown with contrast.

now I need to think how to make a leather splitter so i can make the thin lace to stitch the buttstock pad piece and stitch the knob behind the trigger guard.

 

 

[AJ2018]

applied some custom leather dye by mixing dye colors, pending some sheen or beewax.

cheers,

A.J

[AJ2018]

some more progress, stitched it all round as in the images and wet formed it. more stitches to be done after stitching the cartridge loop holder on the leather.

0.8 mm stitch size were used. next project will use 1mm thread size.

cheers

AJ

[AJ2018]

just to keep the fox updated , here are some more photos after adding some baseball stitch. working on the cartridge loop now , if you got a good idea based on my project, please share we might benefit from your ideas. so far my plan is to add to two leather conchos at the ends of each side of the cartridge holder and probably stitch each eye of the cartridges separately, because as you notice i have no room from making a slotted cartridge loop, my leather is 5-6 oz and I am planing to split it to 2mm and try.

 

cheers

AJ

[garypl]

That’s looking really nice!

Gary

[AJ2018]

5 hours ago, garypl said:

That’s looking really nice!

Gary

Thanks Gary, I still have to stitch the cap on the knob by the baseball stitch and then stitch a cap on the rubber pad at the back of the leather piece, then finally put some eyelet and lacing. 

Tooling wise I could of done way better but I live in an apartment building and noise is not allowed that's why I only knife it only. 

Will post more pics I. The next stage. 

 

Cheers 

AJ2018 

[garypl]

1 hour ago, AJ2018 said:

Thanks Gary, I still have to stitch the cap on the knob by the baseball stitch and then stitch a cap on the rubber pad at the back of the leather piece, then finally put some eyelet and lacing. 

Tooling wise I could of done way better but I live in an apartment building and noise is not allowed that's why I only knife it only. 

Will post more pics I. The next stage. 

 

Cheers 

AJ2018 

Look forward to seeing your progress.  How many hours do you think you have in it already?

[AJ2018]

6 hours ago, garypl said:

Look forward to seeing your progress.  How many hours do you think you have in it already?

Gary I did put a lot of hours already , but this is my first leather project and once i get everything done, all its left is to make a template and copy.

here is an update from today , stitching the cap on the knob but i still have to dye it very lightly so the dye wont get on the stock.

hope you like the cap stitch.

cheers,

AJ2018