Say I Wanted to Make a Fiberglass Stock...

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DeBee

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Does anyone have experience making a fiberglass stock?

I have a design in mind which I think would be a hit (at least for me) and I'd like to fabricate a mock up.

Do I carve it out of wood first and then make a mold of some sort?

Any links, references, experiences are appreciated...
 
Carve it out of high density styrofoam. Get it the way you want it, then cut it down for the glass to come back to the original dimensions. The hardest foam you can find will work the best, and help the stock not feel hollow and cheap. If you are going to go through the trouble of making it have an aluminum bedding block made for the action. You are going to end up with LOTS of hours and sweat in it if you decide to make your own stock.
 
Well...

Having used the stuff extensively, to make custom/racing car parts....The foam idea OK(works great for LIGHTLY stressed car body parts), but is gonna be VERY time consuming in this case, and I suspect hard to get even strength throughout...The metal bedding block would be essential, I would think...If you wann amass produce, need a mold (i would make the "master" outa wood, easiest way)...Real mass production uses "chopper gun" setup which is very expensive, but you can "hand lay" a mold quite well, its just slow and fussy...Also be careful, lots of fumes and chemical nastiness, use safety equipment properly...
 
I would make a CAD solid model of it, take the file to a CNC machine shop and have them make a mold :D

Expensive maybe, but you'd get a flawless buck or negative for your messy fiberglass work
 
UNCLE!

Ok Ok Maybe a little too ambitious at this point in time...

Interesting link. Did you see that homemade fiberglass stock?

Maybe I could modify a cheap existing fiberglass stock to meet my designs and then use that as the master... Bondo and floc?

Maybe just get a hold of some wood...

The design is for the ever popular 10/22 so stocks should be plentiful.

Further research is necessary...
 
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