Stock making (update)

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Hunter562yards

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Alright so I successfully did all the milling work during the school season and am now in the process of shaping the stock. My bad on saying the wood was from the mill. It was actually from the supplier, so it was dried correctly and all that. I borrowed a barrel boring tool from a friend and I have gotten the receiver to be free floating, but I still need to do the barrel. I caught my index finger in a half inch endmill. I got in too much of a hurry, cost me 9 stitches and a broken finger tip bone (not to mention the possibility of losing the feeling in my fingertip for the rest of my life). I have rough cut the shape out. Now to do a ton of sanding and filing. I purchased a stock finishing kit from gander mountain. I am transferring the sling mounts and trigger guard from the old stock. I am going to buy a recoil pad once I get closer to final shape. Thank you everyone for all the tips and help.
 
Stock making is fun, the first time. Then I discovered Boyd's and havent looked back. For the price you cant beat him and you can still do the final fitting and finishing yourself.
 
Question, if you don't mind.

How did you get your finger caught in a 1/2" endmill? I've seen what those would do to steel and would like to avoid the same mistake.
 
I got in a hurry and I didn't cut the hole for the trigger deep enough before I cut the shape out. So I had to put the stock in the vice upside down and cut from that direction, and I would put my finger in from the bottom to see how much more I had to cut, and I didn't back the cutter away far enough and as I pulled my finger out I tilted it towards the cutter a bit too far. Completely my mistake, I should have been turning the machine off each time.
 
Pictures? (of the stock, not the finger :eek: *shudder*)

Reasons I use hand tools for most things (just recently got over my phobia of angle grinders, but I still think they're basically the most dangerous tool there is, with lathes a close second). Granted, I've heard of people giving themselves appendectomies with wood chisels, so even that's not a given. Hope the franken-finger heals up nice :p

TCB
 
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