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Hybrid stock
Something I’ve been fiddling with for a while. Building a rifle stock solely out of carbon is very difficult, and requires at least a 3 part mold, and typically an inflatable bag system. This design...
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CNC process
Did a bit more exploration of how the wood part of this will work. Pretty confident with this, now to learn more about the carbon fibre.
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First prototype
Pretty much ready to chuck this on the mill now as a test in pine plywood. I’ll be able to validate a bunch of stuff and see what kind of ballpark I’m in for strength capability. My...
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branding test
Bit of experimentation with branding (not really my forte) while I nut out the finer details of the CNC process.
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Milling process
Now for the waiting game to build the first prototype and see if this actually works
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Back to it
After a lot of mucking around, stalling, being stalled, things are looking positive to get prototypes 1 & 2 built out of Wellington. I’m not doing any further development on the stock until I get...
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P1 machining
Machining of the P1 prototype is underway! Superthanks to Rob from High Tech Carving for the WIP photos.
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P1 Prototype
Rob at HTC did an AMAZING job! Now to do a bunch of sanding, a bit of dremel-ing, check fitting, seal the inside, stick it together, sand the outside, bed the action, seal the outside….
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P1 prototype complete
It fits! P1 prototype build is complete. Now for the fun bits; Finishing up the blind magazine so that it’ll feed correctly Final weigh in Stress testing (aka, will it explode?)
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P2 vs P1
Progress is slowly creeping onwards – I’ve laminated the red beech blank together, ready to ship, and the CAD for the P2 prototype is just about finished. Here’s a brief summary of the improvements...
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Surfacing progress
I’m definitely improving with Rhino – there’s still a lot of surface optimization to go into the grip area, but I’ll wait for until I’ve printed and validated the current geometry before I refine it...
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Parametric Progress
I got the surfacing in Rhino to a place that I’m pretty happy with. I’ve now taken that base surface into Fusion 360 where I’ve nearly completed a fully parametric model – I can adjust the grip,...
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Exploded stock
Documenting some of the things that I’ve been working on in the background for the last year or so
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