Modified Edgun stock
I carved a new grip profile on the edgun stock and then sprayed the whole thing with Duplicolor truck bed liner spray. Definately a worth while effort. The gun is much more comfortable to hold and the little dings and dents in the stock are covered up with a much more durable finish.
JFK
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Excellent advice Hoot!!!
Thanks for the confidence Hoot.
I do have the dremel 300, but am not sure of the right accessory to get the job done.
As I have only used the metal cutting and the metal grinding tool with the dremel.
I will run a search on you tube for videos and would try it out on a block of wood and then the Edgun Stock.
Will keep ya posted on how it goes…
Mistman, the biggest mistake in working wood is going too fast!
The idea is to get the proper tools. I’d use a Dremel, get the proper wood grinding attachment, preferably a sanding wheel, and go very slowly. Or, simply buy a fine grained, half moon, hand wood rasp, of the proper width (a bit less than the width of your fingers), and do it that way. Go slow, be gentle, take your time.
Get a pencil and mark the cut zones. Start in the middle of the cut zone and work your way out carefully with a light touch. You can’t uncut or unsand if you go too deep or too far. That’s why you go slow. Stop before you think you are deep enough and shape out the rest of the grip. THEN…if you need more depth, grind gently to where it feels good in your hand.
This isn’t brain surgery. It just takes patience and a plan.
Map out what you need to do, then just do it.
Have fun!
Hoot 😯
That takes a certain amonut of art to do.
I have no art talent in me! 😳
Okay JFK, since you gonna cover me, am gonna try and redo the grip.
No guts, no glory!!! Hack into that stock Mistman. If you mess it up just glue another piece of pine on it and start all over:) Truck bed liner covers up everything.
John
The only job I have ever done with wood is making a box for my shooting chrony, so that I can place table lights for indoor shooting.
That was pretty straight.
I did read through your reply many a times, but still dont have the dare.
You have 30 years of experience and I dont have 3 hours of it.
So I am gonna put that project on hold.
But seing your project, I thing stuck me 💡
I would be buying those cheap rubber grips and cutting them out so that they retro fit right where I want them to.
Let see how it goes.
Thanks for the tutorial..
Thanks Hoot!!! You could do it with a dremel tool but I used my bandsaw and a drill press with a round shaper (rasp) slow and steady. Followed up with some hand sanding and three good coats of the Duplicolor truck bed liner spray. Less than two hours start to finish. I am very happy with the results.
Mistman, if extra Edgun stocks were readily available I would crank them out all day long, it was that easy. I’ve done wood working for over 30 years and even I was nervous when I put the bandsaw blade to the stock. The carving and sanding took less than 20 minutes. Masking off the inside of the stock and spraying the bedliner spray took the longest.
This is what I used to profile the grip:
http://us.microplane.com/300431rotaryshaperdrillattachment.aspx
You could use a 1″ round sanding drum to do the same thing but a little slower. I used the bandsaw to cut the angle of the front of the grip, held the grip with my hand and slipped a sharp pencil between my fingers to mark the stock where I wanted to carve the finger grips. I sanded the whole stock before I sprayed it. Anybody going to try: get a really good grip on the stock as the microplane wants to grab it, just go real slow and take gentle bites.
JFK
NICE 😯
That is exactly what I ‘ve been thinking about, I never had the guts or would never dare to do anything to the matador stock.
Availabiliy / Shipping Charges / Blah..Blah Blah….. 😛
But your idea seems perfect, Did you carve a piece out and attached it to the stock.
OR
You’ve carved the existing stock ? 😯
Either ways superb job done……
Black is beautiful.
I really like that grip. Looks like a dremel, and a steady hand could pull that off without too much trouble.
Well done, my man, well done indeed!
Regards,
Hoot 😯
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Nice job