How To Make A Checkering Tool
Scribe this then use a single line tool to cut a master line.
How to make a checkering tool. The uppermost wood with pin is a sort of scriber that was used to mark the edges of the checkering so they run parallel with the barrel channel top line of the stock. Watch along as Larry Potterfield Founder and CEO of MidwayUSA describes the tools an. Secure the stock in a checkering cradle so its held securely and both hands are free.
The tool is used to complete the repetitious bulk of the checkered panels. Hand checkering is a simple process requiring just a few simple tools. As you do move the stippling tool around inside the panel in a random manner.
No reason to reinvent the wheel. Watch as Larry Potterfield Founder and CEO of MidwayUSA makes a checkering tool from a length of dril. Use knife checkering tools including white blue and yellow layout pencils along with two-edge spacer cutters to ensure proper spacing and accuracy.
Advanced checkering involves using a third checkering tool the w i d e spacing tool to make skip-line checkering google. Pencil in a line along the rule edge. Video taken with a Sony HDR CX100.
The next tool is the single-line cutter. Two tools used in the restoration and repair of gun stock checkering. This can be done over the kitchen gas stove.
Like most forms of art practice is essential but in the hands of a trained craftsman. Cut an intersecting line at approximately 40 for the second master line. Keep tapping and moving in a random fashion until the surface is uniformly roughened.
