Rescued Maple 4x6 question?

[mupperm]

 I've been rummaging around my dad workshop looking for some lumber to no avail,  he then told me that my sister had a 4x6 maple beam he purchased for my niece to practice Gymnastics and that they had cut it in half and been mistreating it with an Axe and hatchet.  i do believe i can get a 1/2 stock out of it for a Hawken build.  
My only question is that this piece of lumber is taken out of the center of the log.  will this be a problem???  

I'll try and get pictures up soon

 

[mupperm]

can you download pictures off of your HD or do they have to be in photobucket type account

[Longknife]

Mup, They need to go in a photobucket account.


http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=10.0

[Larry Luck]

Photobucket.  Then post the img link in your post.

Larry Luck

Beat me!

[rich pierce]

I don't think it's possible to get a stock except maybe a Bedford out of a 4x6.

[WadePatton]

maybe a toe extension-mocked up as a repair?

[mupperm]

maybe a toe extension-mocked up as a repair?

I am not up on my terms what is this? 
I also will have to make up a photobucket Account so pictures may not come soon

[Larry Luck]

If you look at old rifles, one of the common areas of damage is the toe.  The grain often runs so that a blow to the toe will shear off a triangular piece. 
Here is a link to an example I found on Google.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v122/HerbGLT/BrokenToe-1.jpg

Depending on where the profile of your intended buttstock intersects the bottom flat of your 4x6, it may be possible to add an inch or two by making it look like a repaired break.  You could laminate the extension as a squared piece (resulting in an L shaped squared blank) and then saw out your stock profile.  Might not see it, depending on the grain of the wood.

Post some photos.

Larry Luck

[b bogart]

Mike I think we can come up with a half stock stick of wood for you at a very reasoable cost. Give me a shout sometime soon.

[mupperm]

thanks Bruce, I'll do that

[Dphariss]

I don't think it's possible to get a stock except maybe a Bedford out of a 4x6.

Too much drop in a Bedford. Would work for pistol stocks if its curly.
Saw it to 3/4 or a little thinner an use for boxes and such.
But I bet its straight grain.
Dan

[Mike Brooks]

Should burn great in the wood stove.

[Larry Luck]

Lots of ways Not to use the 4x6 as a gunstock.  (Probably most of which are right!)
Larry

[WadePatton]

thanks for catching my "drift" above Larry.

[Larry Luck]

Wade,
I swallowed the hook.
Larry

[mupperm]

Should burn great in the wood stove.

Not a chance of that happening.  I'll Re-saw it into lumber instead!

[WadePatton]

makes good handles for all your custom scrapers and gouges and files-oh my.