My first build was a parts set and the precarved stock ended up heating my house.....learned a lot from the parts set and learned even more on reusing the original parts on a new precarve.
So after this LR was completed, thought long and hard on the next build.....either another parts set {thought it to be a "safer" build} or a risky blank build. But, what I really was interested in was learning to build LRs , not acquiring MLers.
So, I chose a blank build because of the errors mainly in the precarved stock. Blank building requires choosing all the appropriate parts {kinda interesting} and buying a few more tools. So when the blank arrived, the next consideration was doing a layout of the stock. I chose a Bucks County style and outlined a tracing of a Shuler BC buttstock from RCAl and enlarged it on the computer until a stated dim was achieved.
The sawing of the blank was done w/ a Skill saw and a hand wood saw and my wife said she wouldn't watch when I used the Skillsaw and went upstairs. Shortly after this, I bought a 14" bandsaw.
Inletted the bbl and did the RR groove and hole and started to remove some wood and thought that blank building wasn't that bad afterall.
After thoroughly studying Buchele's "how to" book {really appreciated the order of tasks to be done} and to shorten this post, continued on w/ the build. One complication not considered was that the Reeves BC TG req'd some work to simulate a Shuler and the sand cast Bplate also req'd some work to make it look like a Shuler BC item.
But this BC LR was completed w/o any further complications and the BC shown is the result. It doesn't have many of the BC features which were on the BCs after this one.....Fred
