Gun stock checkering tools available ?

[Gert Odendaal]

Good day members, any checkering tools available in a set?

 

[Muskox]

There should be things on brownells and midwayusa. I don't have access to either. one of those here in Germany, but you should be able to find thm.

Here in Germany Triebel gunsmithing supplies might have something, you could also contact the gunsmithigns schools in Ulm, Ferlach, and Suhl and ask where they are getting them.

 

[Gert Odendaal]

There should be things on brownells and midwayusa. I don't have access to either. one of those here in Germany, but you should be able to find thm.

Here in Germany Triebel gunsmithing supplies might have something, you could also contact the gunsmithigns schools in Ulm, Ferlach, and Suhl and ask where they are getting them.

Thank you kindly Muskox

 

[tward1604]

Ullman Precision sells kits, I'm about to start practicing with my 20 lpi kit.

 

[Gert Odendaal]

Ullman Precision sells kits, I'm about to start practicing with my 20 lpi kit.

Thank you kindly, in what state is this company??

 

[teklanika_ray]

Lol, man I hate to be the low end guy, but ebay has gobs of checkering kits for under a couple hundred dollars. Just looking now. I almost bought a 6 piece kit for $89 on a buy it now sale, but I have a good ammount of checker tools already. All, tgat is to say, I would look on ebay.

Ray H

 

[tward1604]

Thank you kindly, in what state is this company??

Here in Texas.

 

[steve white]

The main thing is that they are SHARP. If you buy used tools, make sure you can get new cutting heads to fit them, and in fact stock up on those. It would help if you had a guide to tell you if you are using the right tool, in case you are re-running the checkering on an older gun. There is the lpi of course, but ALSO the angle at which they cut the diamonds. I also think it would be interesting to do the flat topped checkering like some of the British offerings.
Regrettably, my eyesight is beyond checkering these days. Checkering is the easiest thing to mess up there is on any gun.
If you have access to used hospital equipment, you might find binocular equipped lighted viewers by Zeiss or others, used for surgery or dental work. Lighted low magnification rings are also a great boon. If you plan to checker much, buy or make yourself a stock HOLDER that you can chuck up in a vice and leave both hands free. I made mine.
I have no experience with electric checkering tools, but they are used by craftsmen/women of just about every firearms manufacturer. They are a bit on an investment...
Good luck. Good checkering is a beautiful thing.

 

[Rifleman97]

Gunstock Checkering Tools – Mastercarver®

 

[skydiver386]

Stopped by Brownells showroom just off I80 on the way out to Omaha for a shooting match. Best place in North America to get gunsmithing supplies. They sell sets with interchangeable heads, and for hobby checkering this is probably your best bet.

One word of warning, going into this store with a wallet full of credit cards can be a dangerous thing.

 

[Rifleman97]

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Stopped by Brownells showroom just off I80 on the way out to Omaha for a shooting match. Best place in North America to get gunsmithing supplies. They sell sets with interchangeable heads, and for hobby checkering this is probably your best bet.

One word of warning, going into this store with a wallet full of credit cards can be a dangerous thing.

I used to live 30 mins from there, for 6 years, and never knew that was there. I didn’t even know they had brick and mortar locations

 

[skydiver386]

I used to live 30 mins from there, for 6 years, and never knew that was there. I didn’t even know they had brick and mortar locations

Retail Store

Retail Store

www.brownells.com

I think there's only one retail store, but they can pull anything from the warehouse that you want.

To the OP's original post, looks like Brownells no longer sells much in checking tools. Years ago I bought a set of checkering tools, a book on checkering and gunstock carving by Monty Kennedy, and Brownells stencil checkering patterns. The stencils were sort of like the decals you put on model airplanes. They were good for laying out a pattern, but after the first few jobs you left them behind. I still have a few on my bookshelf if anyone wants them.

Most of what I did was removing the stamped impressed patterns on factory guns and replaced them with decent cut checkering.

Gunstock Checkering Tools-Wood Carvers Supply, Inc

If you get serious about checking, I'd buy the tool set, layout tool, book and checkering cradle to start. As others have posted, glasses and lighting can be a big help depending on what you have in your shop or workspace.

 

[festuscat]

Thank you kindly, in what state is this company??

New Braunfels Texas 830-627-9030.
Provides tools to UK/EU trade

 

[festuscat]

Michael Ullman is rolling out a newly designed stock checkering vice. I have seen the prototype.
It is an excellent design

 

[rookhawk]

99% of the market uses Dem-Bart checkering tools @Gert Odendaal . Wherever you source, I suggest you buy extra cutters so you have spares to sharpen as you go. The other thing you need is a Layout guide to get your angles correct, it’s a $10 plastic template.

Good luck in your search whether used or from Brownell’s

 

[Rifleman97]

99% of the market uses Dem-Bart checkering tools @Gert Odendaal . Wherever you source, I suggest you buy extra cutters so you have spares to sharpen as you go. The other thing you need is a Layout guide to get your angles correct, it’s a $10 plastic template.

Good luck in your search whether used or from Brownell’s

Where do you find that template? I’m starting to do some checkering and I’d like to buy one

 

[rookhawk]

Where do you find that template? I’m starting to do some checkering and I’d like to buy one

Brownells

 

[skydiver386]

PRO CHECKERING GAUGE-Wood Carvers Supply, Inc

www.woodcarverssupply.com