Rescuing a stock blank - 02/06/19
I was visiting family in southern Utah and took a day to drive to Las Vegas to visit Cecil Fredi and look at his inventory of stock blanks. If you are ever in Vegas, add a half day to your trip and go see him: "I tell people I have 30,000 blanks, but I know it is way more than that."
I came home with a couple, one being an English blank he priced at $800.
So how much "rescuing" can an $800 blank possibly need? That depends on how it aged in the 25 years since it was cut.
Yep, that is every bit of an inch of warp.
The only possible solution is to cut it in half and use it as a two piece blank. My father has a Winchester 1885 hiwall that could really use a better stock. The diagonal line in the photo below is where you would cut it for that application.
Needless to say, I paid way way less than $800 for the blank.
I came home with a couple, one being an English blank he priced at $800.
So how much "rescuing" can an $800 blank possibly need? That depends on how it aged in the 25 years since it was cut.
Yep, that is every bit of an inch of warp.
The only possible solution is to cut it in half and use it as a two piece blank. My father has a Winchester 1885 hiwall that could really use a better stock. The diagonal line in the photo below is where you would cut it for that application.
Needless to say, I paid way way less than $800 for the blank.