hueyville
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Over the years I have purchased quite a few custom stocks for project rifles. Some have been good, some bad and some great. But none have been perfect. I have tried adjustable stocks but they tend to be heavy and unattractive. A month ago or so started going through the vaults and pulled the five or six rifles with my favorite stocks. Some I like certain features, others its fit and some styling. I took the actions out of them and carefully photographed in four different axis and took every measurement I could.
I imported all of the photos into my.favorite 3D CAD program, sized them properly to the actual stocks and rendered each into full 3D models. Once this was done I started overlaying them on each other and combining the features I wanted and dimensions of best fitting. After a full day I ended up with a fully rotateable model of what I want to try for a stock on my next build. So now I have it in SolidWorks and no matter how I spin it all looks good.
All I have to do now is render it into G code for the CNC machine to make a mould. I met with my carbon guy to see how he wanted it split into the A and B mould and tolerances, etc. I thought I was done. Now he wants to know if want to use wet process or dry process carbon. Dry process you put the carbon in the mould the using a vacuum you pull the resin through the carbon fiber. With wet process you put carbon that is already impregnated with resin and then use positive pressure I believe to activate the resin.
According to wet or dry there are some different things I have to do to machine the mould. Any of you guys ever made a carbon fiber stock and if so, which process and why. My guy says each has pros and cons. He says wet is easier but dry looks nicer. So what gives? This is new territory for me and going to be a huge investment of time and money. I can't seem to find any info on which others use and why. Thanx for any help.
I imported all of the photos into my.favorite 3D CAD program, sized them properly to the actual stocks and rendered each into full 3D models. Once this was done I started overlaying them on each other and combining the features I wanted and dimensions of best fitting. After a full day I ended up with a fully rotateable model of what I want to try for a stock on my next build. So now I have it in SolidWorks and no matter how I spin it all looks good.
All I have to do now is render it into G code for the CNC machine to make a mould. I met with my carbon guy to see how he wanted it split into the A and B mould and tolerances, etc. I thought I was done. Now he wants to know if want to use wet process or dry process carbon. Dry process you put the carbon in the mould the using a vacuum you pull the resin through the carbon fiber. With wet process you put carbon that is already impregnated with resin and then use positive pressure I believe to activate the resin.
According to wet or dry there are some different things I have to do to machine the mould. Any of you guys ever made a carbon fiber stock and if so, which process and why. My guy says each has pros and cons. He says wet is easier but dry looks nicer. So what gives? This is new territory for me and going to be a huge investment of time and money. I can't seem to find any info on which others use and why. Thanx for any help.