Handmade Grip Panels

**DerpSchnitzel** · April 7th, 2020, 04:56 PM

Originally Posted by Misery Loves Shotguns

Very nice! You can't even tell that they're DIY grips. I used some spray polyurethane on my wife's 500 stock and had to sandblast it off because it smelled awful. Linseed oil smells really good though. Did you have any issues with odd smells with the wood finishing stuff you used?

I didn't, but I'm not bothered by smells like that either.

I'm definitely gonna make more of these. I wanna try out different kinds of wood, maybe eventually learn to checker them, probably start with stipling, since that looks a lot easier.

I'm glad you guys like them. Free scrap wood beats the hell outta paying at least $30, all the way up to $100, for a set.

**jakebrake** · April 7th, 2020, 05:17 PM

Looking sharp on a budget...

Win.

**Gunplummer** · April 8th, 2020, 05:36 PM

They look good against the dark background. Get a cheap set of checkering tools from Brownell's. It is not as hard as you think to do straight lints. It does take patience. I don't know how old you are, but my hands are starting to go now and it is hard for me.

**DerpSchnitzel** · April 11th, 2020, 08:08 AM

I'm 34, and I can draw. I did all of the shaping of these grips by hand, so I definitely have patience, I'm just not too sure on how steady my hands are. I can't erase cuts in wood like I can with a pencil eraser on paper, but I do wanna try it eventually. I also saw where someone used a grinding wheel to do it. It looks a lot faster, but it also looks a lot easier to screw up.

**Gunplummer** · April 14th, 2020, 02:39 PM

Biggest mistakes are: It is a file, not a knife. Don't force the tool and take light cuts to lay out the pattern. You can always clean up the pattern, but are in trouble if you initially go too deep.