bullzebub Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 So, what do we need to start? a pencil an a piece of wood about the thickness of the barrel (a few mm thicker is ok) :-) Lay the wood parallell to the barrel , take your pencil and mark the parts that shall be removed Then you take a saw (with small teeths) and remove the parts that should be removed... the slot that will sleeve around the front of the reciver is made by doing a few parallell cuts... Insert your knife in one of them and bend the wooden "chips" loose... the surface doesnt have to be smooth since it will be obscured pu the wooden hump of the AKSU handguard (or the plastic retainer in case of a AK47) Mark the with of the tab that will go inside the AK body. Take your knife and cut like the image show (0.5 -1mm deep) then you cut against the main part of the wood to remove a piece, repeat until the tab is the right size. The tab is probably a bit too big so gently make it smaller . You should make it slightly wedge shaped too. Insert the piece of wood into the slot in the reciver. Then you should have something that look like this: Link to post Share on other sites
bullzebub Posted February 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 mark out the lenght that the lower handguard should be. if possible, use a existing lower, but you can also use the upper. its a good idea to mark both the lenght of the visible part and the lenght of the part that should go inside the front retainer. ----- This was requested by Jules in my Ar SF thread hope it will come in handy! Off to take more pics! Link to post Share on other sites
bullzebub Posted February 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 Right ... lets continue :-) I maked the longest part in the front andcut it off at this point. http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/6893/100043 then i put it back on the reciver, put the retainer on the barrel and maked the outer diameter of it. after that i marked the inner diameter (approximate, you got the thickness if you look at the inside of the retainer) Bring out the saw onse more and cut off the unnecesary parts. now its time to remove more wood, so the retainer can hold the wood ... first cut as shown , the remove a small bit... be paitent and take away a little everytime Testfit the retainer should hold it rather sturdy. Now you can mark the profile that you want. dont make it too slim, its easyer to remove material than to add... Link to post Share on other sites
bullzebub Posted February 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 lets cut and saw out the profile... i decided that i will add a rail on this grip, therefore i made the grip real slim... time to begin with the sides. mark a line that allow enough protrutions at the lower back corner. lay the piece flush to the upper part and mark where the L shaped part should begin. something like this: sadly it was darn close to impossible and hold it while photoing :-P now we can mark where we should cut off this wood piece too. about 3mm in from where the retainer begins. Mark the inner profile. This mark will make it easyer when you glue the pieces together. to make a copy for the other side, lay your piece on another wood piece and draw the outline now its time to remove some material on the inside of our newly created side panels. mark the minimum lenght of the slot we shall make: and the profile of our slot: something like this: Link to post Share on other sites
bullzebub Posted February 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 fill in the lines , and start carving! But be careful! when both sides are done the sidepanels sould lay flush with the center piece: time to glue the pieces together... i prefer to do them one by one, that way youll prevent the pieces sliding around. and dont use too much glue, that will only make things tougher. clamp the pieces together and let the glue dry. (go and write a tutorial or something while you wait ;-) Repeat on the other side: Link to post Share on other sites
bullzebub Posted February 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 Time to do some more carving... first we carve down the sides ... some cutting with a saw will reduce your workload. when you carve the center of the piece , the easyest method is carving against yourself, but be careful... lets mark how deep we can go... place our piece as it should sit, and place the retainer the wrong way. mark the outline something like this: then we can continue to carve away some wood. when we have made the piece as thin as it should be in the front we can mark out how deep the part that the retainer should hold. start by cutting against the fibers then with the fibers after a while it should look something like this: Link to post Share on other sites
bullzebub Posted February 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 if we did everything right the retainer should fit. then we can mark how deep we could go at the rear part: so lets continue and work towards the shape we want... be careful not to cut paralell to the fibres .. .then the knife will act as a wedge and pry loose wood... this is fine in the beginning , but leaves a ugly surface, and the chipping is hard to control... try to always cut at a slight angle... when we get the shape we want then we bring out the sanding paper: you should at least have 2 types. A fine grain and a rougher ... follow the contoures and the fibres... After a while it might look something like this: Cost: <$0,5 Time: ~6 h Enjoy! Link to post Share on other sites
bullzebub Posted February 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 Questions? this is my first tutorial after all... And can a mod please change the title from "(Not finished yet)" to something like "(completed)"? Link to post Share on other sites
Sgt. Stinger Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 how are you planning on finnishing the wood? with paint or oil or something? Link to post Share on other sites
bullzebub Posted February 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 as i did with the upper ... staining in mahogany color... the one i got contain warnish too .. .so its easy :-P i think thats the correct term atleast ... "lackbets" in swedish... Link to post Share on other sites
nobody Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 Superb tutorial, makes me want an AK now. Link to post Share on other sites
Sgt. Stinger Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 ah ok.. i think that the term staining is correct for ordinary "bets" but im not sure about "lackbets" Link to post Share on other sites
Jules Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 I'm going to try this out this weekend..i'll let you know how it goes! I appreciate the tutorial, thanks a lot Link to post Share on other sites
bullzebub Posted February 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2006 painted and rail attached... Ive mated an AK and a M4 once again! :-P Link to post Share on other sites
Sgt. Stinger Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 As previousley stated, Nice Job! Link to post Share on other sites
bullzebub Posted February 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 thnx! :-) i hope people find it useful :-) Link to post Share on other sites
screamin_weasel Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 should have carved the rail from wood that would have been SUPER awesome. well done dude. i wasn't convinced till i saw the pic of the grip stained but it looks cool. Link to post Share on other sites
bullzebub Posted February 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 Hehe ... if i had made it from oak, a wooden rail might have been possible... but pine? no way! :-P but im thinking of painting the rail to blend it in more ... :-) Link to post Share on other sites
Gundrosen Posted February 19, 2006 Report Share Posted February 19, 2006 Nice tutorial, and the AK looks good. But I dont think I should try this if I ever get an AK(never been any good with wood ) Link to post Share on other sites
bullzebub Posted February 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 Nice tutorial, and the AK looks good. But I dont think I should try this if I ever get an AK(never been any good with wood ) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> why not? i mean its a lot cheaper than buy a complete wood kit! and the process is completely reversible :-) Link to post Share on other sites
[Team M.I.L.F.] WHISKEY© Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 Whats youre Username in the swede forums? 0_o I think Ive seen that tutorial before Link to post Share on other sites
bullzebub Posted February 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 Whats youre Username in the swede forums? 0_o I think Ive seen that tutorial before <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Bull or Bullzebub... but im not so active on swedish forums ... Link to post Share on other sites
Shroomalistic Posted March 21, 2006 Report Share Posted March 21, 2006 Bull or Bullzebub... but im not so active on swedish forums ... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks again for the tutorial man, here are some pics of what I was able to do using you guide. Link to post Share on other sites
DarkLite Posted March 21, 2006 Report Share Posted March 21, 2006 Thanks again for the tutorial man, here are some pics of what I was able to do using you guide. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> SECHS! Link to post Share on other sites
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