How to Cut Checkering with a Machine

[@WhOwns]

Very cool. Looks really good at the end

[@moosesmachinery]

Thank you!

[@grntitan1]

Interesting. Didn’t know powered hand checkering was a thing.

[@moosesmachinery]

It's not particularly well known as it's fairly niche. I'm an odd shop in that I bothered to buy a machine to do it even when it isn't my primary business. Most people with this equipment work business to business and are very specialized in this area (stock making).

[@grntitan1]

I am a former competition trap shooter. High dollar custom made to fit stocks is a very big part of trap shooting. Very few competitive shooters use off the shelf stocks. I know hand checkering in itself is a very limited and specialized part of it. I bet you love that Foredom. They are one of the best rotary tools.

[@moosesmachinery]

@grntitan1 a lot of rifle shooters are the same way. I don't work on many high end shotguns, but they show up time to time. The stocks on them are a different beast compared to a rifle stock. They are simultaneously much easier to work with and far more complex with the fitting to the shooter.

[@moosesmachinery]

@grntitan1 and yes, my foredom is a slick machine. It needs a longer drive shaft on it but it is a huge increase in productivity over a dremel or working solely by hand.