Gunstock laser checkering - 1st attempt

[Skip Weiser]

I had the stock removed from my Ruger 10/22 so I thought I'd see what I could do with it. I'm at a disadvantage right off the bat because I can only engrave black and white, no grayscale.

I just tried the fish scale pattern from the Post Script Fill in Corel, added the RUGER text, converted it to a bitmap and engraved it.

It's nothing spectacular but it did improve the looks of the stock.

Skip

[Mike DeRegnaucourt]

Looks great Skip!

[Mike Null]

Skip

Nice work.

With considerably more work you can change ps fills to gray-scale or any other color. Save your drawing as an editable PDF then open it in corel and change the colors. Also change the line width and spacing to suit your needs. It may take several passes to achieve the look you want.

[Frank Corker]

Skip that looks fantastic, Ruger will be happy with it

[Thad Nickoley]

I think that is as close to spectacular as you can get!!

Nice work.

[Larry Bratton]

I had the stock removed from my Ruger 10/22 so I thought I'd see what I could do with it. I'm at a disadvantage right off the bat because I can only engrave black and white, no grayscale.

I just tried the fish scale pattern from the Post Script Fill in Corel, added the RUGER text, converted it to a bitmap and engraved it.

It's nothing spectacular but it did improve the looks of the stock.

Skip

Skip:
Hey Dude....I mean...what kind of standards are you setting for yourself???? That is BEAUTIFUL work!

[Steven Wallace]

Here is a picture of my first attempt at something very close in appearance on the fore stock of a Remington 870 shotgun.

[Steven Wallace]

another pic

[Skip Weiser]

Thanks to all for the comments.

Steve, that is beautiful work. It gives me something to strive for.

Thanks,
Skip

[Arturo Villegas]

Great job steve,

Jusy wondering how you were able to laser engrave on a curb piece that good. I am always scared of trying anything thats not flat.

Thanks,

Art.

[Ray Uebner]

That looks real nice hope that I will have the nerve to try it someday when we get time.

[Eric Fuller]

Nice job dude! Did you do that with the 2.5" lens I sent?

[Skip Weiser]

Nice job dude! Did you do that with the 2.5" lens I sent?

No, I put that one in a drawer for a backup. I did the stock with the lens I've been using, it's a 2.125" (54mm).

[Steven Wallace]

Thanks to all for the comments. I used my rotary tool to do the work shown. I found a piece of threaded pipe that was roughly the size of the hole in the stock and correct length. I then cut a couple of slightly oversized wooden washers to hold the stock in place and still allow the piece to rotate without contacting anything. I used regular pipe caps to hole the washers securely in place. If anyone wants I can take a picture of the fixture and send it to you.

[Dave Lyda]

Thanks to all for the comments. I used my rotary tool to do the work shown. I found a piece of threaded pipe that was roughly the size of the hole in the stock and correct length. I then cut a couple of slightly oversized wooden washers to hold the stock in place and still allow the piece to rotate without contacting anything. I used regular pipe caps to hole the washers securely in place. If anyone wants I can take a picture of the fixture and send it to you.

Hi Steven. I would like to try that on my Remington 870. Your work is beautiful. A picture of your fixture would be nice. Thanks.