Quoted: nice work!
do you buy the wood already prepared and start carving away or do you go completely from scratch??
i run my own small tree removal business... 4th season in, im 23... ive never had any experience in woodworking ( unless u ask my ex g/fs )
but ive always wondered... how do you dry out the wood without it cracking ??
cause i could come up with alot of good oak and black walnut... i take out alot of trees in the twin cities. birch too...
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I got the wood from a place called Highland Lumber, out of their scrap bin actually, The wood on that rifle cost me $2.00. A little bit goes a long way when doing AK furniture.
In the case of the rifle pictured, I laminated two 3/4" boards to get the correct thickness.
in the future I'm going to have to buy some thicker stock.
In the case of the Baltic Birch, I ordered a 20"x30" sheet in 3/8" thickness, cut the rough pattern out, alternating direction so as make the grain match. I then glued and clamped the 4 or 5 pieces with Titebond III, its all carving and sanding after that.