Winter Rust 2021: Getting Wood: AR Furniture Build
This project started as an endeavor to make my predator hunting AR platform rifle look more like a hunting rifle and less like a tactical rifle. I'm not sure that I've accomplished that, as each piece of the build was modeled on the parts that I had on hand. A start to finish design of one-off parts may be more effective to that end. However, I am pleased with the mating of the wood and metal, and it sits nicely in the safe with the rest of my hunting firearms.
My wood AR furniture build:
Finished product - https://imgur.com/gallery/esYYyZH
Stock Build - https://imgur.com/gallery/vzB85Nn
Handguard Build - https://imgur.com/gallery/9xv3RtK
Grip Build - https://imgur.com/gallery/sucjGjg
Takeaways - Overall this project required significant attention to the areas where the wood fitted directly to the lower/upper on the rifle. Otherwise, very little attention was needed. This became in issue in fitting the grip, as my original design was bulky enough that it impeded the function of the safety. Fit and finish were okay. Parts were made of poplar, colored with stain, and finished with polyurethane. If I were to do this again I would do a simple tung oil treatment and sand to a finer degree.
Posted Mar 21, 2021, 4:58 AM UTC · edited