Checkering cradles

[beezapilot]

Well, I've checkered enough kindling to see maw though the next winter and am about to engage an rifle stock.

I'm planning to build a checkering cradle, I've some stock plans, but thought I would put the general question out to the old pros- any one willing to take a photo of their cradle and tell me what you love about it, what you like about it, and what you might have done differently?

Nothing like the voice of experience.

[Sur-shot]

The best checkering cradle I ever saw was in someone else's shop.......
Ed

[Hdskip]

google "checkering cradle images" you'll see a lot of examples. not much advise but lots of ideas

[JSH]

A checkering cradle I saw years ago, made from a piece of pipe and connecting rods from a motor.

[Reverend Recoil]

I made mine from the plans in Monty Kennedy's book, Checkering & Carving of Gunstocks. It works as well as any other I have seen. If I were to make another I would consider assembling it from steel shelf brackets and 1 5/8" Unistrut.

https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.g0bQRVoU7iCoA6YV7CVRQwEsDh&pid=15.1

[Red Elk]

The checkering cradle which I have seen and liked was inexpensive and easy to build.

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