Woodreaux, I have done several stockings of guns from a blank but don’t even pretend to do the quality work that Steve and many others do., I’m just a hobbyist. But, if you go to assra.com and become a member of the forum you can see a complete scratch built 44 1/2 I am building. It is under gunsmithing “Stevens 44 1/2 build” currently it is 5 pages back, I’m bobw there. In the post I show basic stocking with photo, all completed with hand tools. In that forum you can read but will not see photos unless you are a member, will take a couple days to become a member. Stocking from scratch does not take lots of machines but lots of patience and persistence.
Bob