I went through a few designs for the wrist checkering layout, decided on what I liked, drew the outlines on the stock and looked at it a couple of days before I started cutting.
I do not have any training in checkering other than a little reading an watching some videos, so this should
not be considered as a tutorial. This will be my second checking job - scary stuff form me! That being said, here are some photos.
I used some pinstripe tape to help start my primary lines, a tip I got from Dave Kanger. I positioned the tape and then used a scribe to mark the lines, then cut them with a 60 deg cutter.
After getting a couple of starter lines cut, I used double and triple line spacer tools to layout the lines, depending on how they fit the curvature of the stock.
After each line was marked, I chased it with a 60 deg cutter to deepen and correct minor imperfections.
More in a few days,
Curtis