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| < 16ga. General Discussion ~ How do they repair stock splits ? |
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Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:22 am
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Hey all... I have been tinkering with a Lefever Nitro Special and redid the wood on it...... turning out pretty good.... there appears to be a small crack starting at the rear of the trigger guard.... My question..... how does a gunsmith repair something like that to prevent it from getting worse....it is not cracked in a manner that you can spread it apart to put epoxy or glue into it.....
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Mon Mar 19, 2007 1:22 pm
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| Check the grain and direction of the check (fracture). If it doesn't lead to an obvious defect in the walnut,then just ahead of the existing crack,drill and insert a walnut dowel rod that is cut an 1/8" long. Use the adhesive of your choice, preferably something waterproof. When it is set up solid, trim to the existing stock surface and refinish as needed.If you have a really tiny crack. I'd go with a clear Super Glue, pushed in as much as you can get ,with a knife( the dull side). |
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Mon Mar 19, 2007 4:47 pm
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On Wall St. they would call it a "reverse split".  |
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Tue Mar 20, 2007 12:02 am
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| I have used, with great sucess, the clear super glue by the name of "hot stuff". It is available from Brownells. The glue is so thin that it will wick itself into the smallest cracks. Good luck |
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Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:20 am
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Save the drilling and dowels etc are for the big repairs....
First you need to deal with any oil in the split. If it is relatively clean and free of oil I'd recommend thin cyanocrylic or epoxy like Accraglas. It needs to be super thin to wick into the crack and set slowly enough that it will have time to penetrate. Rather than the back edge of a knife, use compressed air to help blow the adhesive into the depest recesses fo the crack.
And use masking, scotch tape can give you a nice clean edge right along the crack, then use paper or wider tape for more coverage. Mask far enough out that the compressed air wont blow adhesive all over your wood.
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