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Miscellaneous => Care, Cleaning, and Restoration => Restoration and Refinishing => Topic started by: John Galt on May 25, 2016, 09:08:10 PM
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I recently got a paratrooper, /26\ 3 million serial with a spike bayonet. Bubba cut the stock to fit the bayonet.... :-[...bad Bubba. I am a weekend woodworker and thought I could fill in the stock and re-cut the blade groove if I only had some Chu wood. At the store where everything is $1, I bought some paint brushes with Chu handles. Amber shellac on the brush handle and it was a perfect match...but too small for the groove. Then I was in a big box home improvement store this past weekend and something caught my eye. They had samples of pre-finished hardwood flooring labeled as maple that was clearly Chu. I got a 4" x 14" sample for $4 and took it home. Perfect match...so far. I milled out the slot in the stock, cut a piece of flooring to fit and it is in glue and clamps now. I will post pics when it is finished!
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Sounds interesting, looking forward to the photos. "Where there is a will there is a way"!
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Nice... How you cutting the blade groove?
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I have a harbor freight cross slide vise mounted on my drill press. I chuck a router bit in the drill press and clamp the stock in the vise. A few cranks of the handle and its done! I milled out the Bubba slot in this manner and it worked very well.
I thought about using my table saw with some stops set up to reproduce the slot and I may once I inspect the slot on my other blade bayonet stocks. I guess I could also use my radial arm saw....Good question L-C
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Good eye on spotting the wood thumb1
Looking forward to seeing the results.
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Yeah... The slot has a radius towart the rear. Why I was thinking a rounded blade cutter. May wanna experiment on some scrap.
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Here are the pics of the complete un-Bubba. It turned out fairly well. She shellac is still a little too new but some steel wool will take care of it.
First pic is the donor wood glued in place and sanded to match the stock contours:(http://i1242.photobucket.com/albums/gg539/ems12/stock%20fix%201_zpsrf8cakrk.jpg) (http://s1242.photobucket.com/user/ems12/media/stock%20fix%201_zpsrf8cakrk.jpg.html)
2nd pic is the cut and shellac job:(http://i1242.photobucket.com/albums/gg539/ems12/stock%20fix%202_zpssp7btlya.jpg) (http://s1242.photobucket.com/user/ems12/media/stock%20fix%202_zpssp7btlya.jpg.html)
3rd is completed:(http://i1242.photobucket.com/albums/gg539/ems12/stock%20fix%203_zpsomkqgvok.jpg) (http://s1242.photobucket.com/user/ems12/media/stock%20fix%203_zpsomkqgvok.jpg.html)
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nice work, can't even tell what you did. thumb1
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John did you used to make stocks for the Chinese? Very good job, looks great! clap1
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Perfect. What you make the cut with?
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Thanks guys! I made the slot with my 8 1/4" radial arm saw. Easy peasy lemon squeezy!
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Thought so... Iooks good.
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Stellar work :o thumb1