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TC stock makeover
Eric Krewson:
It is only 45 degrees outside, I sprayed down the stock with paint stripper and gave it about an hour but found although the stripper had started to work it wasn't doing much. The instructions recommend using the product at a temperature above 65 degrees.
I decided a little solar power was in order, I didn't take a picture because my hands had paint stripper on them but the finish had bubbled up all over the stock like I though it should after 1 hour under the black plastic.
There were a few place that needed more work so back under the black plastic the stock went.
gifford:
Nice job on the TC Renegade. That's my go-to BP Hunting Rifle. .54 cal.
I've truly enjoyed your build-alongs with your rifles and smoothbores.
Looking forward to this one and future ones.
Eric Krewson:
The paint stripper did its job, turns out the stock has some curl in it, it took three coats of stripper to get most of the finish off, there is still some in the inlets that I will sand off.
Eric Krewson:
Deer season is is still open here, that plus my knee rehab sessions at the Bone and Joint Clinic plus making myself get back into my 3 day a week gym routine and caused me to put this project on hold for a week or two.
Eric Krewson:
Deer season is over, time to get back to work.
There were several cracks in the lock inlet of this stock, two were superficial in thin webs of wood that superglue easily fixed.
One looked superficial but I decided but I decided to see just how far down it went, it wasn't superficial and started at the rear of the lock bolt hole and traveled to the hole for the sear.
As I used a V gouge to dig the cracked wood out I could see the wood in the crack was oil soaked and no amount of superglue would close this crack, time to replace the wood. I dug down until the crack was barely visible and started to disappear then used a V shaped riffler file to try to even out the cutout end to end. Next it was shaping a piece of walnut to fit the cutout perfectly, not an easy task, after about ten tries I got the right angles for an tight fit.
Here is the patch in place and clamped with plenty of TB3, I will cut out the extra wood after the glue dries and level the patch to be even with the bottom of the lock inlet.
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