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General discussion => Gun Building => Topic started by: Scota4570 on September 16, 2020, 12:20:32 AM
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I am a bit distracted today. Now I have two holes to fill. What is the best strategy?
My initial idea is to get the stock to final dimensions. Turn a cross grain toothpick from the same wood. Then glue and drive it in place. Carpenters glue.
I tried a dutchman on another mistake and it shows. This wood has considerable figure so a large patch will not match the fiddleback. Perhaps, in the future, make fake pins, and epoxy the thimble in place??
(https://i.ibb.co/rw94x69/DSCN9537.jpg) (https://ibb.co/KrnF2qn)
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I recommend a narrow cat eye shaped inlay from matching wood
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If you would have just acraglassed the barrel in place, you wouldn’t need those little pins. Just kidding. Things happen even with the best laid plans. Few years ago I built a trade rifle that I Was trying really hard to copy from a book, it required a third lock bolt at the very end of the lock plate. I got that okay but thought old Murphy’s law would strike. I’ve had a few mistakes while building through the years. In this case, I’d stain dark to hide the patch jobs.
Bob
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Scott, you’ve got the right idea. If you keep the grain right, it will disappear.
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I like Don's suggestion. In fact you could paint the Dutch to look like a tiny knot. I'll have to keep that in the the back of my head for future use.
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However you fill the extra hole, when you are staining the wood, take a black felt marker and draw a little vertical line through the plugged hole and go ahead and finish the wood. The plug will be virtually invisible...trick I learned from a full time gunsmith, part time dentist that we haven't heard from for a very long time.
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Guys,
This has also happened to me. I just designed the forestock molding groove to pass directly through the misplaced hole. After staining it was nearly invisible.
Jim