Hot Oil Bending

[tlallijr]

 Seeing the plain and purdy thread mentioned recently has led me to this post. A few years back I built a plain old Lehigh. Well I never liked the the cheek slap. So after a few years I finally grew the nerve to attempt to bend it. I was successful, I achieved a 1/2” More of drop which improved it some, it’s still not the best fit as it takes an awkward hold to line up the sights but it did reduce the cheek slap. It’s been a few months since I bent it and it seems to be holding.  Here’s a few pics, you will see how far I put the wedge in while it was hot, it ended up springing back about half the distance when I pulled the wedge out after it cooled. 

[Not English]

Please describe your process. I've heard of it before, but don't have any idea of the process. Thanks.

[tlallijr]

Please describe your process. I've heard of it before, but don't have any idea of the process. Thanks.

I used Taylor’s method described in the second post down. It took a bit of bending to get the trigger guard to fit again other then that it was pretty easy.
  https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=29894.0

[Not English]

Thanks for the link. Very informative.

[jerrywh]

I have been telling people on this forum about bending for years but I don't think they believed me.

[577SXS]

I like your way of using a heat lamp instead of torch. A heat gun would probably work better than a torch too! I guess the raw Linseed oil is better on the wood than steam on a finished gun as most gunsmiths you the hot oil.