GUNSMITHING AND TOOL MAKING BIBLE

Overheating and prolonged heating, even at low temperatures, quickly looses glue strength. It is advisable to have the glue pot ...

OF ABRASIVE Dry Glue #30 50 #36 45 #46 40 #0 35 #80 33 #100 30 #150 25 #220 20 To prepare used polishing wheels for recoating; a ...

used at ordinary room temperature, as received from the manufacturer, thus eliminating special equipment, precautions, and prepa ...

solvent, for Lea does not leave a greasy film on the metal surface. Another advantage of Lea Compound is the ease with which it ...

leave the Compound exposed to the air, as it will become dry and hard. On hot days place sealed bars in cold water for a few mi ...

Speeds for the efficient operation of polishing wheels generally fall between the limits of 6,000 to 8,000 surface feet per minu ...

same time. A second coating of greaseless compound can be applied in like manner without additional sizing and in this manner, h ...

BUFFING Buffing, as the operation following polishing, can be divided into four operations, each of which can be an end in itsel ...

blower arrangement. Exhaust blowers are good, because they prevent the abrasive and lint of the wheel from settling on tools and ...

tends to clog the normal space between the abrasive grains. The gunsmith should remember to always use the widest wheel possible ...

inspection and finishing. Certain metals, such as aluminum, are susceptible to dragging by dry abrading, but a light tip dressin ...

abrasive powder to the wheel, allowing it to color or burnish out the scratch marks left by previous buffing operations. Bars co ...

FINISHING GUN STOCKS By Harold Hoffman The finishing of gun stocks whether it's a new stock or a old stock is not difficult. Ver ...

before applying anymore. Repeat the above process five or six times to get a good finish. After the third application of Tung oi ...

WET-OR-DRY SILICONE CARBIDE PAPER This is a synthetic abrasive new grains are very sharp and irregular, thus assuring a very fas ...

You'll have to deal with this most of the time with gun stocks. When the irregular shapes or uneven surfaces are to be sanded, s ...

about 1/8" deep. Clue in the diamond shaped patch with epoxy glue. After drying, sand the patch until it is even with the surfac ...

CLEAR GLOSS FURNITURE LACQUER This is a transparent amber colored lacquer that dries hard with a very high gloss. It dries dust ...

previous coat is still emitting vapors. These cause, first, bubbles, then pinholes when the bubbles burst. SAGS Spraying too hea ...

If the wood has an open grain, apply wood filler especially made for stocks and to go under lacquer. It is important that the co ...