New Lithgow No. 1 Mk. III*

[Bindi2]

Peter where do we get oak in Aussie or should we stick to coachwood
Sorry couldnt help myself

[Peter Laidler]

Oh you antipodeans....... I don't know why we don't just send a gunboat over there, seize Canberra and take you back under our parental pommy wing!!!!!! Any old hardwood will do I suppose but in real life, Oak and steel aren't good partners for some reason

[CINDERS]

There was a mob doing Beech fore wood tops I cannot say whether they progressed to fore woods but the going rate roughly for a complete Mk III stock here in AU is @$350.ooAU the dam rifle probably only cost a few quid to make back in the 40's strike me lucky they have gotten expensive?
Some one in the forum may decide to part with one at the right price you can only ask.

[Bindi2]

Oh you antipodeans....... I don't know why we don't just send a gunboat over there, seize Canberra and take you back under our parental pommy wing!!!!!! Any old hardwood will do I suppose but in real life, Oak and steel aren't good partners for some reason

I dont think. You can have Canberra save us breaking them off and letting them float away.
Some white gum otherwise known as Wando would do as blocks.

[CINDERS]

Get real Bindi2 they would probably find a way to tax us for the effort to see them off!!!!! yeah like to see them work that wood when it is seasoned 6" nails I hear cannot get into it and it sinks, on the farm we only fenced with Red Gum or Jarrah treated it with creosote

[Bindi2]

Get real Bindi2 they would probably find a way to tax us for the effort to see them off!!!!! yeah like to see them work that wood when it is seasoned 6" nails I hear cannot get into it and it sinks, on the farm we only fenced with Red Gum or Jarrah treated it with creosote

Seasoned and green all nail holes have to be drilled. Seasoned slowly or the bits melt. The only wood i found harder than white gum (wando) is york gum that died because of salt.
More than time to stop the tax flow.

[flying pig]

Peter, where could I find an aero spec wood adhesive? This sounds like just the stuff I need for replacing Bubba bobbed Ross fore ends...

[Peter Laidler]

Where do you find aero spec wood glue in Canada? ...........Ain't got a clue is the answer but I bet someone on the forum will soon come along and tell us!.

[muffett.2008]

Attachment 53461Not quite 1940's pricing, but you get the idea.

[CINDERS]

Thanks Muffet that makes my Lith '21 not quite a rare bird as I think was it the 1937 that is the scarcest of the Aussie ones just a vague guess there!
But $16 quid that would have been a fair bit back then gads imagine the RSM is you dropped it or worse misplaced your weapon one could be looking at a court martial say what??