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Ross Fore end splice
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Well done...sure is better than leaving it sporterized.
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Next splice I do now will be to restore my MkI* to full length. Wish me luck!
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Curious, what adhesive?
Beautiful job...
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Thanks. I used a slow drying epoxy used for gluing hammer heads. Good for wood and recoil type shock, as well as cold. In my thinking it should be good stuff for the job. For the dowel I spun a custom dark walnut dowel. If the fore end looks a bit chubby, its because I left it that way to leave the owner options for what to use for a nose cap. We haven't yet seen our first repro caps yet but rumour has it they will be coming very soon and will be quality parts.
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I'm not too sure about epoxy resin glues on wood. I say this because several years ago my friend was restoring his part of a dragone rapide (is that the right name....., they all look the same to me!) and the Civil Aviation Authority examiners that used to come and certyify his work AND test the wood joint samples would only sanction aero spec glues on wood. I appreciate that this old crock of an aeroplane (and it's fl;ying now...) isn't a fore-end but if it's good enough for the CAA, I ask myself the obvious question
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Flying Pig, Nice work! There seems to be so few original Ross rifles out there. About the only way to have one is to restore them like you've done, Salt Flat
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I agree with you Peter that that glue would be best, but it's not something that was readily available locally. I would like to get a batch of it soon though, there are many more of this type of project coming soon.
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looks very good flying pig nice work.
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Very nice job, I would have thought boat epoxy glues would be fine e.g. Bote Cote or something similar?
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Epoxy glues are superb wood adhesives, the down side to them is the heat range that they remain complete hard at. Most epoxies will begin to soften at around 60 degrees C and at 80 degrees you can feel the difference. This can be a problem on dark coloured boats laid up in epoxy resin, as in the sun they heat up pretty warm. This is the reason that epoxy layups are often post cured at elevated temperatures, which alleviates this and raises the softening temperature to above the the post cure temperature.
I have not found it to be a problem on anything, but maybe this is why standard epoxy glues are not appropriate for aircraft, as aircraft may operate over a wider range of temperatures than those at which epoxy will maintain it optimal hardness.
