Handguard repair

[louthepou]

Hi guys,

I had to repair this handguard (don't remember from what gun) for a fellow in Canada:


I stripped the wood with furniture stripper, cleaned the break very well (that's very important), and once dry, I proceeded to glueing. The difficulty here was to apply just the righ pressure in all the right directions. I used a dowel inside the handguard to have proper support.


Once that was cured, I sanded the excess glue. I then decided to put two reinforcing "bands" accross the repaired split. You may have seen this on other milsurp wood parts (rear handguards of No1Mk3 SMLE often do). I carved recesses in the handguard and fitted small pieces of wood.


Again, some sanding, and then the repair is done.


Should be good for a while.

Lou

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