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How desperate are you to fix this SMLE front handguard?
"So, how desperate are you to fix this SMLE front handguard?"
Me: "This much"
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12-16-2018 05:42 PM
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Well Lou, I think you've done lots of them so you'd know how...where's the rest?
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Well Lou, I think you've done lots of them so you'd know how...where's the rest?
lol yeah, I think that's probably the most intense clamping operation I've done on a handguard though. This handguard comes from an SMLE which belongs to another enthusiastic collector in Canada.
I'm a bit jealous of him, among other fine rifles, he's got TWO no1MkV trials rifles, and I only have one
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Seriouosly Lou you could have fitted another clamp in there somewhere surely!!!!!
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You could hang Christmas tree lights on it! I know how much of a pain handguards are to glue back together. And most likely the crack is full of oil and crap.
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Fix Bayonets
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Wrong type of clamp. There are clamps that work better and are designed for round surfaces. I'd have put the guard on something round that came close to the radius of the ID, then clamped it.
Mind you, a guy has to use what he has or spend piles of money.
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Originally Posted by
Sunray
Wrong type of clamp.
That's the way, you just go ahead and straighten Lou out. He's done so many of these it's blinding and his work is beyond reproach. His restorations are among the best...
We've seen his, show us some you've done?
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Thank goodness for Harbor Freight. You just can't have to many clamps.
Hope we get to see the finished product.
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I want to see the whole thing after...
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Yes agreed finished product with perhaps a before shot Lou to shw case your handi-work.
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