No1 Forend repair

[tbonesmith]

Hi All, here's a little repair that I did on a mates rifle. Someone tried to remove the butt without removing the forend. If it were mine I wouldn't have bothered, but he was worried it would split further, so...
Anyway I didn't want to remove the brass thread wire as it always causes some local damage at the exit point. So I kerfed the split with a gents saw, around the brass thread wire, and fitted a new patch of similar wood to the kerf slot, and other little bit with a cutout so it could slide in and fit around the brass thread wire.
The patch is a tight fit.
I glued it in with epoxy and glue powder shop mix, gel consistency.
When it went off, I did some final shaping.
It should do the job I think.

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[RobD]

Lovely job.
And good use of the word "kerf", which I had to look up, because my vocabulary has become crepuscular.

[Peter Laidler]

Jeeeeeeeeeeees!

[bigduke6]

Nice work TB, ever thought of putting pen to paper and producing the " Lee Enfield Repair Guide" ?

[fergs]

Now you see it now you dont!!
nice repair job
Regards
Fergs