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    It's coming along.
    Here is the cradle I built. Few more coats of finish on the stock before we go after the checkering. I didn't want to put the frame on and scuff it when going over the stock between coats, so I made up some mounts in FreeCAD and 3d printed them.

    Then I got tired of handling the forend while wet, and decided I needed a second cradle for small stuff like the 1911 grips I've been practicing on.

    I knew there was a good reason I bought a 3d printer for the kids at Christmas last year!
    I might iterate a few more times on the hardware design and make some kits for anyone on here that wants one.
    Color on the stock is better in person than the lighting of pictures shows. I'm very happy with it. When I'm done with the finish, I'll take some pictures of the repairs. They are starting to pass the 5ft. stare test.

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    Finished cleaning up and bluing all the screws last weekend, and waxed & buffed the wood before assembling after work today - if only to not lose any small parts. Last things to do is raise the few dents in the right barrel and chase the checkering. I'm leaning against doing anything to the checkering though now that it's come along - I feel like it would be lipstick on a pig at this point. I can rent a dent raiser for 4dreamers.

    The only thing I'm worried about is the missing hook on the toplever. From what I can tell of the mechanism, it is (was) there as a backup in case the notch on the barrels where the nose of the bolt lock into fails. But the crass model has the exact same design - eyelet on the rib, same bolt and cam design, but the toplever and cam are one piece and no hook. Nonetheless, I found a replacement with hook intact, but would need to fit by hand and a make a new toplever screw to match the contour unless I get very lucky.


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    Looks pretty good now...
    Regards, Jim

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    Sure does.

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