Gator Weiss
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Purchased an old damaged CBC151 single shot 12Ga. These were K-mart / Economy-grade guns sold in the 1970s. Stock-woods were often Imbuia. This purchase had good metal, good bore, solid lockup, but the stock and forearm we're deeply cracked in several places. Soaked it with acetone and went to work on it. Some cracks were severe enough to require some dowels. Used bamboo cooking skewers to make dowels, as they are strong, excellent material for doweling. Used Titebond wood glue on dowels and cracks. Used hickory scrap (because I had no imbuia scrap) to bond to surfaces where wood was broken away where stock meets receiver ahead of the tang, carving, rasping and sanding to shape. Some of the cracks had to be worked with both compression and filler. I discovered powdered cinnamon from the grocery store to be a good color median. I forced dry cinamon into some cracks and voids, then used thin Cyanocrylate glue to saturate the cinnamon which set-up rock-hard and blended very well into the grain upon sanding. Cinnamon powder is basically wood powder or wood dust used as a spice due to it's aromatic essential oil having spice quality. I'm finding the cinnamon-filled-void-cracks (which were wide) set up stronger than the wood when cured. I was able to begin sanding in 30 minutes.
Aside from saw dust or sanding dust, (or cinnamon) has anyone found any other readily available materials good for compounding stock fillers out of resins and glues?
Aside from saw dust or sanding dust, (or cinnamon) has anyone found any other readily available materials good for compounding stock fillers out of resins and glues?
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