Stock in need of a woodless Dane

[M. Sage]

Thanks! Glad I finally know what it is.

[Boomer1961]

After steaming out some of the dents,I also sanded with 220(?) then 440 grit sandpaper. But after the steel wool I'd just wipe down with a shop paper towel to get rid of the steel wool sheddings.

Here's the next project:

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Can I ask how you did your steam out of the dings?

I ask because you should have been able to do alot better than what is shown in the pics of your practice project.

Maybe its just that it is a practice project that you did not chase after all the dings, only refined your technique for doing such?

GOOD LUCK ON YOUR PROJECT!

[chickenfried]

I used an iron and a water soaked hand towel. I think I could've done a little better on the dents, but not much. A lot of them weren't steamable dents, but gouges or scratches with missing wood. Plus I got lazy, there were just so mannnnny..............

[phish]

While working on one of my stocks, I found out that there are some dents that just won't be raised with a moist towel. I actually had to wet the wood itself with distilled water, then hit it directly with the tip of the iron to raise the dents, and only after countless tries.

All those articles you've read in the magazines where they show before and after pictures are from typical handling bumps, not from Greek or Danish training exercises.

[icormba]

Greek or Danish training exercises.

you're not kidding!!

All oils need to be removed for it to work right. The Greeks & Danes are so soaked that it makes it super hard. A lot of those Greeks dug and carved into the wood... those will never come out

[chickenfried]

"Training exercises" reminds me of the K31 seller that claimed the reason for the chewed up buttstocks was instead of alerting everyone with a gunshot the swiss would sneak up on germans and bludgeon them with the butt .

[Boomer1961]

..... from Greek or Danish training exercises.

How come dirty thoughts come to mind when I read that.

Is not Danish some kind of oral delight your partner enjoys from you as you eat out and is not Greek that thing you tried with your wife once (Doc did not give the wife a few extra daddy stiches when she had the kids so you wanted to try something different!) and she said never again because it hurt way too much and all you thought about was it smelled funny!

Sorry me bad! I could not resist! Sorry in advance for anyone who is offended but this was way to easy to pass up!

[M. Sage]

"Training exercises" reminds me of the K31 seller that claimed the reason for the chewed up buttstocks was instead of alerting everyone with a gunshot the swiss would sneak up on germans and bludgeon them with the butt .

When did the Germans get dumb and go into Switzerland during the war? AFAIK, the only Germans who ended up there were just like the Americans, Brits, etc. who did: pilots and aircrews whose planes were either damaged and were looking for a safe haven, or who wandered into Swiss airspace by mistake.

[chickenfried]

Don't tell me, it sure wasn't my ad