Cracked Stock Repair Help

[carbine85]

The stock on this M1917 is cracked. It doesn't go all the through therefore you can spread it and glue it up. What's the best way to fix this?
Any board members here that fix these things?

 

[Chawbaccer]

Remove the hardware, carefully spread it apart and work ordinary white carpenters glue into the crack, wrap it as tight as possible with surgical tubing.
If you give it a coat of paste wax, and not get it into the crack, squeezed out glue will clean up easier.

 

[rcmodel]

It's broke clear through, believe it or not.

Take it off the action, and finish breaking it.

Then put it all back together with Brownells AcraGlas.

http://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-t...bedding-adhesives/acraglas-reg--prod1033.aspx

Replace all the splinters and chips you can find back where they came from.

Then Wrap with rubber surgical tubing to clamp it together until the AcraGlas cures out.
http://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-t...urgical-tubings/surgical-tubing-prod1221.aspx

Do Not use white carpenters glue, yellow carpenters glue, Elmer's Glue, Gorilla Glue, or any other kind of water base or polyurethane glue.

rc

 

[carbine85]

It's broke clear through, believe it or not.

Take it off the action, and finish breaking it.

I suppose I can try to spread the split area and work in some wedges or tooth picks and create a gap.

 

[rcmodel]

Well O.K. then.

But you will never be able to get adhesive to the bottoms or ends of the cracks without doing as I said.

rc

 

[243winxb]

I would drill holes on the inside of the stock, if possible, to get fresh wood that is not oil soaked. Drill so that the Brownells AcraGlas can run into the cracks. http://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-tools-supplies/stock-work-finishing/stock-bedding-adhesives/acraglas-reg--prod1033.aspx If done correctly, the Glas should run to the outside of the stock. The Acraglas is stronger than a wood dowel.

 

[X-Rap]

Drill holes as has been described but in the size of a common wood dowel found at most hardware/lumber yards. fill holes with adhesive and drive in dowels until the material is forced out of the crack. Dry sand and cut off dowels.
Hydraulic pressure.

 

[carbine85]

But you will never be able to get adhesive to the bottoms or ends of the cracks without doing as I said.

What I mean is going ahead and splitting it all the way. Isn't that what you meant?

 

[Rule3]

As RC said, the only way to do it right and prevent it from cracking again is to completely break it all the way. I believe there are many glues that will work and easier to use than AcraGlas (essentially a 2 part epoxy)but that is matter or personal choice. With the stock in two pieces you have all that surface area to glue. Tape all the outside edges to add in clean up of glue that is forced out and have solvent for whatever glue you use to clean up. It would be nice to have sanding dust of the wood to force in the cracks with some True oil or similar to hide the repair.

 

[VAPOPO]

Dont break it, Drill a hole then run a brass screw in and cut it off flush with the surface. Make sure that the threads end at the point you cut the screw off. It will last longer than you.

 

[dogrunner]

Contrary to several statements about not being able to adequately coat that crack it is possible and not at all difficult.

First, accraglas epoxy is the route to go, secondly, CAREFULLY spread the crack and insert the glass mix into the crack........use a small compressor (lacking that, you can also use one of the canned air blasting cleaners used for keyboards etc ) to blow the epoxy deeply into the damaged area. I used fiberglass floc liberally with my repair and the break itself is not detectible.

I own an old (1948) era M/70 that had the precise damage you do, used the method I describe along with installing a steel tube into the rear receiver bolt hole and it has held for way over 30 years.

 

[carbine85]

First, accraglas epoxy is the route to go, secondly, CAREFULLY spread the crack and insert the glass mix into the crack........use a small compressor (lacking that, you can also use one of the canned air blasting cleaners used for keyboards etc ) to blow the epoxy deeply into the damaged area. I used fiberglass floc liberally with my repair and the break itself is not detectible

I would think a syringe would work if the acraglass is thin enough.

 

[Clark]

My brother and I have bought zillions of beat up cheap guns at gun shows.
My brother never saw a 410 single shot with a cracked stock for $40 that he did not buy. That is $40 after negotiation.

Sometimes they get a brass pin, but mostly just epoxy.

You don't want any dirt in the crack.
This is not as hard as glass bedding a stock, but I would still practice on something other than an important gun.

 

[243winxb]

I would think a syringe would work if the acraglass is thin enough.

I use a syringe to measure how much of each when mixing. With the needle broke off & a larger hole, it would work in drilled holes. I just use gravity. On the outside of the stock, i smear some petroleum jelly or a piece of masking tape.

 

[4v50 Gary]

I would spread the crack and put a wood wedge in it. I'd then put epoxy in it and clamp it. In clamping it, I would put a piece of leather around it and then a piece of wood on each side. This prevents it from being crushed or any marks on the stock from the clamp/vise.