I purchased a #3 Silvers pad from Galazan. After heating the pad to straighten it and sanding to level the mounting surface, I attached the pad to the stock.
As the pad was ground down it became evident that the substrate (black)thickness was getting thicker toward the bottom end. I called Galazan and the Technical Representative told me he would send another pad. While waiting for the other pad I continued to grind the pad to see if other thick spots would appear and indeed they did. The original thick spot lengthened to about 1 and 1/2 inch long and the original spot is now about 1/2 inch long. The thick spots are approximately 1/16th up to 1/8th inch thick.
When I received the new pad, I installed it and ground it down only to find that it also had a thicker spot that was beginning to show. When I ground the pad to within 1/16th from the stock wood, the thick spot became thicker and longer. It now is about 5/8 inch long. The thick spots (both pads) are approximately 1/16th inch to 1/8th inch thick--the substrate is normally 3/16th inch thick and the thick spots increase this up to 5/16th inch at the thickest point. I looks awful!!
Question: Do Silvers pads typically exhibit these defects? If not how can I be sure the next one is good, short of again grinding the pad close to the wood.
Luckily (financially), I ground the pads with the limited grinding tools I have and planned to take the gun to a local smith to do the finish grind. At this time I'm reluctant to again grind to find defects as my time to do this is not unlimited. The gun is a very nice CE grade Fox.
Fox SXS
