And here are a few pictures of it in progress in case you missed it on the professional forum.

Brent took a nasty fall, broke the stock and both tangs in the process:

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I repaired the tang by TIG welding on a new portion and filing it up to match the original, the tang was then tapped to the proper BA thread pitch.

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Fresh of the shop built pantograph after I built up the original stock as a pattern. The original had been broken several times in the past and the wrist was under sized so bondo was used to get the proper pattern shape.

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I left a buit extra inside when running the machine for the inletting

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All headed up, way more work than most A&D guns

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Getting ready to mark and drill the top tang screw hole


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Drilling to hole on my Haas Mill

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A grub screw is used in inletting so as to not damage the original


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Applying the red oil after shaping and sanding

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And ready for a few final coats of oil, the new tang screw needs to be engraved and then it is ready to go home. A challenging project and one which I enjoyed.

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