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Erin Grivicich
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January 5, 2025 - 4:29 pm
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January 5, 2025 - 6:05 pm
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Very interesting.  I wish I knew the colored epoxy he used?

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January 5, 2025 - 6:41 pm
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Chuck said
Very interesting.  I wish I knew the colored epoxy he used?

  

I wondered the same, looks like he used clear 2 part epoxy for the long split on the buttstock, mixed with sawdust from his orbital sander collection bag? I’m guessing he may have used more of the same to build up the upper tang inlet. 

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Erin Grivicich said
Found this interesting: DiResta Winchester 1873 – A VERY RARE RESTORATION | Watch

 

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Thanks for sharing Erin, I watched it twice. Very interesting and impressive resurrection!

 

I have a 1906 that’s probably a bit farther gone than that one and wouldn’t be worth the effort – but I can see how a 22 1873 would be!

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I have been using saw dust mixed with glue for years.  It doesn’t always stain the way I wish it would.

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Saw this one a couple of years ago….looks like that poor 22 was stored wrapped in some kind of paper. Sad….. 

He has a YouTube channel under jimmydiresta, but it’s mostly things other than firearms. I trust that he actually completed his work though as some of those “restoration” YouTubers seem like frauds, artificially aging stuff for sale of a new video. 

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Chuck said
I have been using saw dust mixed with glue for years.  It doesn’t always stain the way I wish it would.

  

My highschool shop teacher taught me to fill a crack like that about 98% to the surface with glue, then dump the sawdust  into the epoxy/glue. That way the stain would evenly saturate the upper most level of the sawdust at a similar rate as the surrounding wood…

after sanding 

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Thanks.  I’ll try that next time.

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