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I thought I would do a photo essay on Chris`s Thumbhole stock.
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I could not help it I just had to wipe a little oil on it to see what was"inside"
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Gunna come up nice.
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Beautiful Missed!
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I had a couple of hours on the paper today
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Whiskers anyone
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looks like your pretty good at that. I love the stock design. What is it
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Gonna wet sand or use a filler?
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Looks good already Missed :D


Regards Chris.
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Thanks Trevor

Fenring I will wet sand it I just love the feeling of oily slippery fingers lol
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Certainly some work in finishing it, this pic makes it look like it was made with a blunt chainsaw
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Geez that's a nice looking timber and stockwork your doing their Missed! What sort of timber is it?
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Ok a couple of more pics to report in.The first are after the initial "WET" sand.
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There is some (read a lot) of work to do on the front end especially the Vents I am just waiting for my Bro inlaws Bro to have a spare moment so we can use his router table.When that is done the wet sanding filler should be cured and I will be able to continue with the process.
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Very nice bit of timber.
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