More Parts

I took another handful of small parts to my bench and blued them this afternoon. Using the same exact process I did not get similiar results at first. It took 4 coats to achieve what yesterdays efforts did in 2 coats. I dunno, I can see the bolt being made of sterner stuff but the magazine plug and follower and the rear site, I can't see being made of something that is blue resisitant. I'm not knocking the Oxpho Blue creme, I just had different results today for some reason. It is cooler today and looks like rain so maybe that has something to do with it. I'll see what they look like in a couple of days and make a decision whether to apply more blueing agent. Still, everything is looking good.
I hope the big part, the barreled receiver, comes out as nice as the first batch of small parts.
All internal parts will just get cleaned and oiled unless they are really visible from the top of the open action. Well, I gotta get busy cleaning house as I have an evening interview and have to start my new cleaning gig on my own tonight.

I've Got Wood

I finally got the stock set done for the 94 Project. I lost count of the coats of True Oil I used but I think it's about 15 or more. Each coat got rubbed out before the next one was applied. The final coat got smoothed and polished with some fine stock polishing compound. Then two coats of paste wax finished it off. Now I can start bluing the metal.

Model 94 Project

I got tired of watching the boob tube yesterday so I went to my improvised work bench( we are in the process of rehabbing this house and I don't have an actual work area yet) and dived into the Model 94 project I took on. I got the rifle taken down to bits and pieces and did a lot of filing to remove the pitting on the magazine tube and a little on the barrel. When I took the forend wood off I found a lot more rust and pitting there so I ended up filing the entire magazine tube. Then I did the patches on the barrel and filed the whole thing to bring it back to a smooth contour.All in all I probable took a tablespoon of filings off the gun. As I don't have a buffing machine I do my polishing the old fashioned way. By hand. With various grades of sand paper and a lot of elbow grease. So now the real work starts. Pics will follow as soon as I can get the old laptop repaired. Pictures have been taken but Cherry doesn't want to install the camera program into the new laptop. Computer Tech Buddy is coming to town next week and says he'll fix the old laptop then and take the tower of the desk top computer with him.

A Redo In The Makin's

We went to my Dads house for a dinner to celebrate his 67th bithday. One of my brothers made some tacos with shrimp, chicken and beef. Way good too. We sat around and shot the breeze for a few hours, nothing big. Every body had a good time.
I had mentioned earlier that I was going to something for Dad for his birthday. I can say, or rather, write what it is now. He had acquired a Winchester 30/30 some time ago. It was a nice pre-64 Winchester with the really bright and shiny bluing on the receiver and a real jen- you- wine walnut stock. Some how the gun ended up under a bed, near a window and the window was left open during a rain storm. Uh hu.That's right water and steel don't mix real well. The gun ended up with a rather large patch of rust on the barrel and magazine tube. I checked it out last night when I got home and the rust has already started some pitting. So here's the deal. I'm going to re-blue the barrel, magazine tube and lever. The receiver is still bright and shiny and I don't have the ability to produce that kind of shine or color of blue. I'll also refinish the wood as it is sticky with something or other. Nicotine is most likely the culprit but who knows. I do a really nice job on wood refinishing so I'm gonna do that too.
So after getting it home last night I removed the rust and coated everything in Rem Oil until I can get time to work un-interrupted on it. It'll be lookin' good when I get it done.