Re: Later LC Smiths have stronger wood? Archived Message
Posted by John Liles on April 26, 2017, 3:28 pm, in reply to "Re: Later LC Smiths have stronger wood?"
Hello Billy,
You can do it yourself if you're comfortable removing and replacing the sidelocks. Super simple, and if you've never had them off before its a great opportunity to clean and lightly lubricate the moving parts of each lock. Cyanoacrylate is the technical name for super glue. If the stock inletting is not oil soaked, you can brush super glue into the pores of the wood and let it harden. Make sure to use the low viscosity original configuration, and not the gel, because the wood wont absorb the gel nearly as well as the watery stuff. I usually make two applications, leaving enough time between applications for the material to thoroughly dry. Also, be careful not to apply so much that it reduces the inletting clearance, if you do that you'll be in for some fine chisel or sanding work before the sidelocks fit correctly again.
If you find the wood to be oil soaked, the glue will not bond/absorb well enough to make the exercise worth your while. Hopefully it's not, but if it is, others might chime in with insight on how to remove the oil from the stock.
beside the original SUPER GLUE brand, there are several others that may or may not be better.
Someone may offer their opinion on which brand they have had the most success with.
Good luck,
John
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