Lee Enfield stock making in the 40's video

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Hi all

A friend of mine sent me this link. It was filmed in the 40's. I worked in the furniture industry for a while, and I can appreciate the planning phase and all the jigs those guys made to build the stocks for the No 4 rifle. I am also an amateur stock maker, and I made myself a no 4 stock a couple of years ago.

http://ssa.nls.uk/film.cfm?fid=1509
 
That video brings home the meaning of "industrial scale" production. Did you notice the Pattern 14 in there as well? Nice to see an inspector applying her cartouche to the forend of the stocks. Makes you wonder what her cartouche was and if anyone here has a rifle that she inspected.
 
Very interesting and entertaining even without sound! Anybody notice the guy using the big radial arm saw at about the 10 minute mark was missing a finger? :0
 
What should be noticed is the fact that the stocks were hot soaked in "RAW" linseed oil for 24 hours for preservation when new. The stocks were hot soaked in raw linseed oil by the armourers if needed again during the yearly tear down inspections. If you do not keep your Enfield stocks oiled the wood will shrink, and the bedding forces can change.
 
Man, the days before compo - no hearing or eye protection, bare hands in linseed oil... it's enough to give an OH&S guy seizures.

VERY cool video. Many thanks for the link.

Anybody else note the screws were all timed horizontal on the plaque than tells the operator not to drop the stock and to "mind your hands"? Detail oriented people, that bunch.
 
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