made my yugo stock look ugly :( !

I know where you went wrong - you should have used a sidegrinder instead!! My good heavens, that looks like a picture of somebody's tongue!!:p:p
 
So used to metal working, wood is not my forte :eek:...

I almost puked when i found some steel wool a drawer in my kitchen today. I have no clue why it was put there and not in the garage, probably some leftover from some circuit board work :confused:.

At least i can re-re-finish with success when i get around to doing it.

chanman said:
Might want to take a few steps beck with that camera as well, or turn on macro focus. Unless it's so bad that the camera refuses to take a clear picture on principle?
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Probably principle.
 
MJ; I wish the pics. were better but I don't think steel wool alone will fix the problem. I think you will have to "lightly" block sand the whole thing to remove the high spots and make everything "level & smooth" again - you know like in a car body shop to feather out the paint. What happens when you get agressive with things like wool etc to remove finish you also remove the soft part of the wood grain and leave the hard part and therefore the wavy finished look. Except for a light block sanding near end of project one should use paint strippers to remove any old finish. FWIW --- John303.
 
When you strip it, use acetone and ultra fine steel wool, that will leave you with bare wood. Then just use some BLO or TruOil on it and leave it alone!!!!!!! (What did it ever do to you???)
As it stands now, it looks like one of those monuments on Easter Island.....:eek:
 
well we all learn. i can think of worse things you could have done to it. As long as your learn from it.

just keep this in mind : treat a stock like you would you ####! I wouldn't put my #### in wire wheel and expect it to look better than before.
 
Man if I ever took a drill near a surplus rifle my dad would kill me :p I can't believe you would let people know you messed up this bad...
 
I'll give you credit for posting this knowing full well you'll be abused for it, however, I can't figure out why you didn't research stock refinishing on this site before you started, and why you didn't stop after you started. It'll take some magic but it may be fixable.
 
Is that a MG34 but stock?
OMG
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'42 :redface:... Don't worry, it is only a cheap yugoslavian copy

I (foolishly) figured steel wool = brass wheel. You know, brass is softer than steel i think, so what could the harm be?

Well as you can see, there was harm...

BUT: I am going to try to get it back to good shape, just hope my friend can do it, i haven't shown him it yet.
 
On the note of "MG42's" , I have contacted a local company dlask about "manufacturing" mine. I don't know if he would be interested or not, nor do i really know if once my semi-auto build is done, how it shall be classed (i can only hope non-r like it's mg34 older brother). However the owner wants me to drop by their office with the parts for my build to discuss. I think i will next weekend or something.

I cannot say much more until i know more, but this could be interesting... Better start saving up guys, if a limited-production-run is done, the numbers will most likely be very small, and the cost of each pretty high. Think "Negev" high or so, depending on costs. I can say from my raw costs that it has not been a cheap journey for myself by any means! But this depends on my build's approval, so fingers crossed :D.

Don't worry, i won't be finishing the stocks myself ;)...
 
Michael J said:
So used to metal working, wood is not my forte :eek:...

At least i can re-re-finish with success when i get around to doing it.
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Now that is the "can-do" attitude you need to become a truly awesome "Bubba!":D

Props to you though! You definitely have balls actually posting those pics. If I had ever done that, I would've burned the stock immediately and began drinking heavily in hopes of destroying short-term memory of the project!:D
 
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