[Ron Smith]

Tom,

That's what I have heard also. We have a local welder who is about the only one around who will work on guns. He is a genious with a welder, but he always asks if it's okay to test the metal with a jeweler's file so he can judge the properties of the metal in order to know what type of wire to use.

Howard,

I didn't say anything about using "fill". I said it is "filled with weld" , as in welded up.


Ken,

Use a fine cut mill file to draw file it to the original conture. Be sure to clean the file between strokes to prevent it from "loading up". The cuts will be cleaner on each stroke. Another trick is to use lumber chalk (big fat sticks) . Run the file across the chalk periodicaly to prevent it from "loading up" with metal shavings.

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Ron