Job Description:

• 1) Repairs defective or damaged wooden gunstocks and forearms: Trims outline of holes, cracks, chips, and splintered sections to form seat for patch, using punches, chisels, and hammers.

• 2) Selects wood of matching grain and color and shapes wedges or dowels to form patch, using knives, files, benchsaw, and sanding wheel.

• 3) Brushes patch with adhesive and positions it in seat.

• 4) Places patched section between pole plates of heating machine to set adhesive.

• 5) Trims patch flush with stock surface.

• 6) Melts stick shellac into scratches, patched section, dents, and blemishes to fill damaged areas, using soldering iron or heated file.

• 7) Removes excess shellac from repaired area, using sandpaper.

• 8) May attach specified bakelite cap or ebony tip on stock.