That hurt !

Thanks for the explanation of how you did it, When you say you used a homemade straight edge and dovetail measuring device, what were they like, and how did you make them? Were you using a tube of Prussian Blue for marking.

I admire you persistence.
 
Downwindtracke
Thanks for the kind comment.
My straight edge was machined and scraped from a piece of 1" x 2" x 26"long durabar.
Here's a pic of the setup to machine the 60deg angle.
This was done before scraping in the mill/drill and a lot of material had to be scraped to get it even close.
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This next pic shows some scraping. The lightening holes can be seen.
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Prussian blue was used but I've since started using Canode.
Still haven't made the dovetail measuring tool.
I'ts simply a holder that will seat into the dovetail on one side and allow a indicator to read to the opposing dovetail.
Check out some yutube vidios, measuring dovetails or scraping dovetails.
 
I can see how difficult it would be not having a true surface. You have to measure to something. Durabar is lively, eh. For measuring the dovetail wear, I'm lucky, I found a 6-12" Lufkin on Seattle CL . I guess it was quite a challenge for the old fellow to box it and mail it. There is a time when simple things get to be difficult. When I use it, I'll say a thank you.
 
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