In a lack of wisdom, also know as a brain fart around my house, I decided to drill an extra hole in my Contender forearm. It was set up to use a hanger bar and I needed a forearm that would accommodate a single rear hole barrel. Well, I fixed my wood mismatch problem and then I had this nasty hole in the back of my forearm. I had a quote of 70+ to fix it by putting a small wood design in its place. Knowing that I paid 125 for my set I wasn’t to keen on this idea. So I figured why not put something there my self. I have quite a few Military coins that would look REALLY cool there but they were all too big. I needed something the size of a Quarter. So, I got a 200 year bicentennial quarter and thought it would fit my needs. It isn’t 100, but it is a LOT better than what was there.
I mounted the forearm on a piece of wood and took it to the Base Hobby Shop to use the drill press.
They told me that I should just drill squarely over the previous hole. I keep my mouth shut because I grew up in a wood shop and just did it my way. I didn’t mount it to a board for nothing. LOL I used two C clamps to mount the wood to the press.
I forgot to level the forearm. I did a good job squaring it were I wanted to hole, but I forgot about the slop of the wood. Consequently, the bottom of the hole wasn’t as clean as I wanted it, but it still turned out ok. Like I said above, it is a LOT better than it was!!
