This is my first post I hope it is in the right spot.
I had a fellow that my son worked with bring a saddle to me asking if I could fix it up for his kids. It was an old 12" swell fork that had been left to the calves and weather for a long time. When I told him what my cost would be to make it even safe he told me only paid 50$ at an auction and didnt want spend " that kind of $".
In a weak moment I gave him his 50 and have started a rebuild. After stripping it down I found the tree to be raw wood just some dextrin and cotton mesh covering but the wood's all very sound..So I reshaped the swells a bit and relaced nails with screws then fiberglassed the whole thing(nasty job). I'm no as far as the ground seat its actually going better than I thought it might.The small gullet gave me some new scars and plenty to cuss about but I got it done ok
I'm taking photos of the project and will post them soon if anyone would care to see what a damn fool does with his spare time.
Jeff
