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Conversion. Flooring to gunstocks. Selected pieces of walnut, carefully cut from large slabs of walnut -- and now known as gunstock butts -- are prepared for a kiln drying operation in a converted hardwood flooring plant. The ends are dipped in a solution of resin and paraffin to prevent checking (s
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Credit lineConversion. Flooring to gunstocks. Selected pieces of walnut, carefully cut from large slabs of walnut -- and now known as gunstock butts -- are prepared for a kiln drying operation in a converted har. 1942-01-01. United States. Office For Emergency Management, Palmer, Alfred T.. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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