[noremf]

Dremel's

Dremel's and WD40 are the gunsmiths best friends. WD40 cause it sets up and hardens in actions etc. and really gums em up. Need a smith lots a time to fix.

Dremel's cause they take off wood faster then you can spit in some cases, like when you don't want em to!

If you never have used one you really need to practice on something first. Not that easy to be precise as they have a tendency to chatter and "draw" to the rotation. Slooooooooooooo and easy is the name of the game with them and IMO and IME the finest sandpaper on the sanding bands. Will take longer but you can't put wood back. The high speed cutters are a whole lot harder to use than the sanding bands and will chop up wood mo fast.

noremf(George)

 

[noremf]

Piece of cake

Mostly good advice above ( except the 40/50 grit sandpaper). Along with the dremel, avoid anything else that takes of big bites of wood, that includes coarse rasps, chisels, and 40/50 grit sandpaper

Would add just one suggestion/question.
Do you have any woodworker friends around with a decent woodshop and some years of experience ? They'd have all the tools you'd need and would be glad to help you-most love to share their talent. This would be a piece of cake for them.

I agree and I are one (woodworker with a really good workshop). One of the things that would make it easy are the "micro" rasps sometimes called micro graters of micro planes. This is a large one:



Expensive but they come in all kinds of configurations and will take off wood with some of the finest sawdust you ever saw. You can reverse the blades so it "planes" either on the push or pull stroke. Just the ticket for stock work final finishing.

noremf(George)