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I always like to go ahead and completely disassemble the whole action so I can get measurements and know what supplies I should buy. The next step is to remove the outermost board on the secondary chest, which is the secondary pouch board. After removing the screws along the front edge of the board you can now separate it from the valve board. Now is a good time to measure and notae the size of the pouches.

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After the pouch board has been removed you can now access the many screws that holds the secondary valve boards to the pneumatic decks. After these screws are removed the valve board will fall away from the pneumatic decks.

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Now is the time to remove one of the secondary valves in order to measure and notae the materials. Here you can see one of the valves removed from it’s well.

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To prepare the pneumatic decks for separation we must first remove the rods that connect the movable boards to the finger rail. The old leather nuts are crushed and removed allowing the rod to be removed from the movable board. Also notice all the damage caused by the mice.

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Here is the view of the pneumatic decks with the finger rail and connecting linkages removed. Notice the finger rest rail mounted to the top row of pneumatics. This rest rail will need to be removed also.

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The decks are now separated by removing all the screws which hold them together. Also there are a few braces on the front of the decks which must be removed.

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With the secondary unit disassembled as far as needed each of the individual pieces are stored in a safe place until their time for restoration has arrived. Now it is time to disassemble the primary valve chest.