| Unless I'm mistaken, there are only 2 stained and finished parts of your windows that are actually removable. One is the piece below the screen (it lifts straight up and likes to break. Prying it up 1/8" allows you to cut the nails so that it can be pulled up more evenly- and even then it will often gouge the wood on the sides when you remove it. But removing it is the only way to remove the crank arm.)
The other removable piece is the 1/2 x 3/4 extension jamb that surrounds the window jamb.
I'm not sure if the other pieces surrounding the screen come off or not- on most older casements, those were glued and nailed from behind. The only way to tell for sure is to try it. You'd first remove the bottom piece that is over the crank... then remove the top (I think) and then the sides. Rather than prying from the inside (where any dents and damage will show) use a putty knife and small wonder bar to pry from behind- crank open the window and pry on the back side of those stops rather than the front side that shows toward the interior.
The window sash itself can be easily removed, laid flat, worked on, and can then be reinstalled, so it's not like the window will need to be open for a prolonged period of time. You can cut a piece of plywood the right size so you can have something to pop into the opening temporarily to keep the heat in / wife happy.
As for stripping the rest of the window parts, it looks like a good job for chemical strippers and a detail sander, such as the Fein Multimaster! Not a fun job.  |