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Having a shot at some timber scales
Posted: Sun May 16, 2021 5:33 am
by standy99
Re: Having a shot at some timber scales
Posted: Sun May 16, 2021 9:33 am
by Bolster
Good looking timber. What kinda wood am I looking at here?
Re: Having a shot at some timber scales
Posted: Sun May 16, 2021 9:36 am
by Xplorer
Lookin' good!
Re: Having a shot at some timber scales
Posted: Sun May 16, 2021 10:00 am
by standy99
Bolster wrote: ↑Sun May 16, 2021 9:33 am
Good looking timber. What kinda wood am I looking at here?
Amboyna/Rosewood wood- Stabilised KNIFE handle scales
Linked the seller in another timber scales thread
Re: Having a shot at some timber scales
Posted: Sun May 16, 2021 10:12 am
by Bemo
great start, I need to get a set going myself.
Re: Having a shot at some timber scales
Posted: Sun May 16, 2021 10:32 am
by TomAiello
Looks good! I love those pins.
I'm tempted to suck up the shipping and buy some of those scales. You got them from George?
Re: Having a shot at some timber scales
Posted: Sun May 16, 2021 2:19 pm
by standy99
TomAiello wrote: ↑Sun May 16, 2021 10:32 am
Looks good! I love those pins.
I'm tempted to suck up the shipping and buy some of those scales. You got them from George?
Yes George
Wait to you see them with a bit of oil on them. :D the rose really pops....
If you do order from George get some
“ Resifills - Epoxy resin cast KNIFE handle BLANKS and others - Sold singly × 1 “
Havnt worked out what’s going on in these but boy are they going to look good.
Re: Having a shot at some timber scales
Posted: Sun May 16, 2021 3:29 pm
by TomAiello
If you sand them to absurdly high grit, the stabilized and resin stuff comes out looking amazing. I used to stop at 1200 grit, and couldn't figure out how people made them shine. Then I sanded some up to 5000 grit, and the difference was incredible.
Re: Having a shot at some timber scales
Posted: Mon May 17, 2021 8:29 am
by AlexRus
Subscribed. Watching :)
Re: Having a shot at some timber scales
Posted: Mon May 17, 2021 11:24 am
by standy99
Clamped.
Got a bit of epoxy everywhere :D :D
(Tip) Find baking paper stops getting clamps stuck to timber and sands off
Re: Having a shot at some timber scales
Posted: Mon May 17, 2021 12:20 pm
by RustyIron
It's fun seeing your progress.
Keep it comin'!
Thx.
Re: Having a shot at some timber scales
Posted: Mon May 17, 2021 8:30 pm
by Bolster
I am guessing those pins are not peened?
Re: Having a shot at some timber scales
Posted: Mon May 17, 2021 9:50 pm
by TomAiello
standy99 wrote: ↑Mon May 17, 2021 11:24 am
(Tip) Find baking paper stops getting clamps stuck to timber and sands off
Definitely. I bought a whole roll of parchment paper from Costco just for shop use.
Re: Having a shot at some timber scales
Posted: Tue May 18, 2021 1:15 am
by standy99
Bolster wrote: ↑Mon May 17, 2021 8:30 pm
I am guessing those pins are not peened?
No not mosaic pins.
Epoxy will keep them from moving, as there was a large amount of space in tang around pins and I scratch up pins with rough sandpaper so you get a bit of epoxy between pins and timber
The way a mule tang is leaves a great bond for epoxy with all the holes. I fill all of them up with epoxy and not just a coat on each side of the scales.
Coat scale - place on blade - fill holes and coat scale and clamp. Epoxy is cheap and the more the merrier in my book. :D
Re: Having a shot at some timber scales
Posted: Tue May 18, 2021 7:29 am
by TomAiello
I've taken to using corby bolts in addition to mosaic pins, when I use mosaic pins. I have never had a problem with an epoxied mosaic pin moving at all--I'm just paranoid.
Here's a handle I put on a Brisa blank that way--with two corby bolts to hold things together around the mosaic pin.
Re: Having a shot at some timber scales
Posted: Tue May 18, 2021 11:31 pm
by AlexRus
TomAiello wrote: ↑Tue May 18, 2021 7:29 am
I've taken to using corby bolts in addition to mosaic pins, when I use mosaic pins. I have never had a problem with an epoxied mosaic pin moving at all--I'm just paranoid.
Here's a handle I put on a Brisa blank that way--with two corby bolts to hold things together around the mosaic pin.
Looks good :)
Re: Having a shot at some timber scales
Posted: Wed May 19, 2021 12:10 am
by FullScaler
I have been cleaning out my garage getting ready to move and dug up some very nice birds eye maple that I forgot I had. As soon as I saw it I thought of this thread and it wasn't long before I stopped cleaning the garage and started making some sawdust.
I was able to get them roughed out, drilled for pins, and epoxied before it got too late. I also roughed out some ironwood scales for another Mule so I was able to get two blades glued up tonight.
I used brass pins on both and am interested to see the contrast between the pins on the dark wood and the light maple. The corbies in the pics with the ironwood were just for holding the scales in place while I roughed them out a bit
Re: Having a shot at some timber scales
Posted: Wed May 19, 2021 4:03 am
by WilliamMunny
FullScaler wrote: ↑Wed May 19, 2021 12:10 am
I have been cleaning out my garage getting ready to move and dug up some very nice birds eye maple that I forgot I had. As soon as I saw it I thought of this thread and it wasn't long before I stopped cleaning the garage and started making some sawdust.
I was able to get them roughed out, drilled for pins, and epoxied before it got too late. I also roughed out some ironwood scales for another Mule so I was able to get two blades glued up tonight.
I used brass pins on both and am interested to see the contrast between the pins on the dark wood and the light maple. The corbies in the pics with the ironwood were just for holding the scales in place while I roughed them out a bit
Did you have the wood stabilized first? I got the impression that it was fairly important to do.
Re: Having a shot at some timber scales
Posted: Wed May 19, 2021 4:32 am
by WilliamMunny
standy99 wrote: ↑Sun May 16, 2021 5:33 am
Nothing too flash yet. Sanded a rough shape and drilled for a few Mosaic pins.
Most of the work was done on a disk sander and a drill. Made the scales a bit thinner after the below shots.
How thick did you make your scales? 1/4”, 3/8”, 1/2”?
Re: Having a shot at some timber scales
Posted: Wed May 19, 2021 6:32 am
by TomAiello
Nice maple, full scaler. That's some good looking wood. :)