Having a shot at some timber scales
- standy99
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Having a shot at some timber scales
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.
Most of the work was done on a disk sander and a drill. Made the scales a bit thinner after the below shots.
Im a vegetarian as technically cows are made of grass and water.
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Good looking timber. What kinda wood am I looking at here?
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Lookin' good!
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- standy99
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Amboyna/Rosewood wood- Stabilised KNIFE handle scales
Linked the seller in another timber scales thread
Im a vegetarian as technically cows are made of grass and water.
Re: Having a shot at some timber scales
great start, I need to get a set going myself.
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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?
I'm tempted to suck up the shipping and buy some of those scales. You got them from George?
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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.
Im a vegetarian as technically cows are made of grass and water.
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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.
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Subscribed. Watching :)
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Clamped.
Got a bit of epoxy everywhere :D :D
(Tip) Find baking paper stops getting clamps stuck to timber and sands off
Got a bit of epoxy everywhere :D :D
(Tip) Find baking paper stops getting clamps stuck to timber and sands off
Im a vegetarian as technically cows are made of grass and water.
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It's fun seeing your progress.
Keep it comin'!
Thx.
Keep it comin'!
Thx.
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I am guessing those pins are not peened?
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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
Im a vegetarian as technically cows are made of grass and water.
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Looks good :)TomAiello wrote: ↑Tue May 18, 2021 7:29 amI'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.
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Re: Having a shot at some timber scales
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
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
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Did you have the wood stabilized first? I got the impression that it was fairly important to do.FullScaler wrote: ↑Wed May 19, 2021 12:10 amI 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
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How thick did you make your scales? 1/4”, 3/8”, 1/2”?
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Nice maple, full scaler. That's some good looking wood. :)