Thread: Heljestrand MK33 in ivory and tortoise

Fantastic comes to mind,great work.

Nicely done. The tortoise breaks up the ivory nicely and gives it a cool look.

Great look, thanks for sharing the built as well, Enjoy!

Oh! That is very nice work! Thanks for the build pics and description! It looks awesome!

It came out beautiful IMO! I've always been curious about the process of attaching the nickel silver rods to the brass panels, been wanting to make my own custom made MOP over brass panels but I have no idea how the attachment process goes.

Outstanding!

I really like it, you gave it a classic look with classic materials and you kept it true to the original design, great job.

Originally Posted by OrSh

It came out beautiful IMO! I've always been curious about the process of attaching the nickel silver rods to the brass panels, been wanting to make my own custom made MOP over brass panels but I have no idea how the attachment process goes.

I can't say that I used any kind of proper process. I just tried peening the panels in like normal scales after I epoxied them and it seemed to work ok. If I were to do it again I'd use some thicker brass and either a) countersink the holes in the brass or b) solder the pins to the brass before attaching the panels. The problem that I had was that when peening the backside, to get it flat, it puckered the brass a little, bending the scales. They were a little finicky to get straight.

I really like it, you gave it a classic look with classic materials and you kept it true to the original design, great job.

Thanks! I love the design of the Heljestrand ivory scales. I need to take the toe of this one back to the sander to make the point a more shallow angle though. When I get around to it...

I meant the rods that attach the tortoise and the ivory to the brass plates...well mostly for the tortoise, how come it didn't fall off the brass plate?