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  1. 08-24-2009, 02:58 PM #1
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    Default First set of scales

    These are my first set of scales I have made. Sure did learn a lot on the process.
    The Henkle Razor is made with Spanish Cedar with a walnut spacer.
    The W&B is made with Curly Maple and a walnut spacer. The blade is in very bad shape (severe pitting) but I just wanted to get a blade on the scales for pictures.
    I left the Maple a bit thicker than normal so as to bring the grain of the wood out better.
    Used 5 coats of satin Poly sanded between coats with 1000 grit wet dry.
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  2. 08-24-2009, 03:42 PM #2
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    Looks like you did your homework before attempting this. Nice job for your first set. Keep it up.

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    That's a great effort & you should be proud of them. The Curly Maple is stunning!
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    Default Hats off Brother

    Watch out the slippery slide into the dark abyss of being a restoration junkie is pretty fast....

    It looks as though you are on your way

    I love the look on the Curly Maple, I personally have never been fan of the Cedar family (not that it matters hehe) but the work looks nice and tight....

    Good Job !!!!
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    Good job. Those are some nice looking scales. Flamed maple is such great looking wood.
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    Wow those curley maples are awsome!!!

    Great job...

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    Thanks everyone for the comments. I know that there is a few things I need to work on. I know now what I need to do so that next time I post they will be better.
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    Congrats on your firsts & lurrrrve the maple
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    Quote Originally Posted by turbine712 View Post
    Thanks everyone for the comments. I know that there is a few things I need to work on. I know now what I need to do so that next time I post they will be better.
    Thanks,
    Bill W
    very cool stuff. I think you are off to a great start. I will share something that I've run in to while learning to make scales and really when I was first learning to work with wood finishing for some guitars I was making with my brother... I've found that with finishes like poly I almost needed to do 220 grit between finishes until the very last finish layer so that the coats could properly grab each other... with very fine polishing between layers I often ran into peeling finishes. just a thought...

    Great looking scales though
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