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Thread: First set of scales
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08-24-2009, 02:58 PM #1
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Thanked: 51First 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.
Hope you like
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08-24-2009, 03:42 PM #2
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Thanked: 127Looks like you did your homework before attempting this. Nice job for your first set. Keep it up.
Ray
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08-24-2009, 03:50 PM #3
That's a great effort & you should be proud of them. The Curly Maple is stunning!
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08-24-2009, 03:59 PM #4
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Thanked: 13247Hats 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 !!!!Last edited by gssixgun; 08-24-2009 at 04:05 PM.
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turbine712 (08-25-2009)
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08-24-2009, 04:06 PM #5
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Thanked: 21Good job. Those are some nice looking scales. Flamed maple is such great looking wood.
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08-25-2009, 12:24 AM #6
Wow those curley maples are awsome!!!
Great job...
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turbine712 (08-25-2009)
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08-25-2009, 12:39 AM #7
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Thanked: 51Thanks 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
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08-25-2009, 01:20 AM #8
Congrats on your firsts & lurrrrve the maple
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turbine712 (08-25-2009)
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08-25-2009, 02:21 AM #9
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
Dave
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