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It worked just like you said it would but it had to move so much that I am just not happy with the with the way it looks.

thy are not twisted but I had to tap the pins so far that on scale is higher than the other and one even sits back further just don't look good. I am going to unpin them again and try Crescent city's...

LOL got plenty to go to. I am just undecided which one to do first. I go it narrowed down to 4. I guess another topic is in order.

I thinned the scales and got the blade centered by manipulating the pins it works but is not pleasing to the eye. the scales look like thy are trying to twist around each other.

These were never glued together I shaped and thinned them them separate from each other Then taped them together for the finale shaping and drilling.
Hind sight being 20/20 I see I took the path of...

That helps a lot I was trying to tap the top and bottom of the pins and not the front and back. The wedge has almost the same taper as the original lead one just a bit larger.

I would have done a...

I felt thy were a bit to thick that could also be why I felt like the original lead wedge was to narrow.
thy were not glued together when I drilled them but thy were taped.

Scales are made of...

Before I broke a scale.
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After my first try at scales from scratch.
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The blade is off center so much so the edge would hit the scale when closing. I...