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Okay! Pics can be found here http://straightrazorpalace.com/showthread.php?p=179647#post179647

I'm pretty pleased.

I will certainly bring the scales, I may not bring the jig because it's a bit embarrassing. It's covered in obvious mistakes. :p The scales are currently drying from their first coat of tung oil....

Well, I'm gonna get some paint thinner today and start applying Tung Oil tonight after I do the final shaping. I think I'll have enough time for 3 or 4 coats, which I gather should be enough to...

Hah! Success!:y :y

You guys are awesome. :bow It's a still a bit dicey drilling even with the jib, but it I put some test pins on with the blade and scales, it centers pretty nice. I won't know...

Wow! There are a ton of great ideas on this forum.

I made up the jig that was diagrammed above, and I think I got it right. It did take six holes to get one that's good. :( But I'm pretty sure I...

I'll eventually get the dremel drill press, I think. It's pretty cheap and I already have the dremel. One of the constraints I'm working in is that I promised SWMBO that I wouldn't buy anything new...

I actually tried to hold my small level on the drill as I drilled. I think a lot of my problems came from actually holding the scales. I don't have a real workbench so they were in a small vacuum...

The second option actually resembles the dremel drill press in price and appearance. The first option is pretty intriguing - basically a manufactured version of Windcalmer's jig. If it went down to...

Windcalmer, I think I got it now. You actually explained both parts very well. A more experienced person just would have already understood the second part and not needed another sweet drawing like I...

Hmm, I bet if I pick up two of those semi-circle style protractors I can cut some notches with the dremel and fit them together so that they make an X. The markings on the protractors should make it...

Windcalmer, I love the drawing! Though it does raise a question in my mind.

How do I make sure the whole in the jig is 90 degrees??? To my novice mind it seems like a chicken-and-egg problem.

Well, this is a wee bit discouraging. My first attempt to make scales was going pretty well. I liked the shape I had, the ebony was looking pretty nice and feeling good to the touch. The spacer was...