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Agreed. I forgot to mention that. The branch in this pic was trimmed off an oak tree in the park because it was dead. Both ends were rotten, but the rot had not reached the middle. Since the branch...

No problem Charlie, I owe you one. Your tutorial on Shave the Monkeys was how I learned to make scales :-)

OK, this is not the only way, and maybe not even the best way, but it's my way.

1. Buy a Japanese style saw with a rip side and a crosscut side, the bigger the better.

2. Have a bench vise...