What a wonderful job, And great step by step process.
Thanks,
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What a wonderful job, And great step by step process.
Thanks,
Oh my, what a job! I can't wait to see the rest of this story, I am certain those are going to be stunning.
Thank you for sharing :tu
Nice work! As having worked often with old, lined mop-paneled scales, I would recommend keeping adhesive from the joints between the panels. They need somewhere to flex a bit! It should turn out great! :chapeau
Update!
So, I took the scales off of the clamps, and then I scraped off all of the paper that was super glued on the nickel sheeting. Then, I took my 1/16" Drill bit and drilled right through all of the holes that were in the nickel sheeting straight through the 3 MOP panels on the other side. This made it so that the holes were perfectly positioned. Obviously I have quite a bit of excess MOP material hanging off the sides. that is OK though! :)
http://www.maggardrazors.com/wp-cont...t-razor-16.jpg
Then, I sanded the MOP side flat with my disc sander. This ground down the excess nickel sheeting that was sticking out on the panel dividers.
http://www.maggardrazors.com/wp-cont...t-razor-17.jpg
I was then able to do the whole thing over again on the other side. I trimmed up the MOP pieces to the correct dimensions, and then epoxied them in place, starting with the center piece:
http://www.maggardrazors.com/wp-cont...t-razor-18.jpg
And then I put in my nickel panel dividers and epoxied in the other two panels:
http://www.maggardrazors.com/wp-cont...t-razor-19.jpg
You can see the dividers sticking out. All that excess material will go away after it sets up!
http://www.maggardrazors.com/wp-cont...t-razor-20.jpg
Thats it for tonight!
I can't wait to see the final product. You'r work is always so clean Brad. :bow:bow
Brad, this is a fascinating process and a great tutorial in itself !!....Looking forward to the conclusion.
Bongo
Here we go!
First, I unclamped the scales. The epoxy set extremely solid.
http://www.maggardrazors.com/wp-cont...t-razor-21.jpg
I took it to the belt sander, and flattened out the pile side scale
http://www.maggardrazors.com/wp-cont...t-razor-22.jpg
After that, I used the pre-drilled holes on the front scale to drill through the pile side scale.
http://www.maggardrazors.com/wp-cont...t-razor-23.jpg
I then did some more profiling with the belt sander, and when I started getting close to my original tracings, I took the original scale and I bolted it on to the the MOP scales so that I had an exact profile to match.
http://www.maggardrazors.com/wp-cont...t-razor-24.jpg
You can see a little bit of excess material that I had to grind down.
http://www.maggardrazors.com/wp-cont...t-razor-25.jpg
After a little more sanding, I was close to the original profile
http://www.maggardrazors.com/wp-cont...t-razor-26.jpg
You can see no overhangs now
http://www.maggardrazors.com/wp-cont...t-razor-27.jpg
Then, I spent about 30 minutes on the belt sander, very carefully and slowly thinning out the scales (they started around .125" ea, and I thinned them to approx .11"). MOP chips easily, and sands slowly, so, it was a delicate process.
http://www.maggardrazors.com/wp-cont...t-razor-28.jpg
So, it was on to hand sanding. I started at 220 grit and went to town.
http://www.maggardrazors.com/wp-cont...t-razor-29.jpg
With every grit, it got prettier and prettier
http://www.maggardrazors.com/wp-cont...t-razor-30.jpg
After a buff, I was just stunned!
http://www.maggardrazors.com/wp-cont...t-razor-32.jpg
Unfortunately, there was no time to enjoy. it was on to the next step. I started to carefully pin the panels on to the nickel liners, one hole at a time
http://www.maggardrazors.com/wp-cont...t-razor-33.jpg
After each of them were pinned, I buffed up the heads on the MOP side
http://www.maggardrazors.com/wp-cont...t-razor-34.jpg
Then I ran some 1000 grit sandpaper along the back side of the scales (the nickel sheeting, and then gave them a quick buff. A final buff will come later.
http://www.maggardrazors.com/wp-cont...t-razor-35.jpg
That's it for today! Still a few steps to go! :)
http://www.maggardrazors.com/wp-cont...t-razor-36.jpg
Stunning stuff Brad.
When you pinned the MOP to the liners, did you peen with a hammer or flare them with a pin press? Just curious.
Really excellent results. Be proud.
Adam