centering blade in scales
Just got done putting 6 blades in some scales i made, out of red oak, cherry, walnut, and cocobola,
everything came out nice, the question i have is some of the blades are not perfectly centered. not hitting the scales just favoring one side or the other, i know that you peen the pin at the blade end to move the blade, the question is which side of the blade do you peen?
The blades i used are wade and butcher 3/4" notch point in the walnut,another wande and butcher 3/4" notch point, no name 3/4" notch point in cocobola, Thompson 3/4 French point in cocobola, and Washington (somthing) in shetfield steel for the cherry.
when i get pics ill post them,
any advice would be greatly appreciated
Mike (Grottolord)
Centering blade in scales
Mike, you have to make sure the scales are perfectly flat. If the are cupped, bent or bellied in the center, your going to have a problem. If this is the problem, then this might work.
Since they are wood, just dampen them, and put 1 scale between 2 peices of hardwood about 2 inches wide. Then clamp the 2 peices of wood together with the scale in the middle. Leave it clamped for a couple of days.
See if it works.