Thread: What are you working on?

Hay how about making another mythical creature like a .... "TROLL"

Originally Posted by Substance

Hay how about making another mythical creature like a .... "TROLL"

I can see it now..............The Pixelfixed unicorn horn Troll brush with a BOAR knot! Schweet!

LOL! Man I know that feeling! Happens to me much too often...mainly because my organizational skills are somewhat lacking.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Just spent several hours sanding and polishing some of what I thought were the original scales for this Greaves. Made a pivot bushing, pinned the bottom. Time for a test-fit. Nope. I had pulled the wrong scales!
Found the right ones! Starting over. Oh well, a head start on a Stenton for later! Too much crap lying around!

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Originally Posted by sharptonn

I can see it now..............The Pixelfixed unicorn horn Troll brush with a BOAR knot! Schweet!

maybe drop the boar knot for some Mermaid hair to keep with the theme LOL

No Mermaid Hair left,I do have some Ferrets Pelts tho.

Back to OP. Whatever power method of cutting you use, make sure that the open area around the blade in the table is as small and close to the blade as possible to prevent chipping on harder materials.
On some power saws it is possible to use the saw to cut to the center of a piece of thin plywood and then tape that to the table. That gives the best support to any thin material being cut on the saw.
Have fun, you have a good start!
~Richard

Got a handle glued up for a brush I'm doing for a fellow member. In the chuck is white streaked buffalo horn, top is Lapis, Mokume Gane. I'm dying to turn this piece, but life leaves no time for just me. But, in the near future it'll happen.

Originally Posted by Razorfeld

On 10-3 I posted that I would make my first attempt at scales. Finally finished my attempt.

Know first that I have very limited shop skills. Rudimentary at best. Not an apology, a fact. I used the old scales as my pattern, except for the wedge end. There I tried to emulate the barber's notch of the razor. I lined the scales with high tech black plastic for no other reason than I wanted contrast to the bone. I did sneak into my son's shop (he's a general contractor with every tool and skill to use them) and did cut the scales shape out on a bandsaw. Tried first with a scroll saw and that was crap to do. Hand drilled the pinholes and that was an aching hand trip. I was not trying for perfection on this set of scales, just wanted to see if I could make them. Did some basic sanding, mainly rounding the edges and a little on the face of the scales. It ended up looking a little rough and I'm okay with that. Super finished was not the objective.

The blade is a 13/16 W&B Frameback. Had a fair amount of black rust on it. Work like a junkyard dog and got most of it off. Some sanding and left it kind of a matte finish. Again, perfection was not the aim.

And the pinning was the most "joy" a man can have, he said sarcastically. Re did the pinning twice to get to where they are functional and half way decent looking. When I did the pivot hole pinning I added a washer to the inside on one side of the blade and two washers on the other blade side to compensate for a slightly warped Camel bone. Now opens and closes cleanly. The wedge is a piece of fairly dense platic that i could cut with an X-acto knife.

What I have learned, failures and successes throughout, is that I can make scales and that shop skills increase, as with anything, with practice and execution. Curious to see my next effort.

Below are photos with all the warts and whistles for your perusal. Criticism politely accepted by this overtly adolescent octogenarian. Can't wait to hone it and see how it shaves.

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Richard, yuh done good!
Very nice looking blade.

Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

Got a handle glued up for a brush I'm doing for a fellow member. In the chuck is white streaked buffalo horn, top is Lapis, Mokume Gane. I'm dying to turn this piece, but life leaves no time for just me. But, in the near future it'll happen.

Oh my oh my oh my.... I'm dying to see this piece done!

Originally Posted by wynndow

Oh my oh my oh my.... I'm dying to see this piece done!

Hey Fred! This weekend it'll be done. You may have a problem prying this one away from me. Love the look of the Lapis! Kidding.
Along with the Buffalo horn it's a great combination of material. Very good choice of material my friend!

Hey, while we're in the workshop, how do you normally finish this stuff? I bought micromesh and thought either chromium oxide at the end or metal polish. What do you think????