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My stock of F-bombs has been depleted, nothing to do but chuckle.:gth
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My stock of F-bombs has been depleted, nothing to do but chuckle.:gth
Some woods are not all they are cracked up to be!
~Richard
Don't you love it when that happens! Just had that happen to me. Putting in the pivot pin the scale cracked. Nothing to do but take it apart and start over. Nice work anyway.
And to me a few times with plastic embrittled by overheating the surface when buffing. At least, CA should solve the crack problem, especially if you use a very thin CA to wick into the crack while the pieces are held carefully in place.and then as a finish coats. I did fiv\x one set of wood burl scales that way.
~Richard
Sad thing is Richard,they will always be cracked,no matter how they are repaired.Quote:
Originally Posted by Geezer
I still love the blade
I have had that happen to me before with an unstabilized burl and of course it has to happen right when they are finished. That would have been a beautiful set of scales.
Yes, they will always be cracked but as Geezer points out a careful fix with CA could render it almost invisible. Back them by epoxying on some carbon plate and they are repaired structrally as well. I will give the OP enough carbon fiber plate (.025") to back both sides of the scales. Send me the gross dimensions of the scales and your mailing addy by PM if you want to do that.
Thank you for the kind and generous offer but I'm done with those scales. They where already backed with .01 brass. I was fitting a temporary screw in the pivot with the center screw in place to see how wide a brass spacer I needed to get the blade spine to fall parallel with the scales when I gripped too tightly and flexed it enough against the center to crack it. I have a lot of trouble with the little screws, nuts, and washers so the frustration was mounting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Splashone
I feel your pain. My cross cut black palm (stabilized even) scales were broken 3 times before they were done. I got the carbon ordered after the first break and continued to work on them. Cracked them again before it arrived. Finally, they were done, one of my airport friends (lots of composite structures experience) was over and looking at them. He decided to see how flexible they were (while my back was turned) and broke one. Answer...the palm isn't as flexible as the carbon!
I simply re-did the CA finish. Even knowing that they had been broken, you would be hard pressed to find it on the razor now.Attachment 158581
Very nice and unique look to those scales. Are those copper washers in there?Quote:
Originally Posted by Splashone
Unfortunately there was some crumble when it broke so the two sides no longer match exactly.
Dang, love the wood (not the crack) better luck next time
Can't say I've never been there before, such a terrible feeling. I've crack a few as I was pinning the blade in at the final step. It's like getting something stolen from you, such a sinking feeling. But like you said, just gotta get back on that horse, it won't be the last time you destroy something!
Yes those are copper washers. Sorry about the crumble...that makes the repair impossible to hide.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hart
