Thread: Cutting scales in half

Heres a visual.
Pce of oak exactally 1/4 in. Bandsaw cut (4 TPI Laguna Blade) on the rgt it is exactally 1/8, .125, on the left it is .077.

Pixelfixed is an A1 saw operator, he could do the job with ease.

If you doubt your ability, or don't have a saw, why not just tape some sandpaper tightly to a level slat and sand them.

Bit more work, but more rewarding doing it yourself, IMHO.

Regards,
Neil

As Neil says,is just a matter of removing material, with some 60 grit you can get the material down in no time.
No bandsaw needed.

Wait! Pixel doing it for free...Neil enters...Saves Pixel! OP does it himself!
Nice work, Men!

It might be easier to get them done, I work 80+ hours a week...

Originally Posted by User64

It might be easier to get them done, I work 80+ hours a week...

Oh! Is that all?

Originally Posted by Neil Miller

Pixelfixed is an A1 saw operator, he could do the job with ease.

If you doubt your ability, or don't have a saw, why not just tape some sandpaper tightly to a level slat and sand them.

Bit more work, but more rewarding doing it yourself, IMHO.

Regards,
Neil

Wood working....Once after putting a number of kits together, I thought that I was ready to 'try' ( with the help and advice of a local expert )to make a black powder rifle from component parts. Picked out the wood, was measured for the stock and had the blank ruff cut and when to it.
After ~3 months of working on it almost every nite, I went back to the expert for him to finish it before I did and real damage to a beautiful piece of wood.
Why I'm telling this store here is that making a set of scales for some of you is no problem, but for many of us, it better left to the experts.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Oh! Is that all?

Luxury.

I used to dream of working just 80+ hrs a week. Instead, I had to get up half an hour before I went to bed, rub a handful of hot grit in my hair for breakfast, walk 15 miles to work and put in a 24.5 hr day before coming home and sleeping in cardbox box in t'middle of road.

You try telling that t'youngsters of today, and they won't believe it, aye...

Regards,
Neil

Originally Posted by User64

It might be easier to get them done, I work 80+ hours a week...

If that is the case, I would consider laser hair removal first

I split a 5/16" (8 mm) slab of horn into two functional 1/8" (~3mm) slabs, meaning I lost roughly 1/16" (~2mm) in the cut. I made a jig, which was a pain to do, but a requirement as I have no access to any sort of mechanical saw. As said above, with anything thinner you'd probably lose too much in the cut for scales, unless (as Earcutter suggested) you line them with something relatively sturdy.