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03-19-2007, 09:43 PM #1
Making wooden scales
I have sawn one of my pieces of meranti wood into 2 pieces that are close enough to the correct thickness.
Once the thickness is correct, would it make sense to drill the pin holes first and place the 2 pieces on top of each other?
That way I could rough-shape them on a belt sander and being sure of the fact that they would remain each others mirror image.
Just a thought...
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03-19-2007, 09:46 PM #2Senior Member
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try using a very thin coat of contact adhesive, or contact adhesive with a sheet of paper inbetween (to allow later seperation)
Pinning at this stage is a bad idea as you may need to move the hinge pin to suit the position of the blade.
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03-19-2007, 09:49 PM #3Member
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double side scotch tape works well
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03-19-2007, 09:49 PM #4
Good idea. Thanks.
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03-19-2007, 10:28 PM #5Honely Challenged
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When the scales are roughly the right shape I drill the holes for the pins and cut a short length of the pinning material, push it through to keep the two pieces together.
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