Thread: The Butchered Blade

Those are some good little baits, still have a few

Back to the scales.
I've put a coat of thin on,
and will bevel the edges tonight and finish with the thick CA.
Then to make the wedge.
I've decided on white plastic (Acrylic) , wich will take some time, cause its quite thick. Think i need to find me a belt/disc sander.
But for now, it will be done by hand.
Any tips for faster results, would be appreciated.

outback:
Back to the scales.
I've put a coat of thin on,
and will bevel the edges tonight and finish with the thick CA.
Then to make the wedge.
I've decided on white plastic (Acrylic) , wich will take some time, cause its quite thick. Think i need to find me a belt/disc sander.
But for now, it will be done by hand.

Any tips for faster results, would be appreciated.


Mike, too bad you don't have a belt sander yet. That would help out a lot. There was a link awhile back I will have to find but I might have emailed it to myself for future reference. I'll look & let you know. I think it was UKRob that did it.

Without a belt sander or grinder, it will be a slow process. Even an angle grinder would help Mike.
I use the famous paint stir stick once more and a spot of contact cement to hold my wedge stock to the stick. Set the angle on the stick and grind/sand away. Hand sanding with a bit o varsol cleans up the finished wedge. I always get the taper down before the final wedge shapes myself.
Scales are looking nice so far.

Originally Posted by MikeB52

Without a belt sander or grinder, it will be a slow process. Even an angle grinder would help Mike.
I use the famous paint stir stick once more and a spot of contact cement to hold my wedge stock to the stick. Set the angle on the stick and grind/sand away. Hand sanding with a bit o varsol cleans up the finished wedge. I always get the taper down before the final wedge shapes myself.
Scales are looking nice so far.

Great idea Mike!

Looking great, outback! I have beveled scales using a bench grinder as well as a Dremel drum sander to do most of the work followed by hand-sanding to smooth things out. So is that purpleheart?

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Looking great, outback! I have beveled scales using a bench grinder as well as a Dremel drum sander to do most of the work followed by hand-sanding to smooth things out. So is that purpleheart?

Yes sir. It most definitely is.
Beveling the scales aren't the problem, its putting the taper in the wedge. But i found some thinner white plastic, that won't require as much sanding.
The other piece i had was 1/4" thick.

Originally Posted by MikeB52

Without a belt sander or grinder, it will be a slow process. Even an angle grinder would help Mike.
I use the famous paint stir stick once more and a spot of contact cement to hold my wedge stock to the stick. Set the angle on the stick and grind/sand away. Hand sanding with a bit o varsol cleans up the finished wedge. I always get the taper down before the final wedge shapes myself.
Scales are looking nice so far.

That was my plan, cut the piece b
Bigger than scales, make the taper,
Micro screw together and remove excess material to match the scales [emoji6]

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Looking great, outback! I have beveled scales using a bench grinder as well as a Dremel drum sander to do most of the work followed by hand-sanding to smooth things out. So is that purpleheart?

That's what I have in mind for the Clark & Hall. I have an old straight with beveled edges & it looks good that way with those old scales!



I did a little work to the blade yesterday but I'm going to take my time plus read more on it. First time using greaseless compounds.

Originally Posted by outback

Yes sir. It most definitely is.
Beveling the scales aren't the problem, its putting the taper in the wedge. But i found some thinner white plastic, that won't require as much sanding.
The other piece i had was 1/4" thick.

I see! I have done OK with CAing the wedge material to one scale and using a disc sander to thin or get the taper.
Mostly, I search through my box'o wedges first!