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    Hello,

    I know to some this may seem trivial. How do you know what size to make your wedge?

    I am curious as I have my scales all sanded and ready to be drilled but have not made a wedge yet. Do you guys just eyeball it? or does it have to be a certain size to function properly.

    Forgive my cluelessness.

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    Try using micro fasteners threaded rod you can make a wedge and mock everything up instead of pinning it. That way you can do little adjustments to your wedge to get it perfect and it only takes a moment to get it together and apart. You may be able to find rod small enough locally, I could not and had to order it.
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    I agree that the micro fasteners and mock up is very important. The taper of your tang and the taper of your wedge should match. This will allow the flex of the scales to follow through the full range of motion of your blade and keep the tension on the pivot pin the same. When getting the final adjustments to your wedge if you use a little carpet tape to stick it on a tongue depressed or similar it is a little easier to sand that last little bit.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RezDog View Post
    I agree that the micro fasteners and mock up is very important. The taper of your tang and the taper of your wedge should match. This will allow the flex of the scales to follow through the full range of motion of your blade and keep the tension on the pivot pin the same. When getting the final adjustments to your wedge if you use a little carpet tape to stick it on a tongue depressed or similar it is a little easier to sand that last little bit.
    Thanks buddy, still confused though.

    I get it should match the taper of my tang. That being said is it more of an eye ball it thing?

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    more or less it is estimated. I never get all carried away with calipers. It is a guide line as to how much it should taper. Some razors have a lot of taper while others have a little. The wedge needs to follow with that.
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    Your wedge needs to match the depth you want you blade to rest in the scales, and then I set mine so the scales are about 1/4" wider than my tang each side at the pivot before pinning, this usually works out ok
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    I do mine mostly by eyeballing.
    I start out with a thickness about half the thickness of the tang and sand it to roughly match the taper angle of the tang. Drill it and screw it together. Then sand to final angle.

    Those microfastener screws are great for testing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by criswilson10 View Post
    I start out with a thickness about half the thickness of the tang and sand it to roughly match the taper angle of the tang. Drill it and screw it together. Then sand to final angle.

    Those microfastener screws are great for testing.

    ^^^^^ That right there is a good starting point AKA Rule of Thumb

    At the top of this forum in a Red colored sticky is a thread that has links to this info too, it is an invaluable resource for New Restores

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