I have all but the polished steel to pin on. Didnt think it needed to be polished. I have a small vise i was going to use. I made a set of tezt scales.out of some wood i found at the hardware store. Cut them and sanded to 1/8 and they turned out ok but i didnt have any idea of what i was doing and i didnt drill them before sanding so my holes ended up not quite in line. Im going to pin them just so i can pin something before i get serious and make a real set.
I hadnt thought about horn.
Drilling holes wider than 1/16? Didnt think about that. I made my test scales at 1/16 hole.
I didnt know that if ordering 1/8 inch thick, you got thicker. Thats good. I was afraid of them being thinner and after sanding being too thin.
Stablized. Good to know. I wasnt sure of this ether.
If learned a lot on this one simple question! If you got more info for me im still open to sugestions for sure. Ill buy some kind of product to make scales out of 8n the next few days. I like seeing the wood grain is why i was wanting wood but will have to look into horn too.
Thanks for all the links. I got some checking out of stuff to do now.
BTW, what do you look for in Horn when picking for scales???