I wonder about the compound corners though. I wonder if it would mold.
What I have in mind is simply to adhere the veneer flat to a flat piece of acrylic, cut my scales, and THEN try putting an even bevel around the entire scale perimeter. I would then sand and polish that beveled perimeter to make the abalone pop all the more with a black border (getting it evenly radiused all the way around would be the trick I think). Then, per the guy's video on mudhole.com and the tutorial here in our library on doing an epoxy pour on scales, I would do the epoxy coat. Point being, no trying to shape the veneer around a tight scale curve (no way that would work IMO).
In my imagination, this is a beautiful set of scales. We'll see what the reality brings when I get around to it, but I'm so taken by this idea that I actually just ordered the abalone veneer and black acrylic sheet from Amazon. If anybody is crazy enough to participate in this mad experiment with me, here are a couple of links:
12"x12"x.118 black acrylic sheet (
almost thin enough-we'll see):
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Abalone veneer of 9.4"x5.5"x0.006 inches (0.15mm):
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I hope I'm not violating forum rules by posting Amazon links (Mods feel free to delete links if that is the case). I'll report results if and when I get time to do this-school year's starting back. Why didn't I get this idea at the BEGINNING of summer?! Aaron