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03-08-2022, 10:49 AM #1
Just install pre-made liners, then. Its much easier. I'm a boat mechanic by trade, so working with glass is like breathing air, for me.
My pops taught me to be a jack of all trades. He said its better to know a little about everything, than to know everything about one thing.Mike
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03-08-2022, 11:18 AM #2
Maybe pic up a cracked or broken bone scaled razor off eBay to practice on. I didnt look hard at you razor but i think it was bone. Bone is made very thin too for scales.
It's just Sharpening, right?
Jerry...
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03-08-2022, 04:10 PM #3
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03-08-2022, 03:39 PM #4
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03-08-2022, 04:14 PM #5
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Thanked: 0My dad wasn't much use for teaching much of anything, so you've got me there.
But you've also got me interested in the glass idea. I've done enough of it that I've made MOST of the REALLY stupid mistakes already; I just need to remind myself how to avoid them!
But I would love some more detailed instructions when and if you get time.
I'm especially curious how to fix the crack on the back; would you glass first and build the CA on top of that, or fix the missing chunk and then glass the back?
What quantity of talc or baking soda do you use in the glue?
Would you try to clean the bone up first? Mine is pretty old and discoloured.
SO MANY QUESTIONS! (Again, when and IF you have time/interest in answering them...)
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03-09-2022, 12:38 AM #6
I'm trying fellas.....
I've completed half of the info 3 times now, only to have someone send me a PM in the middle of it. Well....I locks my phone up, till I close what I'm doing and answer it. I loose several hours of typing and downloading pics, every time. I'll try again tomorrow, for Im about livid with this, right now.
Think I'll head to the workshop, got a FBU in the mailbox today. Needs a bit of TLCMike
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03-09-2022, 01:34 AM #7
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Thanked: 315I would clean the scales first, repair on flat surface, add liners after glue has cured well, then condition to make them less brittle. Mike may correct me though.
If he posts a "how-to" they should make it a sticky or add it the library. I'm going to print it out lol.
Here is the razor Mike posted from a different angle.
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Thanked: 0Hey, also, if you'd find it easier, you could just write all of this by hand, take some photos, put those here, and I could transcribe them for you.
I'm guessing I type faster on my laptop than you do on your phone.
My dad didn't teach me much, but my mom was an English teacher, so we are now in my wheelhouse.