Great idea and a good looking Razor to boot..... I really appreciate when someone uses their brain before their wallet....
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Great idea and a good looking Razor to boot..... I really appreciate when someone uses their brain before their wallet....
$27.99 for the dovo replacements I was toying with as well .. plus shipping to the uk
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Nice looking scales....and way to use your brain.
I am always looking outside the box for projects...
I don't look at something and see what it IS....but what it CAN BE!!!
I did the same thing a few weeks ago. The bone is relatively hard on a bandsaw blade, I used a cheap stamped blade that I have aside for doing more destructive cutting. Getting the bone sanded down flat and even takes some time but a 220 grit belt on a 6 inch sander makes relatively quick work of them. They are powder smooth. I took my scales out to 2000 grit and gave them a light dunk in some Danish oil to help seal the bone. It does smell but not nearly as bad as horn.
Great work Charlie. Must give it a try.
Are the number of T.P.I. critical for cutting bone or is a standard woodsaw blade ok ?
I used a trashed woodworking blade. It was a 1/4 inch around 6 or 8 tpi I do not remember it was a blade that I ran into a drywall screw. A standard wood cutting blade works fine.
Charlie
digging up old thread....
Would a hack saw work for cutting out the rough shape, then sand it down?
Yes it will work the bone is not a lot harder than wood. As a matter of fact I use a wood rasp to get my rough shape on my scales because I do not like the dust from sanding.
It will be a slowish process
Charlie
Cannonfodder what did you use there for the dark spacers? I don't think those came stock from anyplace did they?