Thread: Alternative Spacer Material?

This stuff wont crack and fall out...?

Looks very cool but I am concerned on its life span..

no I doubt it ever crack and fall out in pieces, once cooked it is more like a piece of plastic, it is not clay it is a ploymere...I did varnish it...of course I can't tell if it will still be there in 100 years but I made it around 7 month ago it has not moved nor changed color nor cracked it seems to be in a prety stable state.

Nounounounou

That is real interesting, I bet it will be great then! I thought it was clay that was kiln dried.

I looks great!

I bought a roll of thin brass some time ago but have not used it yet. The brass might look good as a liner in my Bison horn scales if I can get the blanks flat enough to match. I have a couple of white plastic tubes from the third pin position of some damaged scales to use also.

I shop at Rio Grande for sterling silver in sheets. Rio Grande - Search Our Categories.
I realize that silver is costly (I can't afford it myself for now) but you can get other metals that will work just fine as liner material. Copper, brass, aluminum and other non-ferrous metals will work nicely (with the right adhesive). If you don't want metallic liners you can get composits like carbon fiber: Advanced Composite Products Manufactured by Composite Resources
Or fiberglas like what is used for circuit boards you can get it at Radio Shack. Then any hobbyshop will have sheets of rigid plastics.