Thread: Holiday scales in progress

Thought ya'll might like to see some work in progress. These are being made for a good friend of mine. The blade for these scales will be a W&B 5/8 barbers' notch.

the first pic is the line drawing.

The pattern is printed out to size and glued to a piece of 26ga. nickle.
Holes are then drilled in the areas to be cut away.

The second pic shows my bench pin, jeweller's sawframe, and some blades.

The background areas are then cut away.

The top plate is then soldered to a backing plate made from 20ga. nickle.
The excess metal and interior background are cut away at this point.
This scale is now ready for the buffing wheel. Then green enamel will be added for the leaves, and red enamel for the berries.

I decided to do open work on these scales to help with balance issues. We'll see how well that works out.