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12-20-2009, 11:32 PM #1
Bong, thanks for the heads up on the drill bit. Also, I'll have to look into that wood cutting tool for the dremel, sounds interesting.
Thanks for the heads up. I'll check and see what else they've got.
I found some 1/4'' thick woods today at Lowes, but it seemed to be too thick for scales I'm anxious to see what I find at Hobby Lobby.
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12-20-2009, 11:47 PM #2
With either a hand drill or a Dremel, I'd be concerned about the alignment. A drill press would be ideal but a less expensive (much less expensive) alternative might be a drill press accessory for a Dremel. I'll admit I haven't used the accessory. Maybe someone with experience using one could comment on the accuracy.
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12-21-2009, 12:15 AM #3
You might want to consider going online and looking at Woodcraft.com. They have a wide variety of woods that they make available in pieces as thin as 1/8 inch. That's where I buy my wood for scales. And I think right now they have a special going where all shipping is free, so you could order just a single piece of thin stock.
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12-21-2009, 12:37 AM #4
I had a dremel drill press station, which was $39.99. i got rid of it when I found an actual drill press for $42.00 from harbor freight.
There is no reason for the dremel drill press, really, unless you can get one extremely cheap/free. It is not very accurate and I had trouble drilling good straight holes on tougher material like micarta and hardwoods.
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12-21-2009, 01:29 AM #5
You have all the same tools I did to do my first scales. I did the wedge with a sanding block, I roughed out the scales with a coping saw and used a sanding block to shape em in.
The only thing I had that you don't was the dremel work station. since I only use it for drilling pin holes I got that over a drill press that takes up more room.
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12-21-2009, 01:34 AM #6
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12-21-2009, 01:37 AM #7
I used precut 1/8" thick wood for all the parts. if that is too thick for the wedge you can sand it down.