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Boker WIP
Picked this off Ebay for $45. The plan is clean the blade, rescale in Plum wood with brass/SS wedge.
Ebay item number: 280454775951 Broken scale with lead wedge.
Outline of scale shape.
http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/c...M/P2220032.jpg
Material thickness I ripped myself
http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/c...M/P2220034.jpg
Visual aid
http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/c...M/P2220037.jpg
Wedge material
http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/c...M/P2220038.jpg
Pieces cut
http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/c...M/P2220039.jpg
Bonded with Gorilla glue
http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/c...M/P2220040.jpg
So now I am off to my friends house because he has a band saw. More to come......
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Like that wedge design! I'm glad a few people have more skill and patience at this than I do.:D
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I was looking at that one on The Bay. Very nice. Please post pics when you finish. Good luck.
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Bikes! Aw man I'm bummed I missed that one. Can't wait to see how it turns out.
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So I did some more work today, got the form cut out after pining them together.
http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/c...M/P2280004.jpg
http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/c...M/P2280005.jpg
Then took a 4 way and put some shape to it.
http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/c...M/P2280009.jpg
http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/c...M/P2280010.jpg
Test fit the blade and they are WAY too thick. Traced the outline onto a thinner piece of Plum, cut it to shape then split it in half with a coping saw.
http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/c...M/P2280014.jpg
More later.
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looks great! The scale design is awsome! Cant wait to see it finished.
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This didn't work either so I went back to the thick ones and thinned them down with a rasp. Still on the very big side for scales but I am working on it.
http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/c...P3100008-1.jpg
http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/c...r/P3100009.jpg
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if they turn out too thick, sand, sand, and sand some more...