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Thanks for all of the assistance, that has been realy helpful.
Last week I was in South Western Queensland and collected a few nice timbers while I was there to make some scales. I am going to try a grey iron bark, allocasuarina and cypress and see which comes up the nicest.
It will be a few weeks, but I will post the finnished pruduct when it is done.
Cheers
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I look forward to seeing the new scales made from local timbers. Maybe in the flesh even!
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I get rods and pins from AKC they have brass sheet to make your own washers if you want but i got washers and the bolts and nuts to make adjustable pins from Micro Fasteners
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So I decided to go with a eucalyptus species with the common name red iron bark (Eucalyptus fibrosa). After going to all the effort of sun drying for a month, cutting and sanding suitably sized pieces of the timber - they warped like crazy. After reading up a bit I now realise that I should have sun dried for another 11 months at least. :gaah:
The most frustrating part is the timber looked really nice, until it warped of course......
Oh well back to the drawing board. I might see if there are any local suppliers that have already done the drying part for me.
Just thought I should share this in case anyone else was considering hand making scales.