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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.

    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.

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