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09-02-2011, 11:44 PM #1Senior Member
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oops broke the amboyna burl scales...
dammit!!!! I think I made the wedge too big and when I went to pin the blade the tension snapped it!
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09-02-2011, 11:47 PM #2Senior Member
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OH NO! Those are (were) beautiful. Sorry about that pard...
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09-02-2011, 11:49 PM #3Senior Member
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It must be the week for stuff to break.i snapped the mouth piece off my Tinsky Canadien Pipe.i feel your pain brother!!!
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09-02-2011, 11:50 PM #4Senior Member
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You can still save this set of scales! This is a perfect opportunity to try a brass liner and a CA finish, just be sure to thin out the wedge to account for the liner. Use the CA to glue the pieces back together, let it dry, attach a brass backing, shape, then finish with CA. Those are too beautiful to toss.
Glenn
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09-02-2011, 11:52 PM #5Armor Wearer
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I feel your pain. Looks way too much like my post from earlier this week. Those are some beautiful scales.
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09-02-2011, 11:59 PM #6Customized
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Ouch.
I'm sorry buddy.
It must be a pain to se all that good work go to waste like that.
But, with skills like that, you'll soon have new ones on that thing
Bjoernar
Um, all of them, any of them that have been in front of me over all these years....
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09-03-2011, 12:16 AM #7< Banned User >
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that seriously sucks.... but do what is suggested above about the brass liners.....
burl is a terrible thing to waste...
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09-03-2011, 01:02 AM #8Senior Member
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I've already rough shaped some giraffe bone scales for it!!!
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09-03-2011, 01:34 AM #9
The only finish I use on burl wood is epoxy resin. It will toughen the wood. I have made nearly a hundred sets in various burls and never had one snap. You can also finish the inside of the scales with thin CA. It will soak into the wood and plasticise it making it even tougher.
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09-03-2011, 01:48 AM #10Scales are not just for fish...
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Wow sorry to see this. Today must be the day to snap scales. I snapped a pair of Midnight Purple Poly-acrylics pinning them today too. I feel you man, well sorta. That burl cost a tad bit more than the poly no doubt. I think mine was a failure in the material manufacturing process though.
Burl can be a tough nut as well. I know I've snapped some along the way.
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