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I`m waiting for the razors ,but these are thee first set of scales brass and New Guinea rose wood liners MOP and Black buffalo horn scales brass pins and red shim material
hope you like em
Kind regards Peter

Peter, you keep outdoing yourself each time you come up with one of these babies. Great work!

A nice improvement from the last set. Keep it up... you are doing great. These are definitely difficult to make, so I can appreciate how you got there.

nice job there peter, i like them alot, like i said before about other peoples great work, it gives me something to aspire too

,simon

I know I've asked this before in general, but now that I see you've done the exact thing I'm considering...

Did you peen each of those extra pins, or simply glue them in place?

Thanks,

Originally Posted by shavethebadger

I know I've asked this before in general, but now that I see you've done the exact thing I'm considering...

Did you peen each of those extra pins, or simply glue them in place?

Thanks,

On the scales there is a layer of brass behind the MOP and buff horn you should choose brass shim thick enough to be a little stiff . After the brass is glued on the the back drill all the holes,slightly counter sink the holes in the brass ans scale material
Anneal the brass pin stock by heating to cherry red and let cool this will soften the brass considerably.Cut your pin stock to the required length and slightly chamfer both ends of each one place glue in each hole and on the pin after cleaning with thinners ,I use 30 min epoxy,place in hole and lightly peen ,you wont need much as it is very soft, allow to dry ,you can also put a dab of plain solder on the pin an brass to make sure but since it is countersunk it will hold
Then I make a thin shim of wood and glue to the brass ,making sure the brass is cleaned and really scored up the give the glue a keyed surface to hold,you don't have too I only do it to cover the solder and where the brass has been peened ,it just looks neater
Hope this helps
kind regards Peter