Thread: Scale joinery experiment

Originally Posted by ScienceGuy

Haha yeah, I was actually thinking of that when i did it. It should be great for joining dissimilar materials. Maybe I'll play around with it some more.

I agree, bone or similar applied at both ends of the scales would look pretty classy if done nicely. Hang on you have got me going! what about using a jig saw pattern? A curved interlock would be less angular, in fact why not expand the method to make scales from scratch?
Mother of pearl and Abalone can be difficult to find in large pieces, joining smaller sections with a dovetail or jig saw interlock with a thin liner on the back might just look SEXY!

I need to do a re-scale, you've given me some ideas. look nice with high contrast color woods. Like danish walnut and birch.