Thread: Part of my new scales

You can use a caliper. I use a small cheap plastic one most of the time. As for thickness some people like 1/8", but I usually make them just under 1/8 about 3mm. I guess it depends on the wood too cause some if its too thin can break easily. Burls for one if not stabilized tend to break. Tight grained, harder woods work easier thinner. You can test the wood and see if it flexes or bows to give tension when folding to see if it is thick enough. The wood doesn't have to flex alot. By test I mean put the razor into the scales and fold it not bend with your hands. That is if you have some small nuts and bolts.

I'm using Asian rosewood

I'm looking at this one 6" Composite Digital Caliper

eyeball them to around 1/16th finished,your visual is better than any caliper,you will know when they look right.
You will never with the final wedge you posted,crack them,they will take a set to shape and be fine forever.

Alright I'll eyeball them when I get them down

Let your mind and the creativity within make the scales.let the wood talk to you,it knows what it wants to be,you will know when all is perfect.

Spoken like a true artist

Edit: I just realized I answered a question two pages ago.

Hey, looking good, though!

On the left was what I started out thickness wise and to the right are thinned out to a 1/8 thickness all hand sanding and wow that was a lot so any comments would be helpful

Well here they are a great Asian rosewood shaped and sanded down to 1000 grit with a cherry wedge and now all I have to do is pin the wedge and figure out what way I wanna coat it.