Thread: Buying scales

I know you are inquiring about purchasing scales, but I just wanted to throw a couple of ideas your way if you decide to make your own scales.

The easiest thing to learn on is plastic or wood. You will need to cut wood to stock most of the time, but acrylic can be bought thin and ready to cut - FROM THE DOLLAR STORE!

$1 - ? -- Go buy an acrylic clip board or two (color options) - they come just at 3/32" thick which is a hair over 1/8".

$6-10 -- Copying saw, trace scales and cut.

$6-8 -- Buy yourself a decent medium sized single bastard file,
$4-6 -- A quality reusuable emery board (the kind that salons use for doing finger nails),
$ Depends -- Some sand paper 200-2000 grit.

I reuse the washers if possible, but you can find them online from a few different places.

A couple hours later, scales are done. No need to CA finish, just polish and pin. Its a cheap way to practice without having to mill or plane to stock. Also if you have all of the other materials then practice will only cost you $1 + tax to get four or five pairs of scales.