Thread: Scale Experimentation.....Goes Wrong

Thought I would post this since it made me mad. So I had some thin pauduk and yellowheart that I decided to put together and see how it would turn out. After I had the wood together I figured it would look alot better with the edges beveled to where you could just see the yellowheart around the pauduk and it did. I had one scale done and thought I could actually use them instead of just experimenting. I started on the other one and for some reason thought they were still to thick so I went back to the first scale. I always tape my scales onto a bigger piece of wood to make holding them alot easier, but for some reason this time I decided I would just do it quick and try to hold the 3mm thick scale with my finger tips and sand it thinner. Anyway the scale slipped out of my hand and somehow slipped under the guard and wrapped around the belt. Needless to say the scale was in a few pieces after that. I guess if I didn't decide that I could actually use the scales they would have turned out. Never got around to finishing the other one, but it gives me some ideas. Here is how far it turned out. The bottom of the scale is the look I was going for. Just enough yellowheart to poke out to show along the side of the pauduk. Next time I will have to make sure to tape them to something bigger that I can hold on to.

Well, you only have to go back to square 1 on half the set and no fingers were hurt during the incident. Is/was looking like a nice pair.

There are some really cool wood scales that were done in the distant past on SRP IIRC called "Fusion Scales" some really neat effects doing sorta like you started, you should do some searches and take a look it might give you some good ideas

I've sanded through my fair share of keratin thinning scales on the belt sander. My fingernails know your pain.

Oh the joys of spending Hrs on a project only to see it crash and burn,I feel your pain happens to me all the time.carry on

The difficulty just makes you appreciate the end result more. I glued a scale to my hand mid-way through doing my first CA finish. Eventually I got everything sorted out and I'm mighty fond of that razor now.

Originally Posted by Ecl

The difficulty just makes you appreciate the end result more. I glued a scale to my hand mid-way through doing my first CA finish. Eventually I got everything sorted out and I'm mighty fond of that razor now.

Would you say you're... attached to it?

Originally Posted by ScienceGuy

Would you say you're... attached to it?

Just can't seem to put it down. No matter how hard I try.

I am glad I still have my finger tips. I think if/when I decide to try this again I will just make a new set cause the other one is rather wobbly around the edges the closer I looked at it. Those fusion scales give me loads of ideas. I like the look of some of them. Seems like they would be a challenge and fun to do.

I have had some issue like this before. I recommend you turn any "rejects" into earring for the wife. This will add weight to your argument regarding purchasing new wood supplies. When the wife is happy, we are all happy