Now you have a knife blade with big clunky scales that don't fit. My expectation is that the blade will rust into the ground before the epoxy fails. I don't have a lot of experience with this product, but it intrigues me so I've been experimenting with it. Once your done drilling the locating holes, you can stick pins in the holes to hold the scales together, making it easier to finish the ricasso-sides symmetrically. If I described it well, you'll see how easy it is. Drill the second hole, then add another locating pin. After the first hole is drilled, stick a dowel in it to hold the blade/scale together. You don't want to be finish sanding the outside of the scale, and break through to the hole that you drilled too deep. Extra depth doesn't strengthen it substantially. The hole needs to be shallower than the finished thickness of the scale. Using the Mule blade to locate where you're going to drill the holes in the scales, drill the first one, but not very deep. Since the scales are not yet finished to size, it's easy to drill them perfectly. Get some stainless screws and chop them off so they're shorter than the thickness of the blade plus the intended thickness of your scales. A screw with the head cut off would work just fine, perhaps better. I used locating dowels, as you might use for aligning machine parts, such as transmission cases on an automobile. Did you use wooden dowels for pins or simply glue it?īut if you know a more cunning method I’m all ears.
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