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Title: Never fails
Post by: pintail_drake2004 on August 13, 2008, 03:06:00 PM

Well i was all set to finish my knives and decided to start cutting scales for the handles. I took a nice piece of cherry to start with, had some mesquite, zebrawood, rosewood, purpleheart, etc all lined up to start cutting. The cherry was first-cut out the profile and started to cut the blank in half to form the scales. My bandsaw table is off kiltered! Luckly i caught it quick, so not much of the cherry was ruined. (amof it made some nice pieces for bow tips later). But until i get saw squared up again, i wont be able to finish my knives.   :knothead:

Title: Re: Never fails
Post by: theunluckyhunter on August 13, 2008, 03:16:00 PM

you grind them before cutting the scales???

Title: Re: Never fails
Post by: jindydiver on August 13, 2008, 07:32:00 PM

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Originally posted by theunluckyhunter:
you grind them before cutting the scales???

Doesn't everybody?

I am glad you didn't ruin too much timber. Good stuff cost too much to turn to sawdust for nothing