tsavickas36
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Hello everyone up to this point I have used single material handles either G10 or stabilized wood. I decided I wanted to start making some cool multi material handle scales.
I started with burled maple, copper spacer, epoxy scale, copper spacer, then burled maple again.
I tried my standard Starbond 5 minute epoxy to start for glueing but when I tried to sand down the handle flat the epoxy let loose.
I tried Starbond Medium CA glue based on another knifemaker's recommendation with the same result.
Is the copper generating too much heat while sanding? I see others use copper, brass and stainless and seem to make it work so I am sure I am doing something incorrectly.
Any advice is always appreciated.
I started with burled maple, copper spacer, epoxy scale, copper spacer, then burled maple again.
I tried my standard Starbond 5 minute epoxy to start for glueing but when I tried to sand down the handle flat the epoxy let loose.
I tried Starbond Medium CA glue based on another knifemaker's recommendation with the same result.
Is the copper generating too much heat while sanding? I see others use copper, brass and stainless and seem to make it work so I am sure I am doing something incorrectly.
Any advice is always appreciated.