Epoxied My First Set of Scales

I buy 36" brass or stainless rod at the local hdwr. store for pins. I pull it across a 220 grit belt, rotating it as I pull it across. Leaves beautiful circumferential grooves which really grip the epoxy. Then, cut the pins to length.
Tim
 
Be careful putting a wax or any other kind of resist on your scales... it works well, just be careful as to not get wax where you want the epoxy to actually stick! ;) :)

Cleaning with only acetone is not going to make your scales pop off. I used acetone only for years, and had to take a few knives apart... they don't want to come apart. The alcohol will just make the bond even better. I did up a little full tang knife recently with buckeye burl scales. When I started shaping the scales, I found a void that went almost to the tang. :grumpy:

I cut the scales off (within ~1/16" of tang) with the bandsaw. Then I tried to chisel the rest off... I ended up GRINDING the rest off.

IME, the very best prep for epoxy is sand-blasting the surfaces.
 
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