Shield inlay troubles

Neat , precise way to go! I may never use but I always was looking for a good way to go that I could understand and follow.
Thanks. Frank
 
Frank actually that package is from the one I cut the cavity in the wood with. That christmas tree shaped cutter is solid carbide
and I use it in my pivot pin hole. Also to cut down into the hole in the cavity because I leave the fillet on the silver braze job on
the pin.
Jason- the stock is .040 same thing I use for liners
Ken.
 
Many thanks, Ken. I do recognize that makers may use such a shape to prepare the hole for the pivot.
Frank
 
Well about an hour later I got something close.
Thanks for the tutorial.

Funny how you can see more flaws in a picture...
I'll have to tune up a few areas.

 
Very nice shape!
Thanks Ken, why do you rap with the hammer+round bar? To spread the edges into the plate?
 
ok, i got it! Since the thin stock used for the shield, doming the shield is safer than just grinding it flush together with the scale, right? Also useful when inlaying white scales such as ivory when you also have smearing dirt issues and over heating concerns while dressing the already pinned shield surfaces....very useful tip, thanks a lot!!
 
Ken so I take it the bit not the shaft of the but rides against the template ?
So soul a slight angle in the template save the bottom half of the cutter?
 
Taximanny said:
Ken so I take it the bit not the shaft of the but rides against the template ?
So soul a slight angle in the template save the bottom half of the cutter?
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Yeah the cutter actually rides inside the cavity. The cutters are cheap enough that after a half dozen
knives or so I pitch them. I'm sure by grinding them to half height and keeping cool you could get a
bit more life out of them.
Ken.
 
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