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First I Make my Escutcheon piece you can make it any shape or size I pre drilled the holes, one reason is you can insert a pin to remove the part once in place easier, you can do this later Place the part On your handle material and scribe a line as close to the parts as possible |
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If you rub the scribed line
with a dirty finger you can see it better.
Notice The pin,
I notch them so the epoxy holds better get most the material out with a Dremel or a mill to a depth a little less then your part is thick, this one 1/8" I get as close as I can to the line with the Dremel with a #196 bit, checking for fit as I go. then I use an exac-to knife to shave out fine pieces until the part fits |
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Epoxy the part in place then let it set up, then I file it down close to the ( in this case) Micarta |
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Now you can drill your holes, fit, mark and make your pins, Epoxy them in, you can peen the pins over if these are the only pins that will hold the scales on. |
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Pins in place |
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File or sand it all flush and finish as you normally would. |
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I made this one Antique looking and used steel pins |
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