All About Pocket Knives

When thinning bone scales, how do you guys hold the scale on the sander to keep it from going airborne or leaving your fingerprints and blood on the sander? I am going to try double sided foam tape. Some of the bone scales need just a bit of thinning, while the layered wood scales need a whole bunch of thinning. Any tips will be appreciated.
Thanks, Randy

usually for me it's the latter. I rarely have to trim my fingernails and my left thumb lacks a fingerprint most of the time

Jewelers "dob sticks" would be a good way to save your fingerprints.
There nothing more than a wooden dowel used with a hard setting jewelers wax.
Just use a Bunsen burner (alcohol burner) to heat the wax.

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..... Joe

Silly putty on a stick might work too.

Hot melt glue them to a board slightly bigger then the scales. As long as you don't heat 'em up beyond the release point it works great. They'll pop right off and clean-up easily when you're done.

WB

Iron Hoarder wrote:Silly putty on a stick might work too.

Silllllllly Putttttty!!!!
I've never had by butt whipped so hard as when that stuff got into the shag carpet.

...... Joe

For thinning scales (wood, bone, etc), I use my tabletop belt sander. It has a stop on it that the material can rest against, and I can bring the material down onto it from above. I can put pressure on it if needed, or just let it lightly ride over the belt.

I do use mechanics gloves sometimes, and the fingertips are pretty well sanded off.

Glenn