SCALES the fast way

[Crispvs]

I just though I would post up a couple of photos of the next stage of things. Making scales is all very well but they are not much use until they are fixed together and mounted on a backing garment.

Here then, is my attempt so far.

First we have the components. The scales are about the same size as the ones we have been talking about but are of a slightly different pattern as you can see. I have been making the staples from copper wire. Each staple is slightly over an inch long and I hold it in the centre with the ends of a pair of needle nosed pliers and bend the ends up by hand. You need to do a couple of trial staples first to make sure they fit the holes in the scales. If they do not, adjust the position of the wire in the pliers. The type of scale I am using has a single hole for attaching it to the backing garment. Each row of scales is backed by a piece of twine, which is enclosed by each staple as it is closed. The twine will be sewn to the backing garment.



Next we have completed rows of scales viewed from front and back. The thread to stitch the scales to the backing garment will pass out through the hole and loop around the twine as it is passed back through the hole again.



Sorry about the low quality of the photos - they were taken with a mobile phone.

Crispvs