Thread: My homemade smilers

Nice thin grinding!

Very nicely done! Did this one involve any Bondo?

Originally Posted by randydance062449

Nice thin grinding!

Thanks Randy. Those 18" belts that you gave me are working well on the mandrel I made for them. They last very long even doing heavy general shop grinding.

Originally Posted by Utopian

Very nicely done! Did this one involve any Bondo?

You mean 'polyester based fixturing putty'.....of course.http://straightrazorpalace.com/get-togethers-meetings/117297-north-central-texas-meet-3.html

Originally Posted by RezDog

are you making those on the little one wheel grinder that was in the Texas meet thread? I really like the grinder and have been slowly putting together stuff with the intent of something similar, although I had not intended it for making razors, but sharpening chisels, but ever since that thread it has gotten me thinking...

The red scaled one is the razor that I did at the Texas meet with the bench grinder and small belt mandrel. The newest razor was done on the 2 x 72 grinder that I just built.

Nice job Bluesman!

Originally Posted by Pringr

Nice job Bluesman!

Thank you.

Beautiful Str8s. I've never seen a chessboard on scales before.

Originally Posted by JP5

Beautiful Str8s. I've never seen a chessboard on scales before.

Yeah, that turned out to be a lucky accident. It was my first try at making micarta. After I improved my fabrication methods I was never able to laminate prints in the same way.