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    Quote Originally Posted by sharptonn View Post
    Should be cool! I saw where someone made a handle assembly a while back on the 'Gentlemen's Set'. Did a smashing job.
    Altus did.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Thaeris View Post
    Altus did.
    Yes and it came out really good, post 205 in this thread, http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...ml#post1388728

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    Quote Originally Posted by Martin103 View Post
    Yes and it came out really good, post 205 in this thread, http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...ml#post1388728
    It is beautiful. I don't recall seeing details of the mechanism though?

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    Finally starting to get through some old projects, and working on finishing this one. I got some brass sheet and a chunk of brass-plated mild steel from some sort of cabinet component from the flea market for a dollar and worked out a locking mechanism. I cut out the main body, and cut a channel for the spring. I ended up using a bobby pin, which turned out to be a nice piece of spring steel for the application (I did it Edison-style and figured out a number of things that DON'T work well for the lock first). Lined it up with the channel and used a vice to press-fit it in:

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    It's designed so that you can use one of the other razors to release the spring:

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    The whole thing is sandwiched between two brass plates and held together with peened rivets just like making scales, though the holes in the brass plates are countersunk and the pins filed flat:

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    Then the remaining bits needed to be filed down and everything was sanded and polished. It works well, with a satisfying click when you put the blades in. The tolerance is small so the rest of the blades need to be filed down a hair to fit, but I'm making progress and really happy with the results. Looking at it, I realize it would not be hard at all to make it a button-type release as is common with a lot of other sets like this. I'll probably do that if I make another of these. I trashpicked an old mirror and cut it down to fit the box as well.

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    On a final note, here is a quick sketch of an idea for a permanent button for release. It would be a fitted piece of brass trapped within a notch cut in the bottom piece of the frame, and can slide up to move the spring:

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    That's a nice bit of engineering! Awesome that you used found pieces to make it. That's fantastic work and looks great too. I like the button idea but I like the one you have there too, with using a different blade to pop it out. It's so cool
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    Very cool, I may squirrel that away for a future project....
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    Quote Originally Posted by MileMarker60 View Post
    Very cool, I may squirrel that away for a future project....
    I think it would be very cool to make a completely modern set in this style.
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