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I sometimes envy you people in the States - but then I remember Donald and Hilary.:dropjaw:

Now my next question is - would anyone be prepared to pick up a pack or two for me and post them to the UK?

Hi Outback - that's a really small washer - did you make them yourself?

Not even the wife swapping ones?

Here's a link to scale casting:

http://straightrazorpalace.com/workshop/87514-tutorial-casting-resin-scales.html

I assumed the DE Pew razor was English - however the patent taken out in the US (June 1882) states William De Pew of New York City. The link below also shows a Joseph Rodgers - so maybe they were...

That looks so much like my De Pews - I'm thinking the similarity cannot be coincidental, but I've never seen a Rodgers like it - and you don't see too many examples of the De Pews either.
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Once you move off the grease less you need to consider what type of mop you use - for the first grade of compound you are best with a sisal mop - this may help with polishing out the 600 marks...

What you could consider is taking the broken pieces off right back to the separators - that way it will be easier to hide the join and you will gave all new MOP for drilling and peening.

I have no...

I think 2 looks good - I assume you will taper in both the top/bottom and front/back planes?

Hi Outback. Hope you're feeling OK now. Fortunately, fitting stents is no big issue and preferable to surgery in that recovery time is much quicker.

Hi Outback. Thanks for thinking of me - however I think I'll try and find some track over here to save the shipping.

We have railways all right - this is a quote from a book I was reading just...

I catch up with this thread at least twice a day - and each time there's at least 4 pages to read - great stuff. I'm just hoping I'll be able to contribute at some time.

By the way, I'm thinking...

I thought it was Franklin who was the prime mover in simplified spelling.

Hi Mike. What does a variable speed sander look like? It sounds like a fine tool to have at hand.

Thanks Shaun. It was tempered steel so still very strong even though I'd taken off a lot of material. I used a dremel and various grinding bits and got down to that shape quite quickly.

Tom, this reminded me of something similar that I did a couple of years ago. It was not such a big task as I thought it would be. It started as a microtome which I decided to cut down and add a...

That's the great thing about 40 denier tights eh Mike.

I too have broken a blade when trying this - I believe it was a cast blade.

On a recent renovation I faced the problem of the blade pulling to one side quite severely - so I tried Tom's approach...

Thanks Tom. I use this Luthier's friend and door wedges depending on the angle I want - here's a couple of pictures showing the set up first and then more detail. Whichever door wedge I used for the...

I try and keep the pin hole quite snug on the wedge - the reason being that with some material that don't flex very well, the extra effort required to make sure the scales are flush against the sides...

Hope you don't mind me poking my nose in here chaps - but one thought about wedges when drilling them. If you put them on a flat surface and use a pillar drill you will not be drilling at 90 degrees....