Thread: What are you working on?

Originally Posted by Oldnick

Yes, that is correct.

Very ,very ,cool. Yes, we need details.!!!....please.

Looking good oldnick. You have my attention.

Most bench grinders run a little faster than many would prefer for a buffer, but the big draw back is the shafts tend to be really short, giving you very limited work space. You can get extenders to get them long enough to make them easy to work with.

Originally Posted by sonnythehooligan

It says 3450. Would that be too much for what we're doing?

I mis-typed above. Common for bench grinders to run 3450. 1750 is preferable.
Smallest wheels you can use...go slow.

Those scales look great!
I'll have to take notes on how those were made.

Originally Posted by RezDog

Looking good oldnick. You have my attention.

Most bench grinders run a little faster than many would prefer for a buffer, but the big draw back is the shafts tend to be really short, giving you very limited work space. You can get extenders to get them long enough to make them easy to work with.

Here is a group of the type. you will need to sort it all out as to shaft size and for sure, you will want the big end to be at least 1/2" Small cheap buff usually have a 3/8th to 1/2' hole which expands on the spindle.

SPINDLE-TAPERED-THREADED-POLISHING-BUFFIN

~Richard

Originally Posted by JP5

Those scales look great!
I'll have to take notes on how those were made.

I'll reveal all in a rather lengthy thread I am preparing for the workshop in general. It will be a week or so. You won't have to sharpen your pencil, just print it off.

Originally Posted by Oldnick

Even though I have some work to do before really talk in depth about this, I thought I would go ahead and post what my results have been so far. Although it is rather more two dimensional than the older work that used hand engraved dies, these pressed black horn scales are pretty much where I have wanted to be. The I. Barber blade still requires some work before I attempt to pin it into one or the other designs, and I have to figure out how to carefully peen with that relief being there. Once I get a razor finished, I'll detail the process used. Attachment 287554Attachment 287555Attachment 287556

Definitely interested on how you did this. I look forward to your dissertation!

Looking forward to it, thanks!
~Richard

A bit mundane after that, some hard-rubber Torrey scales.


A light scrub with barkeep's friend and a soft toothbrush, inside and out.
Decided against any buffing or polishing. Too crisp.
Slathered in 3M Silicone....
I will unpin the bottom, I think.

Looking forward to the reading of how you made the scales. Those look great Oldnick!

Those rubber scales look to be in such good shape I'm glad you didn't put them on the buffer. Might have taken away from the crispness of the lines. Good job on those. Get some shine after the oil and I think you will have a winning set, Tom.

My buffer runs fast too. I went with 4" wheels. According to my math, it brought it down to around 1800. 3" wheels might be a little hard to work with being so small. But, you don't know until you try. Good luck on the grinder makeover sonnythehooligan.

I did a few things this weekend. I'll start off by saying I found this 9" bandsaw at the pawn shop. Picked it up for $48.00.



After getting it home and doing some adjusting I found that no matter how I went about it, It would not cut straight. Made a fence out of a board and C-clamps and was cutting a 2X4 up into 1/8 blanks and it would just not do the job even close enough for some belt sanding to fix. So I took it back and got my money back.
More to come...