Thread: What are you working on?

Gorgeous. You have always done some amazingly & beautiful extraordinary work Thaeris.

Nice, Thaeris!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Nice, Thaeris!

That’s a fact.

Thaeris, that is a trifecta of fancy I've never seen combined on one razor before.

Hey! I finally finished that magnetic chuck, and even did some work on it:
I used a kitchen dough scraper for the steel part, and at first, being afraid the rare earth magnets would be too strong, I took magnets that were too small:




only after I've put much stronger magnets it became workable:



and the final result (after polishing a couple of razors on it):



It really makes a difference both in convenience and in work safety - highly recommended.
Many thanks to all the members here who mentioned and published their versions of the chuck, that I've imitated.

Originally Posted by Thaeris

Last one, Mop, tortoise and ivory on aluminium.

Sterling pins and inlay.

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Damn! Double Damn!!

Originally Posted by dimab

Hey! I finally finished that magnetic chuck, and even did some work on it:
I used a kitchen dough scraper for the steel part, and at first, being afraid the rare earth magnets would be too strong, I took magnets that were too small:




only after I've put much stronger magnets it became workable:



and the final result (after polishing a couple of razors on it):



It really makes a difference both in convenience and in work safety - highly recommended.
Many thanks to all the members here who mentioned and published their versions of the chuck, that I've imitated.

Okay Dimab I give up. What is a magnetic chuck? What is its purpose? I can't figure this one out....

Originally Posted by Johntoad57

Okay Dimab I give up. What is a magnetic chuck? What is its purpose? I can't figure this one out....

It holds the blade for you when polishing with sand paper, so you can work with two hands. As a nice addition, you reduce the risk of cutting yourself and chipping the blade.

Magnetic chucks have been around for years. I used to sharpen oilfield machine shop tools for a friend & his dad. It was his dads shop & they had a couple of surface grinders with magnetic chucks for when you need to hold something down & grind the surface flat. I remember back when we were riding dirt bike & one sheared a key on the magneto rotor. It was on a Sunday so we went to the auto parts & got a woodruff key that was closest to it but it was a little bit too thick so we went to the shop & used the magnetic chuck to hold the key & ground it down to the exact size we needed in no time. Of course we had to take very little off at a time or the grinding wheel would grab the key & it would go flying. We did buy a couple spares in case one got lost. His dad had machines in there that came off war ships because they had machine shops on them for repairs. Another one came out of the Springfield Armory.

Nice work Dimab. I wish I had one of those magnetic Chuck's. I usually forget what they called. Maybe I've heard a couple different names. Is there any danger to full holllows on these? Seems like pull of the magnets and pressure from sanding could damage the blade.

Originally Posted by engine46

Magnetic chucks have been around for years. I used to sharpen oilfield machine shop tools for a friend & his dad. It was his dads shop & they had a couple of surface grinders with magnetic chucks for when you need to hold something down & grind the surface flat. I remember back when we were riding dirt bike & one sheared a key on the magneto rotor. It was on a Sunday so we went to the auto parts & got a woodruff key that was closest to it but it was a little bit too thick so we went to the shop & used the magnetic chuck to hold the key & ground it down to the exact size we needed in no time. Of course we had to take very little off at a time or the grinding wheel would grab the key & it would go flying. We did buy a couple spares in case one got lost. His dad had machines in there that came off war ships because they had machine shops on them for repairs. Another one came out of the Springfield Armory.

That must have been some heavy duty equipment!!