Thread: What are you working on?

My Laser isn’t strong enough for any metal work. As Jerry mentioned, those rigs are thousands of dollars. Organic materials or plastics yup, but no metal cutting on mine.
Best I could do is etch it slightly, maybe, but I suppose I could use the lines for dremel and tin snip type work..

Thanks for the idea..

Originally Posted by JP5

If you have honed them with 3 layers of tape, do you strop any differently? Or use only hanging strops since they have more give to them?

Were only talking 10-14 thousands of an inch. So I strop as normal, on a hanging strop. That's all I use.

Small space crumbcatcher..........

One way to do it: for a steel bench...
Leather welding apron and tarp tie downs About $12 on special A strong magnet of some type ( asure that the bare magnet can actually meet bare/ painted bench metal.

This is a solution for metal benches. I can move it around to a bit of angle and still open the built in drawers of the bench. With the "V" block i can saw, file,and sand,without getting much on the floor. file, sand,without getting much dust/ crumbs on the floor

Just a possibility suggested by "TinTin." Thanks!
~Richard
PS, A good way to not cut yourself with dropped sharps, Xactos, picks, Blades and keep more stuff off the floor!
PPS. Yes, that is my sleep space; only place to lay the apron out, and my work space.

Thanks Richard! I am always interested in seeing tricks to make tasks easier, more efficient.
I'm notorious for taking over a space and totally cluttering and trashing it up with my project.
Also, the floors are tile, not a good place to drop a blade..
Your magnetic apron would probably save a blade.

Originally Posted by MikeT

Thanks Richard! I am always interested in seeing tricks to make tasks easier, more efficient.
I'm notorious for taking over a space and totally cluttering and trashing it up with my project.
Also, the floors are tile, not a good place to drop a blade..
Your magnetic apron would probably save a blade.

Thanks, Tin Tin's form would work well on most benches.
The idea has been around for centuries. Adding the magnets is just another stage of specialized customization.
The metal smiths use organic materials so they can be kiln burned and the trapped metals be recycled. Some jewelry benches have canvas in a frame which is pulled out to do the same purpose. My situation would not allow that.
~Richard

There’s a similar “beard bib” for catching trimmings before they hit the bathroom sink.

Got more work done on those scales. I though abouy scrapping them and starting fresh with some black acrylic, but I really liked the shape that I had ended up with, so I stuck with it.

No good pictures of the pivot, but this whole thing is curves and misalignment all over. I rushed into drilling and have no decent way yo tell if I'm drilling vertical or not. Doesn't help that I found out my work bench is rotten and softer than a chinchilla...









Someone tried to sharpen it with a dremel or something, but mist of it honed out to a nice smiler.

Edit: Had some issues with dremel gouges (forgot I had a finer grit drum for after the major material hogging) and attempted to use the dremel polishing disc (see a trend?) That ending up being super gougy with super light touch. Hopefully I won't forget next time. Got a bunch more razors that need new scales, so plenty of work, just can't ake over a year between rescales.

Looks mighty fine John.
I like the scales and the minimal hone wear.
That has a long life ahead.

Great job!

Pete <:-}

The drimmel gives me fits too. Guess it takes a finer hand or more practice that we have right now. Its still a nice looking razor. The bevel is not too bad looking either.

Originally Posted by dinnermint

Got more work done on those scales. I though abouy scrapping them and starting fresh with some black acrylic, but I really liked the shape that I had ended up with, so I stuck with it.

No good pictures of the pivot, but this whole thing is curves and misalignment all over. I rushed into drilling and have no decent way yo tell if I'm drilling vertical or not. Doesn't help that I found out my work bench is rotten and softer than a chinchilla...


Someone tried to sharpen it with a dremel or something, but mist of it honed out to a nice smiler.

Edit: Had some issues with dremel gouges (forgot I had a finer grit drum for after the major material hogging) and attempted to use the dremel polishing disc (see a trend?) That ending up being super gougy with super light touch. Hopefully I won't forget next time. Got a bunch more razors that need new scales, so plenty of work, just can't ake over a year between rescales.

Even with a nice drill press and the best tools, aligning drill holes, centering blades, wedges etc can be Royal pain in the a*s....
Looks good BTW.