Thread: What are you working on?

It took me 3 years to figure this out when i could have just watched this video or spent 15 mins with a razor maker. I developed another way to create a nice bevel but this way is by far the best and most precise.
I use this method on a 240 grit, then go 400 +

Originally Posted by JOB15

It took me 3 years to figure this out when i could have just watched this video or spent 15 mins with a razor maker. I developed another way to create a nice bevel but this way is by far the best and most precise.
I use this method on a 240 grit, then go 400 +

Here I am Joseph, I stand ready to be instructed.

Originally Posted by STF

Here I am Joseph, I stand ready to be instructed.

Firstly I will require your sort code

That makes no sense, you will require mine..

Originally Posted by PaulFLUS

Awesome! Thanks again for doing all of that and finding the video. I'll study that intently.
Concerning your comment earlier about whether this was old news, I have made a couple of attempts to make a razor out of an old file which have failed but I've never really tried regrinding beyond some pretty minor spot repairs. This one was basically a paperweight otherwise. As to your offer for junk razors, I feel certain I have at least one or two. Lord knows I have a slew of them that need to become wind chimes that came with lots I bought specifically for one or two razors in the bunch. I will definitely keep that offer in mind though and I certainly appreciate your generosity.
I didn't really start this with the intention of learning to regrind, just to try to salvage this one but I've been having a lot of fun with it. It is strangely satisfying to watch it take shape as you work on it, getting a little closer every time you stop to look. It makes me think of one of those kids archeology toys where they get a big chunk of stuck together sand and they chip it away and find a dinosaur inside.
I think I may have discovered a new affliction: BSAD, belt sander acquisition disorder. This may also be my opportunity to make that hexe machine I've been threatening to build.
Once again my sincerest gratitude for your kind offer of razors and for all of the helpful instruction sensei.

That’s where I started. My first regrind was on a wood lathe with an mdf wheel and charged with greaseless. Worked for crap but really got me excited. Then there was the Texas meet and the rest is history. A 2x72 is an absolute game changer. Tooling up is more expensive than the frame will ever be.

Stock removal is a good place to start making your own razors. I would buy known steel and start with a simple tool steel that’s hypoeutectic (>.80% carbon), for example 108x and 107x series for heat treating simplicity. If you decide to go the make your own route there are a few of us around here that can heat treat it for you.

Originally Posted by JOB15

Firstly I will require your sort code

That makes no sense, you will require mine..

It's about 4 hours to Pearson Airport in Toronto and an 8 hour plane ride to Heathrow then maybe another hour to your place so I would be really happy if you just explained how to use your new method, I or even better a vid when you are in the mood. I watch all your vids and really like the how to set a bevel and how to hone (I'm subscribed).

If your ever short of ideas, I vote for Coticle honing & Ark honing

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Got it back together last night after receiving the wrong evaporator and doing some stepping to find the correct one.
Some fan belts, oil change, evacuate and charge with a little drive to be certain I centered the steering wheel, I will tighten the wheel and install the airbag. Done.

I don't mind doing these, but I wish I could get 4 back to back while I have the zipper figured out.
All ofem are so different.

While I've never played with air bags, if memory serves, my autobody instructor said that they could be 'shut off' by pulling a certain fuse. How do you prep so the air bag won't go off?

Finally, a decent person
What is it that you want to know STF?
Please don't ask about a true mirror finish on my home made wheels and compounds..

Originally Posted by jfk742

That’s where I started. My first regrind was on a wood lathe with an mdf wheel and charged with greaseless. Worked for crap but really got me excited. Then there was the Texas meet and the rest is history. A 2x72 is an absolute game changer. Tooling up is more expensive than the frame will ever be.

Stock removal is a good place to start making your own razors. I would buy known steel and start with a simple tool steel that’s hypoeutectic (>.80% carbon), for example 108x and 107x series for heat treating simplicity. If you decide to go the make your own route there are a few of us around here that can heat treat it for you.

What I did with the file steel was anneal it in a charcoal chimney stoked by an air mattress inflator. Ground it most of the way then heat treated it back the same way. Then tempered in the toaster oven with an oven thermometer in it. Final grind proved to be where I failed because the file was just not thick enough. I lost too much getting the spine to the right shape. It really wasn't thick enough at full thickness to get much more than about 3/8 so I scrapped that idea.
I think I may have said before that my belt sander is 2x72 but it is a 1x44 so that makes it a little more challenging too. I also have a Craftsman 4x36 combo which is good for scales but not really practical for razor grinding. That is why I want to build a 2x72. I have motors to use but as you said still need the wheels and other tooling.
I haven't looked for it yet but I want to say it was Charlie that posted a YouTube vid of one he made with wood wheels and bearings from the hardware store. The tension was kept by the weight of the motor which was hinged. I'll post it once I find it. Very cool and innovative thinking.

Originally Posted by cudarunner

While I've never played with air bags, if memory serves, my autobody instructor said that they could be 'shut off' by pulling a certain fuse. How do you prep so the air bag won't go off?

Pull the ground of the battery and leave it for ten minutes.

Glad to see my video is useful. I think that one is from the first time I went to TX. It was filmed in Charlie's shop.