Thread: What are you working on?

You don't even have to do that. At least on the ones on the steering wheel there is a yellow wire that runs down the column with a connector underneath the knee panel. Then there's another connector on the back of the airbag once you get it off the wheel. You just want to ground yourself before you handle it, at least if it's very dry. For years I disconnected them without a grounding strap but I don't do it anymore. If I made a list of all the things I did when I was young and dumb that I wouldn't do now there wouldn't be enough paper in the world to write it on. Anyway, you have an ordnance in your hand once you disconnect it from the steering wheel and enough static electricity can make the thing deploy

I always pull the battery and turn on the headlights for a bit to discharge everything before I mess with a dash.
Leaving the driver's module out for a drive renders the whole system inoperative and the airbag light on.
After returning and having the wheel straight, I do the battery and light thing again before tightening the wheel and reinstalling the module. I am sure to never touch the terminals on the module side.
Light goes out as power is restored.

The older I get the more precautions seem prudent to me. Airbags are no exception. I have no idea how many dozens of airbags I have pulled to get an ignition lock out of a column or do steering column repairs. The first time or two I was nervous but then it gets to the point where it becomes old hat and you become complacent. Fortunately there's usually not that much static electricity in the air in Florida except in the winter months when it's very dry which is a very short window also. I haven't pulled one for a while but got a job for one to do a steering wheel / airbag pull the other day. The job canceled but I would probably have pulled the battery cable and done a hard reset to kill all the capacitors had that one come through. And the old days I would never have done that. I only started using a ground strap on myself in the last 15 years or so. I figure that playing Russian roulette there are only so many empty chambers. You can only tempt fate so many times and I've never had one blow yet so my chances are running out. As a rule of thumb, when in doubt use the precaution, even if it seems redundant or unnecessary.

Okay, how's this?


Inked the edge and did 2 strokes on either side.

Edit: that's off a 1k.

do you have trouble colouring in the lines Paul

I know my ink lines are ugly as hell. I need the jumbo wide marker so I can do it in one swath.

Originally Posted by PaulFLUS

Okay,
Inked the edge and did 2 strokes on either side.

Edit: that's off a 1k.

Looks good to me. The bevel could be smaller but if you’ve had enough I’d call it. Helluva a job for a regrind with the tools you’ve described, imho.

Is that without tape? Will you be honing with tape? If so the bevel will get smaller but marginally so.

To quote Bartles & Jaymes "Thank you for your support." That is without tape and yes I will be honing with tape. I honestly haven't decided if I'm done yet or not. Typically with a new endeavor I will decide I am done several times before (and if) I decide it's actually done. I often get afflicted with the can't leave well enough alone bug. Although I must say that this came out a lot better than I expected that it might, to this point at least.

I think I would be very happy with that. My regrind skills are weak, and too often I’ve gone too far.

Yeah, the more water goes under the bridge the more I think that I will concentrate my energy on sanding out the rest of the pits on the tang and tail which really stand out now next to that freshly re-ground blade face. I too have thought about the possibility of going too far which I definitely don't want to do. I really really wanted this V crown R razor just because of what it is and knew that I was taking a chance even though the pictures weren't really very good. As it turns out it was in worse condition than I thought which is why I decided to go ahead and regrind it because otherwise it was a total loss. I'm still torn with those scales because they have a lot of delamination but they are wedgeless scales which I really like so I guess we'll see once those come apart what I can do with them. I'm hoping that soaking, sanding, pressing and neatsfoot will help bring them back enough to make them worthy of keeping.