Thread: What are you working on?

Edging around my goatee with whatever SR I'm using has never been a problem for me, but touching up around my handlebar 'tache causes a few issues. I needed a smaller, shorter, easier to handle SR to very carefully trim my 'tache just a couple of mm above my top lip and to avoid cutting into the longer handlebar areas. Hence this little project...

I bought a cheap, damaged 42 Garantie Paris 4/8 razor. I slowly cut the blade down to 1.3ins (35mm), rounded the spine but left a spike point. I cut it slowly, stopping and starting to avoid heat build up. It was then polished on progressive compounds. The next step is to make some new scales, then hone, strop and use! The last pic shows how small it is next to a Union Cutlery Spike.

Looks good!

Let us know how it works out.

WHOA that is cutest little thing I ever saw can not wait to see it scaled up.

It is like father and son

Love the shorties.

Originally Posted by nightcap

I spent the day building a workbench. The next steps will be to plane and seal the top and purchase a front vise. It is very sturdy and should serve me well.

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This weekend I planed and oiled my workbench, I also installed a front vise from Lee Valley, (which required turning a handle).

I like your bench : But I love the way the legs are connected with the cross braces. I bet it took a lot of figuring to get those mortises just right.

Originally Posted by cudarunner

I like your bench : But I love the way the legs are connected with the cross braces. I bet it took a lot of figuring to get those mortises just right.

Thank you, unfortunately I did not have time for traditional joinery, however I plan on building a more traditional bench at some point. This one is very solid though, with threaded rod running under or through the cross braces.

I adapted the plans from here: Still don't have a workbench? This one is easy - FineWoodworking

Very Nice Work Bench, Ty

Great little razor there, fine job shrinking it down to your needs.

That is one beautiful bench too, fine work

Nice work bench indeed. I went with something similar when I built my basement woodshop.
Since added an ikea butcher block unit and a few smaller work stns. Need a bigger shop now.

I've been in the vacuum/mold area working on improving some of my centering jigs for the bullet brush.
Biggest cause of failures on the prototypes has always been the few degrees skew I could encounter between placing the round in the mold and actually curing the mold. Used wood forms as my base plates and acrylic tubes for my molds. Occurred to me to reuse some of the first ones I made as disposable centering jigs.

And here's sort of how it will hold everything together in the mold. This is a used mold, just for examples sake. Note how they split during the curing step every time. Slight expansion I presume.

Think as long as I can keep the base profiled to set the brass 'up in the unrethane' as you can sort of see in the first pic on the piece of mahogany base plate, with a touch of CA on that middle step, it should work out much more consistently..
If I can stop the skew, these become a lot less hit and miss to create.
Anyway, have a good Family day holiday if you are up here. Get back to your Monday dull drums if you are States side.