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Thread: Best procedure to 're-round' the pivot hole using brass sleeve insert?

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    Quote Originally Posted by sharptonn View Post
    Oh, Pixel?? I DID mention the absence of thrust washers in old Sheffields. I know not what you mean by overtightening a pivot to compensate for a "oversized" hole which is not oversized. It is the original hole put in by the maker which has been fine for 100+ years! It is just larger than you like 100+ years later as you see it out of the scales, that's all.
    Right is right and wrong is wrong. Fact: Old Sheffields came with punched irregular holes. You cannot argue that this statement is indeed true, or in other words, right! Nothing wrong about it, buddy!
    Not the intention of this thread and certainly seems a futile subject with some.
    I shall now 'wobble and click' out of this thread and take my huge, irregular pivot holes with me.
    My apologies to the OP for my apparent role in derailing the original discussion!
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    calm down my friend,have had my share of loose holes,I like tight holes have a great night.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rvrboy17 View Post
    Would this be better than using a hardened epoxy with a hole? Or is it mainly preference?
    Epoxy will work, just remember that if you lay the tang down flat, your 90° drill press won't be going through the tang at 90° on many razors due to the sides of the tang not being parallel. I used to epoxy mine when I needed to fill a large hole, but have not done so for quite a while. No particular reason other than having some tubing lying around. I suspect another part of the reason was me having doubts about how durable the epoxy would be in the long run, but I suspect they will all long outlive me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cangooner View Post
    Epoxy will work, just remember that if you lay the tang down flat, your 90° drill press won't be going through the tang at 90° on many razors due to the sides of the tang not being parallel. I used to epoxy mine when I needed to fill a large hole, but have not done so for quite a while. No particular reason other than having some tubing lying around. I suspect another part of the reason was me having doubts about how durable the epoxy would be in the long run, but I suspect they will all long outlive me.
    Im still making the scales of my first restore. I haven't looked closely at the tang enough yet to notice the angle. So by doing the brass tube, it, in theory, retains the angle... Assuming you don't have to drill the hole out to fit the tube. Thanks!

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