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sharptonn Matching up scale halves 06-02-2014, 11:37 PM
Wolfpack34 Great Tutorial Tom! I really... 06-02-2014, 11:57 PM
sharptonn Thank you, Mike! Indeed,... 06-03-2014, 12:17 AM
pixelfixed Great writup and a good... 06-03-2014, 12:48 AM
sharptonn Thanks, Pixel! Yes, Bill, a... 06-03-2014, 01:07 AM
pixelfixed The new edict is not yet cast... 06-03-2014, 01:38 AM
Anthony1954 Never seen an elephant play... 06-03-2014, 05:34 AM
RezDog They are very cultured, some... 06-03-2014, 05:43 AM
Neil Miller Excellent picture/word... 06-03-2014, 08:42 AM
gssixgun Thank You Tom for the nicely... 06-03-2014, 01:42 PM
Neil Miller Cor! Glen posted you in a... 06-03-2014, 03:30 PM
RezDog I don't know why Neil quoted... 06-03-2014, 02:27 PM
sharptonn Neil gets a bit 'fluid' as... 06-03-2014, 03:15 PM
Neil Miller How on earth did you know my... 06-03-2014, 03:22 PM
Neil Miller I don't know either, Shaun! ... 06-03-2014, 03:34 PM
RezDog Well Neil, if you don't have... 06-03-2014, 03:36 PM
sharptonn Back on track, Unpinning the... 06-03-2014, 06:04 PM
RezDog I have no idea how you are... 06-03-2014, 07:04 PM
sharptonn That is how I do it. There is... 06-03-2014, 08:01 PM
sharptonn So after unpinning the razor,... 06-03-2014, 08:12 PM
sharptonn I found a busted scale which... 06-04-2014, 12:37 AM
pixelfixed Great stuff, just a... 06-04-2014, 02:02 AM
sharptonn Good thought, Pixel! The... 06-04-2014, 02:19 AM
10Pups I know this is an ivory scale... 06-04-2014, 02:24 AM
sharptonn Thanks! Indeed yes! :) At... 06-04-2014, 02:36 AM
pixelfixed Nobody but me, and you would... 06-04-2014, 03:25 AM
Martin103 A sincere "Thanks" for taking... 06-04-2014, 03:53 AM
Tarkus Thomas A wonderful tutorial... 06-04-2014, 10:34 PM
10Pups He holds the cam in his mouth... 06-04-2014, 02:18 AM
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    I found a busted scale which was very flat on top and lined out a few wedges. Drilled the pin-holes carefully on the drill press. Then, I used a dremel cut-off wheel to roughly cut them out. Sanded the contour flat on the inside edges.
    I use a rod to guide the scale onto the wedge with CA on the wedge. First, I practiced. Everything you do, I would recommend practicing first! It is more correct to slightly cant the wedge inside edge angled away at the top, closer in at the bottom of the scale. Press hard and clamp for a few minutes. YES, that is a bit of my fingerprint stuck to the one on the left! It was a bugger pulling my finger off! It will sand off!

    So as I test fit the blades with the nuts and bolts, I can disassemble them as necessary and sand the wedges on the other side using the scale as a handle on sandpaper/flat surface until all fits properly. I don't look for much issue as the original wedges had little or no taper to them.
    I will pin the whole razors and then work by hand to sand the wedges flush and then polish.
    All for today. Tomorrow I shall work on the blades. One has nasty pitting on the backside tang. Have to be careful sanding there as it may change tang to scale geometry if I go too much. Otherwise, the blades are pretty good.
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