Thread: Destroing a beautifull rasor

Dremel=BAD!
They are not forgiving AT ALL!

Yes, it hurts when that happens. The use of a Dremel tool to polish razors has been known to cause exactly that problem. Personally I avoid that by hand polishing but have broken a razor in other ways so you are never completely safe when restoring old razors. The bright side is that at least you were able to salvage a usable razor out of the catastrophe.

Bob

Dremel= Straight Razor Tool of Death




Darth Vader carried a Dremel as a backup,,,,,

While a dremel has its uses, it is the number one destroyer of razors.

Dremel: tool of injury to anything or one...I had a metal shop teacher in High School who ran a Dremel grinding wheel across his finger while showing us how to be cautious with power tools....he later moved to teach wood shop where I watched him have his finger yanked into a bench grinder wheel while trying to de-bur a chipped wrench socket by putting it on his finger tip. If the two events hadn't been so bloody and pathetic, I probably would have laughed, but my father raised me to be kind to....(fill in the blank). Needless to say, I learned a lot from the teacher.

Originally Posted by Chevhead

Dremel=BAD!
They are not forgiving AT ALL!

Indeed they aren't. I polished most of my collection with a dremel and broke 1 blade out of 17 now I'm working on turning it into a shorty.

I would rate your experience with Dremels & razors as; very skilled & experienced,,, with a little bit of luck.

yeah thats happened here before in the same way. broke a carbo-magnetic griffon and an old cel-rot king cutter. i've created a jig to avoid dremel damage because i find it very handy for restoration... that being said, i dont use it unless i have to.

The last razor polished, I put a piece of electrical tape on the end just encase and it worked out ok.

Without the help of a Dremel (another power tool was involved) I did completely destroy a beautiful 7/8 Kropp.