Thread: ebay scales

I cover the insides with masking tape before using double sided tape. It makes removal much simpler.

Originally Posted by UKRob

I cover the insides with masking tape before using double sided tape. It makes removal much simpler.

i like this! the hard part is not separating the scales but getting the tape off of them. metho works well to get the sticky stuff off but it still leaves the plastic strip stuck down. so i have been scraping that off with stanley blade, a bit of metho to break down the sticky stuff on the other side and then a quick sand. takes a lot of effort for little reward.

+1 on using masking tape first then the double sided tape
Makes it a damn site easier to kleen them up
I have used this on horn & bone with no problems
Also on acrylic which saves getting it eaten by acetone when you use it to clean up

im trying to make wedges for it, and to put it simply i really suck at it.

i can't get them the same and they take me about 4 hours. im ok for making one for a single razor but i am really struggling to make 7 the same.

the aluminium is not aot as easy to work with as id hoped, its just doesn't want to thin out in anyway. although it does look really nice once its all polished up

Making Wedges - Straight Razor Place Library is the way i have been trying.

lead is crazy easy to work with. I have a roll of fat lead that I got from the tackle department at the store. Drip it onto the tail of the vice with a torch and then hammer it into a wedge. It is very easy to cut the wedge with wire cutter and finish it with a rasp or coarse file. It will plug the file up easily but comes out easily too. Try it it is cheap and easy if you don't agree not much lost.

Originally Posted by dooey

im trying to make wedges for it, and to put it simply i really suck at it.

i can't get them the same and they take me about 4 hours. im ok for making one for a single razor but i am really struggling to make 7 the same.

the aluminium is not aot as easy to work with as id hoped, its just doesn't want to thin out in anyway. although it does look really nice once its all polished up

Making Wedges - Straight Razor Place Library is the way i have been trying.

wow !! and all this time i was fighting with wedges and i never did read this link till now ..lol

Originally Posted by RezDog

lead is crazy easy to work with. I have a roll of fat lead that I got from the tackle department at the store. Drip it onto the tail of the vice with a torch and then hammer it into a wedge. It is very easy to cut the wedge with wire cutter and finish it with a rasp or coarse file. It will plug the file up easily but comes out easily too. Try it it is cheap and easy if you don't agree not much lost.

do you reckon it will be easy to get seven (almost) identical wedges this way?

Originally Posted by RezDog

lead is crazy easy to work with. I have a roll of fat lead that I got from the tackle department at the store. Drip it onto the tail of the vice with a torch and then hammer it into a wedge. It is very easy to cut the wedge with wire cutter and finish it with a rasp or coarse file. It will plug the file up easily but comes out easily too. Try it it is cheap and easy if you don't agree not much lost.

RezDog is right, it is so easy to work with. I can make a lead wedge in just minutes. I have old wheel weights & I cut a piece off & I hammer it on the anvil part of my vise into a wedge shape. I then cut it with wire cutters & then file it to size, sand & polish it & the same can be done with aluminum. I make brass wedges also, same way! I sometimes have to use my belt sander on that sometimes in rare cases but you can still hammer brass into a wedge & form it, file it, sand it smooth, then polish it.

Originally Posted by dooey

do you reckon it will be easy to get seven (almost) identical wedges this way?

Yep, nothing to it!

Originally Posted by dooey

do you reckon it will be easy to get seven (almost) identical wedges this way?

My thought is yes. Although I have never made seven identical wedges. I think it should work out just fine. It works fast and easy so even if you have to scratch a few it will not take much time and any that are too thin you can remelt and try again.