Thread: Duh! Centering blades.

Beating your brains out sometimes gives a solution if you don't wreck something first!

Having fits attempting to get an old Griffon centering in some bone scales. Way off-center! Spacers here, there, enlarging pin holes a bit.
Then I thought 'Wish I had some wedge-shaped spacers'. Then I thought, 'I would have to superglue them down, otherwise they would spin and things would be wonkey again!'.

Like a true genius, I roughed them up on a piece of sandpaper, superglued them down and tapered them with my sanding stick. One this way, one that!

Worked a champ! I have messed with tangs and scales constantly to correct this. Why did I not think of it before? I have CA'd spacers to lots of bone and ivory in the past. It never crossed my mind!
I have not seen anyone else do it. NOW you guys are gonna tell me you have been doing it for years!

Haven't done that. Did straighten a couple of tangs but this just might be easier.

Bob

Originally Posted by BobH

Haven't done that. Did straighten a couple of tangs but this just might be easier.

Bob

Probably not a miracle for some, but worked good here. A tiny bit at the pivot translates to a lot at the tip! As an experiment, I even added a thin spacer to each side and it still centers.
Might be handy if it makes a tang or tail hit the scale

Originally Posted by sharptonn

I have not seen anyone else do it. NOW you guys are gonna tell me you have been doing it for years!

Nahh not me. I just relieve the inside of the scales a little that way it doesn't matter if the washers spin.

You can also just sand the inside of the scale and then use a washer like you normally would. Or you can sand the tang right around the pivot. I do like you method, though.

So simple.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Probably not a miracle for some, but worked good here. A tiny bit at the pivot translates to a lot at the tip! As an experiment, I even added a thin spacer to each side and it still centers.
Might be handy if it makes a tang or tail hit the scale

Yup, that is better than taking a chance on shattering a razor. Did that once too straightening a tang.

Bob

Originally Posted by onimaru55

Nahh not me. I just relieve the inside of the scales a little that way it doesn't matter if the washers spin.

I have certainly cobbed up some scales doing that. Don't have the touch! Some sort of woodworking mill with a pilot would be nice. Take an angle and dig in! Saw a fella do that here once. IF ca will stick to your scales, it seems great because you can sand a bit at a time and reassemble with microfasteners to test. Apart, a bit more.
I figure if it gets really thin in the process, another thin washer won't be noticible, and the thing would never spin

Originally Posted by holli4pirating

You can also just sand the inside of the scale and then use a washer like you normally would. Or you can sand the tang right around the pivot. I do like you method, though.

Sanding the scale inside is where I have a problem!
Some old razors may need a combination of the 2!

simple is good tc

As long as the glue holds your good to go. I usually just sand the scales until it works with test pins. If it gets off when pinning then the hammer trick (front of 1 pin back of the other) does it.