Thread: Spacers.

My question for the folks that know is on a lot of the older razors next to the blade on both sides of the blade there is an exstremly thin spacer. Is there a place to order them. so far I have been making my own by using brass washers that are thicker and beating them out with a hammer then redrilling the hole to 1/16 and sanding them to the same size. any ideas out there.

PM me your address and I'll send you some, I have more than I'll ever need.

Roger are you referring to the thrust washer inside at the pivot? Tc

I do the same thing, a PITA but if you make a bunch of them at the same time it's not so bad. Drilling a hole through a piece of steel plate and using a corresponding punch I'm sure you could get some thin brass sheet and make some that way. Maybe I'll try that.....

I order mine from microfasteners.com. When I originally had to replace some in my first straight, I took a picture, emailed it to them, and they told me the exact ones I needed. Plus, they're priced really well.

Yea, microfastners, hit them with a hammer, the hole size should not change, if it does a 1/16 in drill in a pin vise will resize it, takes a second.

Here is the low down on How to, When and Where.

Originally Posted by tcrideshd

Roger are you referring to the thrust washer inside at the pivot? Tc

Yes. the older ones are so thin. I have a few I got from Maggard but there fairly thick. I have been taking them and using a hammer flattening them to less that 1/2 there thickness the redrilling the hole and rounding them out on a belt sander. pain in the well you know.

They don’t need to be perfectly round unless the scales are translucent.

These are easy mate
Drill 1/16" holes in some 10 thou" or less brass shim plate then use a paper ring file punch to punch them out with the hole centred
This usually curls the shim when punched but easily taps back flat on your pinning anvil
Then a quick rub on some 1k or more grit wrt & dry to clean up
Job done
Or you can peen the #0 washers thiner