Thread: Managed to screw up

Dremels and other powertools are evil. At least when things go wrong. They make work go much faster, but when you screw up, you screw up faster too.

Today, I decided to use my multitool (cheap Dremel-like ripoff) with a wire brush to clean out the jimps on the three remaining "good" blades I have from the eBay haul, and then I used a nylon brush attachment to remove some stuff on the blades themselves. Worked great, until I managed to hit the toe of one of the blades with the metal center of the nylon brush attachment. I heard a "ping" noise and realized the toe was gone. A chunk of the tip of the blade had disappeared, and I have no idea where it went. I'll probably find it next time I clean my hobby room, probably in an unlikely place. At least it managed to miss me completely when it flew off.

So, now I have another ruined (?) blade to do evil experiments on... It was the blade with heavy pitting along the edge, so I suppose it was the "right" blade to screw up on...

/Nicholas

I had a felt pad that was off center that beat up a good blade as well. I'm trying to find a way to get around these issues ...

chipped half inch of the tip of one razor, too...

been there, done that

Blades can be shortened, you know. Matter of fact, some senior members here have said that they like a short blade, as short as 1.5" (this is too short for me but 2" is OK)

Cheers
Ivo

That sucks man. You should be able to regrind it to a smaller size, I just have not done this myself yet.

Try hitting up some sr. members

Goodluck.

The only tool I have to regrind it with would be my belt/disc sander. Don't know if that would work, though. But since it's "ruined" anyway, I might as well give it a go.

Originally Posted by minstrel

The only tool I have to regrind it with would be my belt/disc sander. Don't know if that would work, though. But since it's "ruined" anyway, I might as well give it a go.

yeah, you can't do any worse... really.

Handsanding you should, young padawan.
Guard ourselves against the temptations of the powertool we must at all times.

Use the force, young padawan, uussseeee the foooooorccee...

If it's up at the tip you might be able to save time and grind it into a different shape like a round point. You could do it on a belt but the tip has a fair amount of steel on it at the spine (might take a while), I would roll with a grinding wheel being careful when getting close to the thin of the blades edge. Then buff out the grit striations with a buffing wheel, or (dremel felt wheel) with an emery buffing compound. You can also lightly shape the tip to edge with a dremel felt wheel at lower speeds.

Well, I might have been able to "save" the blade. I used a disc sander to - gently - grind down the tip (what was left of it) to a rounded point. It remains to be seen how well that works.