Quote Originally Posted by Gasman View Post
Saving the collars takes practice. This is why you should start with junkers or razors that you don't care if you destroy the collars or scales. As unpinning can be tough to do cleanly. I use a drill press and centering bits. A device to hold scales, magnification, and a bright light. But that's what I need to do the job. Not everyone has to go that far. I try and reuse all collars. Even just the tiny cups as they can be saved and reused too.
Here is a tip for ya. Polish the collars before unpinning. This saves you a lot of work trying to hold the tiny little bastards for cleaning when they are loose.
Can you post a picture of the device you use for holding them? This has been one of my biggest problems with restoration.

To date I've mostly ground off my pins and replaced the collars with domed washers I got from some fellow on Ebay (I don't remember who, but I think I got the name on this forum, so...)