Thread: Looking for bits = ARRGGHH!!!

I just got back from searching for 1/16" brass or copper rods/wire/NAILS... you get the picture.

Nada-zip-nothing I even scoured the picture frame shops looking for brass nails that would be close, nothing...

At the moment I'm pounding my head on the table trying to think of anything I can take apart to make pivot pins and washers. I know I can get the washers on line but have not seen a source for the rod or tubing. Any of our regular rebuilders have a reliable source they would like to share

Originally Posted by DwarvenChef

I just got back from searching for 1/16" brass or copper rods/wire/NAILS... you get the picture.

Nada-zip-nothing I even scoured the picture frame shops looking for brass nails that would be close, nothing...

At the moment I'm pounding my head on the table trying to think of anything I can take apart to make pivot pins and washers. I know I can get the washers on line but have not seen a source for the rod or tubing. Any of our regular rebuilders have a reliable source they would like to share

Try a hobby shop!
There is one near one of my customers that has a large supply of different sizes of brass rod!
This hobby shop specializes in model airplane and model cars that are motorized and remote controllable!

I have brass nails I got from a hardware store here, and I know you can get brass rod and tubing in the hardware store as well as nickel silver rods. Brass rods are used for welding I think, so ask the clerk to point you to the welding department.

My only dilemma is getting the inside washers for use between the scales and the blade. I have the ones from microfasteners.com, but I think their outside diameter is too small compared to the original ones used in vintage razors, thus requiring more force when pinning the razor, and not offering enough support on the scales when open...


Nenad

Try www.heimerdingercutlery.com , click knife making supplies . They are good people to deal with and they ship fast .

I use to use brass nails (1/16" x 1") that I bought from Sears.

A VERY cheap alternative to brass rods.....

C utz

Any hobby shop (Hobby Lobby, Michaels, etc.) should have brass rod in the correct diameter. I even found some at a local hardware store. Look in the model section.

Michaels personal just looked at me funny when I asked for 1/16" brass rod. After walking arond the store for an hour I saw Nothing even close to what I could use...

I called a few local hobby shops as well, nothing... they now have them on order but that didn't help me on my day off. So today was a scrub for scale work.

I really want to get back to Anchorage AK. I could find anything I needed and it was in stock, I've had nothing but the run-around down here in the lower 48 ARRGGHH!!!

I'm sure you'd get them cheap enough from the bay of evil or perhaps asking some of the people you know on the knife forum might turn up a little.

Chef,
I got 1/16th" brass rods (came as a 36" 2 pack) at Ace Hardware for $3.50 or so. Enough for all the razors I'll every re-scale


Nenad,
Did you get the microfasteners' washers in 00 wide and narrow? I thought the 00 wides were pretty similar to the stock stuff I have pulled out of my old scales. No?

Another vote for Ace. Their prices aren't always the greatest, but they always have all the rod you'll ever need. I find that Ace does better in the little things than the bigger stores do.

Of course, I'm in Oklahoma- hardware stores gotta carry everything for us bumpkins