Thread: First attempt at replacing scales

Originally Posted by Kyle76

Were the scales parallel when you drilled the hole? I usually put a spacer between them when drilling of approximately the same width as the blade. I also make sure I am holding the whole assembly at a right angle to the drill. Also, because the scales will pivot on the butt pin, you must make sure they are properly aligned when drilling. I use a drill press, which makes this much easier. Could the problem lie in the way the holes were drilled and not the scales themselves?

That's the point! I haven't drilled the hole yet - it's already bent from CS! I hope I can drill in a way I can reverse this so that the razor closes correctly. I'll let you know how it went.

Thanks

Well, this is how it went, or should I say, this is where I am.
I've drilled the holes, assembled everything, put the pivot pin, and then I began to put the collar on the other end. It didn't go in easily, so I took a small pliers and laid on top of the collar so that by hammering it gently it would cause the pivot pin to enter the collar. When the collar reached the scales I thought my next (and final step) was to cut the remaining of the pivot pin as close as possible from the collar. But something went wrong. The collar climbed up the pivot again and wasn't touching the scales anymore. I went "WTF? Where does he thinks he's going?" . The pivot is too loose. Although I can't remove completely the collar, he goes up and down the pivot about 1/16 inch.

Did I messed up the pivot and the collar?
How can I fix the collar as close as possible and prevent it from climbing up the pivot pin? After all, it's the collar who's joining everything together tightly so that the pivot works fine...

Thanks guys

Good news! I managed to fix the collar in the pivot as tight as possible and cut the remaining of the pin. I was having a hard time putting the collar as close as possible to the scales because of
1) the scales are torn from CS
2) the collar started climbing up the pivot

This forced me to press the two scales together tightly near the tang. If I haven't done this, the razor had too much slack inside the scales and it was swinging freely instead of staying in the position I put it. After pressing the scales together tightly, I cut the pin, then I forced the collar to go further into the scales and then I tried to weld the collar and the remaining pin. After exposing it to some heat, I peened it and waited to get cold. After that, I release my hands of the razor and tested the swing the razor had inside the scales and realized that it's much more tight now and how I was expecting and wishing.
Although this job wasn't pretty to perform because of my inexperience and the badly shaped scales the result is OK to my standards.
I hope in the few days I'll post some pics to show you my "Wapi in new clothes"

Here are the pictures of the finished product