Thread: New Idea??? Experimentation....

The SWMBO stopped in Couer d' Alene and picked up brand new media for the tumblers, yesterday, so I am ready to go on this.... I will get as good a "Before" pic as possible and post it... Then take progress pics as it goes....

I have used media finishers, and glass beading cabinets in the tool & die industry.
I bet the tumbler will dull the edge, but not wreck it. Even so, if it was a razor I actually cared about, I would put some electrical tape over the bevel. But I am paranoid.
I wish I had one of those little home models, walnut shells or med-fine abrasive media would work great.

I can't wait to see how it turns out.

I can't wait either.... After all, that licensing fee of mine might pay dividends in razors!!!

Of course, the wife might get just a wee bit upset if I buy another tool for myself...

The problem with a tumbler or a sand blaster is it removes metal from inside the pitts as well as the top metal...
sand paper removes the high spots...

If you want a way to sand without being present, I would think some sort of low speed low heat belt sander would be better... I'm picturing a leather or canvas belt with diamond paste, and a clamp to hold the razor in place. You'd have to use a large roller or guide to keep the belt in even contact with the blade... unless you only intend on using it on wedges.

This will be the test razor... A Fredrick Reynolds 7/8 Barbers notch full hollow with etching.. I picked this one for a few reasons

1. It has a shaving edge quite sharp for an e-bay razor
2. It has etching..
3. It has patina and rust..
4. It has jimps...
And the # 1 reason, it had a broken scale and it was real easy to pop it loose




Gentlemen Start your engines..... OK yer tumblers
I will check on this a take more pics as the experiment proceeds...
May the razor gods smile on this, I would hate to break this blade, it could be a nice restore

First let me welcome you guys into the shop, or as the wife calls it "The Glen House"
Yep it's a mess just like any good working shop should be
(Plus it keeps her away)


Just to make sure all the non-gun nutz know what we are using for this experiment, these are brass tumblers, they are usually 2 different sizes, for the experiment, I am using the smaller one, because I feel the the higher speed of media rotation will keep the blade suspended better...

7:00am PST
I don't care what the time stamp says trust me it's 7 am here...


Hmmm Purple Heart scales??????



Lets see if it survives the plunge first.....



Will update the progress in about 12 hours when I get back in from work...
This is the whole object of this experiment if I can drop a blade in the spinner and then be at work and have it polishing all day or all week and then put together a razor on my next day off Hmmmmmmm this can't work it would make life way to easy

Holy Shi* Glen ,Look at all that snow outside the window,no wonder you send the wife out to pick up your supplies.We are all watching the pot waiting for the timer to run down and see the results.Best Regards Gary

I haven't tried it yet but I have the stuff to do it. I can reload all my shells and some I even pour my own bullets.

bj

Originally Posted by Traveller

Holy Shi* Glen ,Look at all that snow outside the window,no wonder you send the wife out to pick up your supplies.We are all watching the pot waiting for the timer to run down and see the results.Best Regards Gary

I didn't notice that until you pointed in out
Yeah I wasn't kidding about not being able to get into my shop from Dec 1st till now... I actually was walking on about 6 feet of crusted snow to get into the shop this morning... I can't wait till work is over so I can check the "pot"