Thread: Pins?

Well, I'm almost done with my razor except for the fact that it needs some pins. I've seen in several post's that I can get them off the internet and in the sticky at the top of the page, but I was wondering if I could drive to my local hobby shop and pick some up there. What do you guys think?

Thanks again,
Kevin

Any solid brass pin will work if you can find them.
My first pins were brass nails I found at a hardware store, and had to sand and polish down just a bit.
It wasn't as pretty as I'd have liked, but it worked, and with practise I got better at it.

i bought my 1/16 brass rod from Hobby Lobby. the washers on the other hand.....

vgod

1/16 brass rod is the easy stuff to find, just about any hardware or hobby store will have it, just make sure it's solid brass....The #0 and #0 wide brass washers are a little harder to come across, some hobby stores carry them, but for sure www.Microfasteners.com has them and most of the other stuff you might decide that you have to have

Hmmm.... so a pin is a brass rod and a washer? Sorry for all of the question. I'm very new to razor restorations and even razors themselves. I think that I will run to my local hobby shop and see if they have some #0 washers before I order 100 of them online

Kevin

Originally Posted by McShaverson

Well, I'm almost done with my razor except for the fact that it needs some pins. I've seen in several post's that I can get them off the internet and in the sticky at the top of the page, but I was wondering if I could drive to my local hobby shop and pick some up there. What do you guys think?

Thanks again,
Kevin

Hi Kevin,
You'll pick up a ton of useful information here on SRP but, FWIW, let me urge you to invest $26 and purchase Bill Ellis' restoration CD. He goes into great detail in explanation of how to do pins, scales, etc. I think Lynn Abrams has one that I've heard is excellent as well. The information I've learned from the forums has been great and many of the 'experts' here will answer PM's and emails and really go out of their way to help. But sometimes, being able to see images and videos does what no amount of explanation can.

Originally Posted by gssixgun

1/16 brass rod is the easy stuff to find, just about any hardware or hobby store will have it, just make sure it's solid brass....The #0 and #0 wide brass washers are a little harder to come across, some hobby stores carry them, but for sure www.Microfasteners.com has them and most of the other stuff you might decide that you have to have

I have now looked all over that site and I cant find the pins... Can you make a specifik link, please?

Originally Posted by The_Pastor

I have now looked all over that site and I cant find the pins... Can you make a specifik link, please?

Try this:
http://www.microfasteners.com/catalo...cts/WASFWB.cfm

FWB0 & FWBW0

Originally Posted by The Blacksmith

Try this:
http://www.microfasteners.com/catalo...cts/WASFWB.cfm

FWB0 & FWBW0

But it looks like only a ring? Isnt there a pin to go with it?

Originally Posted by The_Pastor

But it looks like only a ring? Isnt there a pin to go with it?

The "pin" is made from the 1/16 Brass or Ni Ag rod that you get, the only pre-made pins are the Dovo ones, and some that are occasionally sold on e-bay by a seller named Rosy or some such...
For the prices of 4-5 sets of pre-made pins, you can usually make about 20-30 of yer own...
All you are actually doing is making your own small rivets....


Check out this thread it is the best I found with a quick search
http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...in-scales.html

Another thread you might wanna look at

http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...rods-pins.html