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Razor Restorations

comments welcome.

Watching now, looks good. Thanks for this.

Real good video!

Great video,

Did a fair bit of buffering for me, but that could be my connection,

I love the eye protection =)

Thanks for the great vid

Nicely done. I do the drill press method; however. I use a block of wood under the razor to help prevent damage to the scales. I also will level the razor so that the pin is vertically in line with the bit. I also use thread cutting oil on the pin to keep from heating up the pin thus prevent melting any scale material.

Hey Ken thanks for weighing in. The block of wood is a good idea but I've never really noticed any damage. The leveling of the razor seems a bit overkill as you just want to drill the washer off and not actually go into the scales. I also avoid the need for cutting oil by using the slowest speed on my drill press.

Anyhow I might have to offload the video to youtube or something. I've pushed out over 5 GB of upload since I posted this lol

::Edit::
Yeah I had to offload the video to youtube's servers, the site link has remained the same as in the original post above so you guys won't really notice a difference. Also feel free to check out the rest of the site while you're there.

very nicely done DaddyX!

Also love the HQ of the video.

Very nice.

I run at the slowest speed too and I use cobalt bits. Occasionally I'll get that one nickel/silver rod that is as hard as titanium. I started noticing more heat then I like when I get tough ones. I usually drill through to below the line of the scales. This insures that the scales won't snap or break if they are a reluctant to come off the pin. I have also had situations were there was actually some rust scale in the pin hole. The oil help slide those scales off nicely. Well, the razor was 200 years-old. I take all the precautions I can especially when I'm doing heirloom restorations. I want all the safety margins I can give myself.
Your video will help a lot of guys avoid the heart ache of broken scales.

Originally Posted by AaronX

Hey Ken thanks for weighing in. The block of wood is a good idea but I've never really noticed any damage. The leveling of the razor seems a bit overkill as you just want to drill the washer off and not actually go into the scales. I also avoid the need for cutting oil by using the slowest speed on my drill press.

Anyhow I might have to offload the video to youtube or something. I've pushed out over 5 GB of upload since I posted this lol

::Edit::
Yeah I had to offload the video to youtube's servers, the site link has remained the same as in the original post above so you guys won't really notice a difference. Also feel free to check out the rest of the site while you're there.

Thank you for posting this! I need to do this soon to a Filarmonica I'm trying to get into shape, and this will help a lot when I get there.