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I got a Wade and Butcher "The Celebrated Extra Hollow Ground Razor" from my local antique store, and i descaled it and noticed when disassembling that the blade had a lot of wiggle room, and when i looked at the blade pivot hole, it's much larger than normal i do believe. Can anyone advise me as to how to fix this? be it an Epoxy or something of that sort to fill in the hole and make it pivot correctly?
Any help is greatly appreciated
Chase
If you search The Workshop there was a good thread about holes not long ago
this has shown up a lot in posts lately... you can fill with epoxy and redrill, or you can get a piece of brass tubing that fits over the pin, but between the pin and the blade pivot hole.... or if you are really daring, you can drill out the blade hole and use a larger size (like 1/8th) pin... but be careful if you go that route. Nobody wants to see a stuck razor blade spinning around on a drill bit.:chop:
Responses are appreciated, idk why i didn't search the forums first, i've been doing it all the time :gth
Thanks!
A lot of the older razors have worn pivot holes, but many were just made that way. The holes were punched out at one time. Here's a photo of a W&B. You can see the square 1/8" hole. It was never lined & the pin was always much smaller than the hole. They thought it worked fine, though when i scale it i'll want it tighter.
Wiki to the rescue: Adjustable Pins aka Microfasteners - Straight Razor Place Wiki (links to the epoxy trick).
Good luck.
You could use a segment of electric wire insulation of the right size! or a piece of narrow drinking straw. I'd pack a little grease in there too to stop it rusting.
There are many ways to fill the hole and take out the slop. I usually choose the leave it alone option. Razors worked for years of daily use with the hole that size.
I fill the hole and take out the slop only when I am making a set of scales to a real close tolerance and the blade will be swinging very close to the wedge. Somtimes it is fun to make everything as precise as you can, sometimes it is fun to just put the thing together use it and dont worry about it.
BTW - My favorite method of filling the hole is a section of ball point pen tube,ahem, a low friction polyethylene bearing.
Charlie