Thread: sanding the blade?

I am sure someone already asked this question. if anyone knows link please post it.
i want to know are there any better way to sand blade beside hand sanding?

Takes a time, doesn't it?
Well you could try with a lot of practice and a Dremel, but a hand sanded blade looks much better cause with the Dremel you won't get much done to the head for example. Plus they can be really dangerous and it heats up the blade.
They are good for removing the worst rust though.

Sham, a friend of mine who used to hand sand before going to a dremal might take 10 hours to sand a blade. He would do it while watching tv. When using the dremel he would have a glass of water with ice cubes within reach and continually dip the blade to keep from overheating it. Here is a thing by Bruno on making a sanding block for razors and how to do the sanding.

Low speed buffers, or actual knife grinders with cleaning belts.... One of our little group uses an actual lathe with buffing wheels on it....
The grease-less compounds from 80 grit to 600 grit are what most of us use to clean off rust pitting and stains then actual polishing compounds like the Emory, Stainless, Chrome, Red rouge, White rouge, etc: etc: to polish with...

It still takes time, and skill but at least your fingers don't hurt as bad....

Warning: Buffing wheels can be very dangerous to the razor and the the user.........

I see that one Lynn used on MO meeting . i was thinking something smaller size.it does hurts your fingers when you do with hand.

Sham try an appliance repair place that repairs washing machines, they should have a few old motors laying around, these are heavy duty, and spin at either 1100, or 1725 rpm, either will make a good buffer with the right mount..... The one you do not want is a 3450 RPM grinder motor that is just FAST !!!!!!!!

Or of course you can drop the cash and buy a Baldor

http://www.baldor.com/products/produ...Buff%5FBuffers

I have previously used hand sanding with just wet and dry paper and my fingers. This way is dangerous and it took me many days to get a result. But after seeing Bruno's sanding block, I made one out of some balsa wood scraps. With this I can acheive the same result in a day and a bit. And there is very little chance of the razor biting my fingers.

One of these arbors and an old 1725 motor makes a nice setup. The wheels are easy to change and the feet/minute is slow enough not to be real scary. Another nice thing is you can use different size buffing wheels, I mainly use 1.5" and 3" wheels.


Charlie

You can buy some of those felt wheels that dremel sells and apply SIC grit to it with gorilla glue or another adhesive. I've done this and it seems to work pretty well. You pretty much just make a very small grinding/sanding wheel. You need to make sure that the mandrel hole is centered, though.

You can also make miniature buffing and grinding wheels from scratch with cloth and a cloth adhesive. I've made grinding wheels in 80, 220 and 600 grit and they seem to be very effective for their respective grits.

sham

as you seen what lynn did with his wheel. the one he had was the 3400 rpm. way to fast. here is a link for one that is nice and slow and will save a huge amount of time. Caswell Inc. - Wood and Acrylic Polishing Kit this one right here would work great. you just need to be really aware of the blade. i wouldnt go more then 2-3 seconds then drop it in water to cool down. i know 190 sounds like alot but a good dremel will run you about 80 to 100 bucks. just food for thought. have a good one