Thread: wedge shape and scale fit

Hey Jimmy BTW this razor has a wedge hehehehe

http://straightrazorpalace.com/galle...s-acrylic.html


It doesn't take much either they dont have to be extreme just a little will do...

Indeed it does Glen and a great job you did on it.

I believe that the wedge shape is meant to relieve undue pressure on the scales. They can be a simple spacer, but i prefer to make mine wedges.

I prefer the wedge shaped spacers, but I discovered that they can be a P.I.T.A. I have been epoxying and pinning my spacers, but the last one I made was going to be easier to pin after the glue dried, or so I thought. When I glued and clamped the wedge into the scales, the epoxy covered wedge squirted right out onto the table. I had to clean all of the parts with acetone, drill out the pin holes, then epoxy, pin, and clamp -pretty much all at the same time. I liked the final look, but I could have avoided all that with a non-tapered spacer.

Originally Posted by ChrisMeyer

I prefer the wedge shaped spacers, but I discovered that they can be a P.I.T.A. I have been epoxying and pinning my spacers, but the last one I made was going to be easier to pin after the glue dried, or so I thought. When I glued and clamped the wedge into the scales, the epoxy covered wedge squirted right out onto the table. I had to clean all of the parts with acetone, drill out the pin holes, then epoxy, pin, and clamp -pretty much all at the same time. I liked the final look, but I could have avoided all that with a non-tapered spacer.

Chris a hint on gluing in wedges...

First off I learned everything I know about restoring razors from one thing and one thing only, I took apart a whole mess of vintage razors when I started this and really took the time to measure, weigh, and observe how they did things, and try and deduce from there the "WHY" of it...

One thing I have noticed is if a wedge is glued in they only glued on side never both.... Now later when plastics started to be used you will find razors with 'No" wedges where they just angled the heel ends of the scales and glued them together... also some that were only glued together at the wedge end and no pins were used...

So I asked myself WHY???

First reason I came up with was that you could still take the razor apart...
The second reason was that it allowed more flex if the wedge was not completely glued in...
Those were my observations and are by no means based on any facts but if you check it out with some mock ups you will find it to be true....

The only reason I would see anyone gluing a wedge would be because of the tapered angle of the wedge sometimes makes it awkward to hold the scales angled when trying to peen.

And like the G said, gluing one side only would make sense it you need to take everything apart again. And probably to make it easier to peen everything together.

With some less flexible materials peening a tapered wedge it sometimes needs a bit more work but Alex 'Philadelph' once told me, if an adjustable screw can hold the tapered wedge perfectly together then a regular brass or nickel silver rod can too. Just try hard enough. And he's right. It all turns down to technique.

[Cue: Non-Sequitor] Dear Glen & Max; I love you. You are the best enablers an addict could ever ask for.