Thread: anybody glue their wedge into place before pinning?

I dont know if its my wedge shape or angle or positioning but Im not getting a snug fit.

Couple things- pinning the wedge end first works best. Also, it doesn't look like you pinned far enough down on the wedge end to give the scales enough chance to flex over the wedge. This thread should help you: Wedge vs. Spacer - Badger & Blade

Originally Posted by Philadelph

Also, it doesn't look like you pinned far enough down on the wedge end to give the scales enough chance to flex over the wedge.

+1
And this may be a reason for your wedges cracking too if you are having that problem.

I kind of figured I drilled to high, does that mean this set is toast? In my defense this was my first EVER attempt at scales.

Luke

Delirium, HNSB, and Philadelph have you covered, but I will add:

Gluing a wedge rarely ends well. It usually ends with a badly centered razor, and a wonky-arsed set of scales.

I have never glued the wedge and have not seen a wedge glued in any of the razors that I removed the scales or had broken scales.

I left this thread for quite awhile so every one could answer...

Here are some things I learned by taking apart a ton of razors before I EVER started making my own scales...

First there is no RIGHT way so the choice is yours...

I have never seen a completely glued wedge in vintage razors, I have seen glued scales that had no wedge... I have even seen plastic scales (not Celluloid) that had a spacer formed on one side of the scales...

They normally only glued one side on the wedge, if there was any glue at all..

Most Vintage razors had neither side glued...


WHY???

Only a guess, but I think it was to allow for flex and adjustment, seems to work that way...

Again the choice is yours, but I never glue wedges....Keep this tidbit of info in the back of yer mind "Not all tangs/razors are made straight" you might need that adjustment

Not to be contrarian but, just for a differing perspective, I do indeed glue both sides of the wedges onto the scales I make. It may be over kill, and can be a real PIA when trying to clamp the scaled for the glue to set, but that's how I do it. If the wedge is fairly steep, I will glue the wedge and pin it at the same time, otherwise my spring clamps pop off. Of course you really need three hands to get it all together without epoxying everything in the room.

However, if I'm just repining a razor and using all the original parts, I put it back together the way I found it.

One other thing. The wedge in the pic is much wider than even the razors spine causing the blade to fall inside the scales. Really needs to be much thinner.

I do hope you ahve the small bolts for mocking everything up before final assembly...