Damn, I had a weird experience, this afternoon.
I wanted to practice removing scales, so I grabbed an old flea market razor that was the designated victim for this exercise. Don't have a drill press, so I had to try doing it by hand, also I didn't care too much about the old scales.

(Is it possible to do this without damaging the washers, even?)

Anyhow, so I try the pivot pin first, take a 1/16 drill bit and drill away... it took forever but at last, I drill through, push the pin out and lose the washer in the process (probably on somebody else's balcony )

Ok, this went soso I think and proceed to drill out the wedge pin. Why? because I can... or because I can try
So I drill away, that one is tougher, I think it was repinned, but whatever, I keep going, drill's getting hot, don't care, keep going, and going, suddenly...

... black smoke all over, disgusting stench all over, I run into the kitchen grab some water and pour it over the scales. Turns out the pin got so hot it ignited the friggin wedge.
I had to sand some skin of my fingers in order to get rid of that smell, probably gonna die of cancer soon.


Hope you guys enjoyed this more than I did, I'd appreciate some constructive criticism.

Redwoood