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    Default Buffing pins and washers

    Here is a tool that I use when I am buffing the peened pins on my razors. It is always a pain trying to keep the brass buffing residue from staining and getting on the scales. I have used masking tape but have not had good luck with it. What I do nowadays is use a piece of sheet metal with a hole in it that is the same size as the washer. I hold the shield over the razor and the washer, and the pin sticks through the hole. I can then buff away with only a minimal mess getting on the scales.

    Buffing sheet metal is dangerous; buffing a razor also dangerous. Buffing both of them together is double-dog dangerous. It is definitely an eyes-and-mind-on-task operation.

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    Love the simple and easy ideas.. Thanks Charlie, added this to the Workshop sticky



    http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...wers-here.html

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    That is an excellent suggestion! I have used the same technique, myself.

    There is one more very good application for the same thing. When you want to remove rivets using a file, the surrounding brass sheet protects the scales while you file off the head of the pivot pin and washer

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    Great idea.

    Being the miser that I am, I cut out a strip from and aluminum can, drilled a hole in it and covered the scale facing side with tape to reduce the chance of scratching/marring the scale.

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    Thanks for sharing!
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    I appreciate the idea!
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    tip of the day
    WD 40 will clean buffing compound out of just abut all handle scale materials with ease

    give it try on a piece that is scrap tho im not sure how it will work on the black that the brass makes tho

    some thing other to try might be a dremmel felt bob that you cup the bottom of jsut the opisit of the little pointy ones then you chuck in the drill press and jsut use the bottom ot the felt with the cup
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    Butch is correct. The WD would prevent future rust, perhaps. I have also found the cheap "Mr Clean" from a dollar store works very well for me. I buff a lot of brass espresso machine parts and the compound comes off very well. Use a cut off cheap paint brush or toothbrush. Use it straight to start and/or add water. Works well for cleaning DEs also.
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    Thanks Charlie! That's brilliant in it's simplicity, like most everything you do.

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    not talkng about rust btu it does kind of work for that too a bit

    i am talking about the compound itself and how wd40 can pull it out of the grain of wood horn and micarta

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