Hi,
I am in the middle of restoring my first straight razor and was wondering if anyone in Australia has a place where they get there pins, or if there is an online store anyone else knows about?
Cheers,
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Hi,
I am in the middle of restoring my first straight razor and was wondering if anyone in Australia has a place where they get there pins, or if there is an online store anyone else knows about?
Cheers,
I just bought 3 14" pieces of brass rod for 2.50 at a local ace hardware. not sure what craft or hardware stores Australia has though. I think I have read some get supplies from a site called Micro fasteners.
Any hobby shop should be able to sell you 1/16 brass rod. It does not cost much.
Here is a small tutorial I wrote on the peening process.
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=175966
You could try contacting manyrazor - Home
I got a set of silver pins, washers and collars from his ebay store. He doesn't have any sets on ebay at the moment. Price was good and included postage.
A problem with using brass is that if you have silver bolsters (as most of my razors do) it looks wrong if the pin and collar are brass.
If you're looking for washers you can try Macc Model Engineer supplies (www.maccmodels.co.uk). Size 10ba. 1/16 Brass rod is easy to find in any hobby store, but my local store has been having a lot of trouble getting washers since Christmas.
I have tried to find his ebay store? i cant find itQuote:
Originally Posted by Pauly
Try this link for manyrazor's ebay contact.
Straight Razor Replacement Pivot Pins Set of 6 (eBay item 300528072648 end time 26-Feb-11 21:15:21 AEDST) : Collectibles
One little thing I've found is that in his video he uses a block of wood to get the finishing collar (small silver washer) pushed up the pin and into position. I have found that a 2.5mm nail punch does the job better.
Brass is easier to work with, so it wouldn't hurt using some brass rod and brass washers to practise with before hitting the nickel silver.
Thanks a million :beer1:
Or try this:Quote:
Originally Posted by Absur
Cut throat Razor Repair Needs.PINS!!! (eBay item 140524566810 end time 23-Mar-11 04:15:52 AEDST) : Collectibles
The pin (rod) is the easy bit to get. Washers are the tricky bit.
1/16 brass rod and #0 size washers
Thanks for all of the assistance, that has been realy helpful.
Last week I was in South Western Queensland and collected a few nice timbers while I was there to make some scales. I am going to try a grey iron bark, allocasuarina and cypress and see which comes up the nicest.
It will be a few weeks, but I will post the finnished pruduct when it is done.
Cheers
I look forward to seeing the new scales made from local timbers. Maybe in the flesh even!
I get rods and pins from AKC they have brass sheet to make your own washers if you want but i got washers and the bolts and nuts to make adjustable pins from Micro Fasteners
So I decided to go with a eucalyptus species with the common name red iron bark (Eucalyptus fibrosa). After going to all the effort of sun drying for a month, cutting and sanding suitably sized pieces of the timber - they warped like crazy. After reading up a bit I now realise that I should have sun dried for another 11 months at least. :gaah:
The most frustrating part is the timber looked really nice, until it warped of course......
Oh well back to the drawing board. I might see if there are any local suppliers that have already done the drying part for me.
Just thought I should share this in case anyone else was considering hand making scales.