Making a blade bushing by hand.

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12-23-2012, 12:59 AM
irishguy

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Making a blade bushing by hand.

So thanks to all you Ive got RAD HAD and SAD. Anyway I started restoring razors 4 days ago. Got the wade and butcher bow done. Did the blue steel special today. After making the new scales I cleaned the blade and noticed the pin hole was large. It measured .110in. So I decided to make a bushing. I could not find any brass screws or rod in the workshop. But I did notice a piece of metal that had a small hole in it. I had the leftover links from a SS watch band. So a little while with a metal blade in the coping saw and a file, a little sandpaper, and I ended up with a tight fitting blade pin hole. The last pic shows the bushing installed.
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12-23-2012, 02:04 AM
Minnebrew

Nice work!
12-23-2012, 10:52 AM
Havachat45

Nice job and looks good too
12-23-2012, 11:03 AM
Tarkus

Sometimes a move in desperation turns out to be the best move to make.
What a fabulous idea & job.
Well done.
12-23-2012, 11:56 AM
mainaman

I use brass tubing to fit the pivot hole when needed.
12-23-2012, 12:55 PM
Martin103

Very nice, great idea, Enjoy!
12-24-2012, 05:08 PM
tinkersd

Good job of improvising!! Shows lots of imagination, but as stated above, I use copper tubbing also whan I need to bush a tang.

tinekersd
12-24-2012, 08:23 PM
Geezer

Nice workaround!!
It is important to have the tubing locked into the pivot hole and its bore perpendicular to the core axes of the blade. If the bush comes loose later after pinning it can make realignment of the blade to the scales impossible.
I learned that the hard way! Now they get JD welded! Whatever the material they are made of! The thin wide washers on each side of the blade, inside the scales, can keep a blade correctly aligned to the scales for a long time!
~Richard