Results 1 to 8 of 8
3Likes
Thread: Making a blade bushing by hand.
LinkBack URL
About LinkBacks-
12-23-2012, 12:59 AM #1Member
- Join Date
- Sep 2012
- Location
- Southwest Pa
- Posts
- 57
Thanked: 8
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.
-
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to irishguy For This Useful Post:
Geezer (12-24-2012), randydance062449 (12-25-2012)
-
12-23-2012, 02:04 AM #2I need to return some video tapes
- Join Date
- May 2012
- Location
- Saint Paul, MN
- Posts
- 152
Thanked: 15
Nice work!
-
12-23-2012, 10:52 AM #3Senior Member
- Join Date
- May 2011
- Location
- Redbank, Queensland, Australia
- Posts
- 1,639
Thanked: 291
Nice job and looks good too
Hang on and enjoy the ride...
-
12-23-2012, 11:03 AM #4Senior Member
- Join Date
- Dec 2011
- Location
- I'm Gonna Spend Another Fall In Philadelphia
- Posts
- 1,912
Thanked: 495
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 #5I used Nakayamas for my house
- Join Date
- Aug 2009
- Location
- Des Moines
- Posts
- 8,664
- Blog Entries
- 1
Thanked: 2591
I use brass tubing to fit the pivot hole when needed.
Stefan
-
The Following User Says Thank You to mainaman For This Useful Post:
tinkersd (12-24-2012)
-
12-23-2012, 12:55 PM #6Historically Inquisitive
- Join Date
- Aug 2011
- Location
- Upstate New York
- Posts
- 5,780
- Blog Entries
- 1
Thanked: 4249
Very nice, great idea, Enjoy!
-
12-24-2012, 05:08 PM #7At Last, my Arm is Complete Again!!
- Join Date
- Dec 2008
- Posts
- 550
Thanked: 55
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 #8
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
Reply With Quote
