Thread: Getting Brave!

Originally Posted by Magpie

camera tricks. It actually has a very slight smile.

I will get better pics, and a shot of the "not really a grinder" setup

I'm a "make do with what you got" kind of guy.

I saw the smile, the blade looks good hope it shaves just as well.

Nice work there! even looks to me that the uneven spine wear is gone! Great job! hope it turns out to be a great shaver as well!

Looks great my man..

As promised, the "not really a grinder"


and a few more shots of the razor.

No water cooling?

What IS that madness you ask? well, its a 3 jaw chuck, with a jacobs chuck stuck in it to give it some distance between the head and the work. In the Jacobs is a grindwheel adaptor. Not really designed for stones, more for the flap wheels of an angle grinder, but at the low rpms its spinning, I figure its safe enough.

Oh, and I doube checked. Its a 3inch pully on the motor, and the grinding was done on the first rung, which is close to 6 inches. Grindstone itself about 5.5

Originally Posted by Lemur

No water cooling?

Nope! If you go slow enough, and use a feather touch, its not so bad. I keep a finger on the back, if I feel it getting warm, I stop and quench. Its also about 4o degree down in the basement, so that probably helps!

Water? We don't need no stinking water! Man! I have an old Southbend. The fact that an infinitely variable chucked motor at my disposal, has been limited. Gonna have to drag up a stool! Thanks!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Water? We don't need no stinking water! Man! I have an old Southbend. The fact that an infinitely variable chucked motor at my disposal, has been limited. Gonna have to drag up a stool! Thanks!

Beer then?

No seriously, I would use some coolant, local overheating is fast and steel conducts heat quite bad.

As soon as you want to come on over for a visit, and set up some sort of water recirculating system, be my guest!