Thread: Pinning, a question for fellow Aussies

Hi all,

Where in Oz do you buy your brass or nickel rods used for pinning and the washers to go with it or if you buy them off the net where do you get it from.

Cheers in advance,
Lynchy

You can usually find brass rod at hobby stores like HobbyCo, if you dont have one near you they should ship.
But if you PM me your adress I can send you enough stuff for a couple of razors. (No charge of course)
Grant

You seem to be about 3 hours from any major city. Canberra and Sydney would probably be the closest. Email or phone the store first. They might be a cheap mailing to you.

Do a Google for Hobby shop, Australia NSW. There are many.
They may carry Albion Metals or Precision Metals. 1.5mm or 1/16th" brass or nickle silver. They would also have some small washers which could be of value.

An alternative wold be to check a local welding shop for Brazing rod and stainless steel wire.
Enjoy!
~Richard

Thanks for the info guys.

Grant I have sent you my address.

Cheers,

Lynchy

You gotta get him on the ground first, and try arm bar, or headlock.... Wrong pinning? My bad... Good luck woth the pinning my friend, i have yet to do a set that i would call good.. I lack the technique.. Do it on practice scales first.

Thanks Grant,

The rods and washer, arrived today.

I read somewhere about "putting washers on the inside", excuse my ignorance but does this mean that you put a washer on the inside of the scale, between the tang and the scale. If so which size washer do you use.

Cheers,
Lynchy

No worries.
Yep that's right. If you want to you can put washers between the scale and the tang.
You would use the washer with the larger diameter of the 2 sizes I sent you.
I actually smack them with a hammer on a block of steel a few times to make then a little thinner, but this is not really necessary.
Have fun
Grant

I bought mine off ebay from Brad Maggard I think he goes by the handle Undream22 on here, theres a few different ebay sellers that will sell you some rods and washers for repinning razors. I can't remember how much it was but it wasn't expensive and was alot more convenient for me than going around and trying to find the right materials.

Originally Posted by baldy

No worries.
Yep that's right. If you want to you can put washers between the scale and the tang.
You would use the washer with the larger diameter of the 2 sizes I sent you.
I actually smack them with a hammer on a block of steel a few times to make then a little thinner, but this is not really necessary.
Have fun
Grant

Hi Baldy, what is the purpose of putting the extra set of washers in? I have a boker USA that is in really nice condition except that the blade always seems to go loose and I think the culprit is some rusty washers between the tang and the scales, they seem quite thick since I can actually see them when I look between the scales. I was wondering if I could take them out or should I replace them with newer, flatter washers?