Help received, Progress Pics

[tat2Ralfy]

Thanks again for the help with the inlay problem guys :thumbup:
Heres a few pics of my progress so far:

The scales, olive wood finished in CA, here the wedge has been epoxied in place, and it awaits a polish and proper pinning of course. Sir Ray kinda covered Scales in his threads, so I will skip the details.

The blade, no way I can see of saving the etch, which is a real shame, however none of the marks are too deep so I am confident a mirror finish is achievable, slight frown just before the toe to hone out, and look at that point! yikes!

Pin washers, I make my own, first I cut "barrels" about 2mm long from 1/16th I.D. brass tube:

Then I place them onto my home made die:

And tap the top part to press them into a rough blank:

The centre pin is removable so its easy to get them off:

Next they go onto my home made mandrel, I spin them up in the lathe and dress them with 600 grit wet/dry paper

Fingers!!

A quick polish:

And we are done. I must make another female section for my die, with a different profile, I think these are a little bulky for this Razor:

I will post further updates as work gets done if anyone is interested?

Regards
Ralfson (of the sore thumb!)

 

[Bart]

Very interesting, doctor Ralfson. And very educational as well. Keep posting. We'll turn it into a permanent article when finished.

:thumbup:
Bart

 

[torbenbp]

That was very interresting Ralfy.. Great that you make your own washers:thumbup:
They are pretty hard to find so thats a great idea.

Regards and watch all your other thumbs heheheh
Get well soon.

 

[Matt]

Dammmit, Ralfy, this looks really pro, bro! :thumbup:

regards,
Matt

 

[maro]

Yeah, the idea of getting hand-made washers stunned me. :thumbup:

 

[Matt]

[small]aaaaaaaa[/small]aaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAnd here we go! Maro, herein you are officially, upon your 100[sup]th[/sup] post, from now on recognized as The Glove Keeper. Keep an eye on your possible pretenders as well as the wrongdoers, of course!

kind regards,
Matt

 

[maro]

The Glove what??? What Glove??? :blink:
Well, if I'm honored with the duty of The Glove Keeper for this forum, I'm ready to undertake it. B)
Ehem... where is The Glove now?

 

[tat2Ralfy]

where is The Glove now?

In the wash I hope! hahahaha

 

[torbenbp]

Ralfy..

Got some roughly cut Jotoba,about 0,3 * 2.5 * 12 cm but in need of work. Would you like some?

Torben

 

[tat2Ralfy]

Yes Please Torben, how do you plan on sending it? :blink:

 

[torbenbp]

Yes Please Torben, how do you plan on sending it

erhhhhh... in an envelope?
Later next week I believe I might have some Wenge, so if you can wait ,I`ll send some of that too. If you`d like it offcourse?

Regards

 

[tat2Ralfy]

Am I the only one who has noticed all European airports are closed, that means no airmail :-/

 

[torbenbp]

Nope..you are not the only one Ralfy.

Amazing isnt it..A volcano on Island shuts down European airports?

Mother Nature is a tough ol` gail
Regards gents

 

[torbenbp]

Ralfy..just picked up the Wenge..thought it would be a small piece but its 27*30*4 centimeters.
Thats some heavy wood..almost 4 kiloes for this piece!

I`ll have it sawn up(?) somtime during next week, it will be cut rather roughly so it will be in need of work.
If anyone would like a set for making scales,send me a mail.Wont cost you a dime.

Ohh and got a nice piece of Brazillian Cherry too..But thats for me:thumbup:

Regards gents

 

[tat2Ralfy]

Wonderful and yes please Sir Torbs :thumbup:
Thank you so very much, now all I need is to find/decide which razors to scale/re-scale Mmm thats not an easy one

P.s. "sawn up" maybe "cut"? lol

 

[torbenbp]

Haha in fact I did write "cut" but changed it to "sawn"

Okay then...I`ll send some different types of wood:

Jotoba
Wenge
Mahogany
Oak
Cherry

Anyone you dont want?

Regards

 

[tat2Ralfy]

Wow Torben thats very kind of you my friend, Thank you very much :thumbup:
I have this razor all together now, just started honing out what proved to be 1 big frown from toe to heel just about
I will start another thread, because this one has got kind of busy with praise and kind gifts etc :thumbup:

 

[torbenbp]

Gents..you are not forgotten! Due to some personal difficulties(sometimes life`s a bitch)
the cutting process havnt got any further. But rest a sure: It will be done and the wood will be shipped..found a guy that are willing to cut it - and most likely ruin a saw blade ;-) - now I`m awaiting for him to have the time to do it.

Regards gents

 

[rayman]

I thought you might like to see how I handle cutting and sanding to size the lumber I get.

Here is a photo of my table saw.

Lucky me... the switch burned up today and I can't get another on order until Monday.

Once I get the rough width cut, and trust me it is only off by several thousandths, I move to my thickness sander. Here is a look at it from left and right. I purchased it from a place called Stewart MacDonalds at http://stewmac.com . It is a bit pricy but does a nice job, it's called a Luthier's Friend Sanding Station.

Maybe you can get some ideas from this sanding jig that you can add a little ingenuity to and come up with something similar.

Ray

 

[tat2Ralfy]

Awesome stuff Ray, good luck with the switch and thank you for sharing
If I get time over the weekend I will post pics of the kit I used for this and my latest project, I think the difference in our workshops will be blatant! ...lol

Regards my friend
Ralfy