Thread: What are you working on?

Originally Posted by outback

Cleaning up two nice 5/8 ths. razors.
#1. A Sta-Sharp
From F. Koeller & Co.
Ohligs, Germany

#2. A Shumate's Peacemaker.
St. Louis USA.

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Shout works really well on scales.
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The Shumate is back together, pinned with brass rod, under washers, and stainless washers that I domed with my doming block from China Frieght.
Polished them with the dremmel, after it was pinned.

Lookin' good Mike! I love it as always!!!!!!

Top to bottom: JR Torrey, Germania Cutlery Works, and a Wedge.





Sort of did it backwards and polished them to 2k first, but the Torrey has a Crack just behind that large chip. I wanted to be sure it could handle the rigors of being polished before moving forward hogging out steel to work away the chip. Figured I'd hit the others while I was at it to get rid of some pretty gnarly rust spot they were sporting.

Now the fun begins! Prepping/shaping the edges (because they all need it to some degree). Might have the GCW bevel set before the night's over. Probably won't be so lucky with the rest lol. I was really hoping the chip would be the worst of It on the Torrey so I could just take it to the grinder. Don't want to risk it with that Crack though. Going to wear out a hone or 2 trying to save that one...lol

Same razors, same order almost 4 hours later (took one for dinner) :



The Torrey hardly looks like the same razor! I was surprised how fast the steel wore away when I dug into it. Credit goes to the coarse side of a harware store hone of unknown manufacture or origin.

The wedge is fighting like h3!!, but I will get that bevel set! The toe doesn't want to come together, but it's close. This thing has some serious spine wear. 2 layers of tape and the bevel is all kinds of wonky. Might need to stop and look at spine correction before moving on...

The GCW currently has a double bevel on one side. Almost like whoever honed it last used tape on one side of the razor . As anticipated, this will be the easiest of the 3 to deal with, but it's thrown me a bit of a curve ball as well...

Tomorrow is another day!

Packing up a few items destined for friends as I prepare to jump into a side bar project.

I blame steve for putting this idea in my head but there are folk out there that converted old CD burner units from computers into small laser etching machines.
Well, I have a stack of old pcs and parts in the basement and just enough curiosity to break things down so long story short, I'm trying to build an inlay etcher.
Won't have the power to dig very deep, but may lay down a track I can follow with scrimshaw tools and such. The key will be the anduino board and interface I can find open source.
Will advise as the parts come in on any success, or flaming failures that result.

Sounds like a cool project Mike. I'm just impressed you even know how to do this.

Originally Posted by MikeB52

Packing up a few items destined for friends as I prepare to jump into a side bar project.

I blame steve for putting this idea in my head but there are folk out there that converted old CD burner units from computers into small laser etching machines.
Well, I have a stack of old pcs and parts in the basement and just enough curiosity to break things down so long story short, I'm trying to build an inlay etcher.
Won't have the power to dig very deep, but may lay down a track I can follow with scrimshaw tools and such. The key will be the anduino board and interface I can find open source.
Will advise as the parts come in on any success, or flaming failures that result.

Always cool/weird experiments going on in the B52 basement! What's next, secretly acquired body parts for assembly!
Gonna warn the neighbors to keep an eye out for very large lightning rods on your roof!

Sounds like a really interesting project! Good luck and remember, Safety First when working with lasers!!! We need the B52 eyeballs to keep all these cool projects going!

Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

Sounds like a cool project Mike. I'm just impressed you even know how to do this.

I don't,,, yet. Hehe.

Instructables.com and hackaday.com are my teachers. I am pretty savvy with X,Y axis controls and servo/stepper motor drives. The rest, hopefully, is pretty straight forward rob, pilfer, and resolder..
I bought a handheld green laser years ago that can burn CD cases and light matches. Bit of a pyro, I suppose. Anyway, this should be that, only more precise. Least, that's the theory..

Sort of like that 'Jacob's Ladder'? Get someone to hold your beer so you can get a good job of it!

Sad Iron Anvil
Been a while since I were in the shop. This project has been on my mind for a while.
Starting with a cheap two piece Sad Iron base. It weighs about two+ pounds. Side and top view:



Drill out the screws/screw holes to within abut ¼" of the top( Ironing surface.)


Here is the ironing and Anvil surface drilled through with 1/16th inch bit.


Not finished but you get the idea. The old iron is hard as can be and the $3 price was worth the time.
Sand and finish the surface and open the holes to whatever diameter you wish for un-pinning. The larger diameter holes are to give the pins a place to go when punched out. A rubber bottom attached would be a good idea after the top is drilled

Enjoy!
~Richard