Hand sanding?

Hand sanding is the way to go at the start of your restoration career this will teach you what it takes to get a razor clean and shiny. It will also show you how to sand and what it takes to go from one grit size to the next without leaving scratches.

If you get a rubber pipe about 8 inch long by about an inch round. Cut about an inch off the end and then cut this 1 inch piece along its length use this cut end to hold the sandpaper between the 7 inch pipe and the 1 inch cut off and you will have a sanding paper holder. Use this and you won’t cut your fingers.

This isn’t my design I got this idea off Bill Ellis and I also use his jig this has saved me cutting my fingers to pieces over the years and both cost me pennies to make.

Good luck with the sanding it will take about 5 times longer than you think because the steel is hard. I use Autosol for the final finish but I’m sure the guys on here will come up with other suggestions.
 
Exile said:
Hand sanding is the way to go at the start of your restoration career this will teach you what it takes to get a razor clean and shiny. It will also show you how to sand and what it takes to go from one grit size to the next without leaving scratches.

If you get a rubber pipe about 8 inch long by about an inch round. Cut about an inch off the end and then cut this 1 inch piece along its length use this cut end to hold the sandpaper between the 7 inch pipe and the 1 inch cut off and you will have a sanding paper holder. Use this and you won’t cut your fingers.

This isn’t my design I got this idea off Bill Ellis and I also use his jig this has saved me cutting my fingers to pieces over the years and both cost me pennies to make.

Good luck with the sanding it will take about 5 times longer than you think because the steel is hard. I use Autosol for the final finish but I’m sure the guys on here will come up with other suggestions.
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Thanks for the reply do you have a link for the jig or pics of yours?

regards

Vince
 
Here is a link to the site I used to make my jig

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I got the idea about the rubber pipe from that site as well

Graham
 
Here are some more pictures that will help you get started without losing your fingers

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Graham
 
Thanks for your help Graham i have one more question though, do you use a demagnetizer? i have seen a few on ebay but unsure which type to buy would this be ok <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ROLSON-MAGNETIZER-DEMAGNETIZER-MAGNTIC-TOOL-/180500296854?pt=UK_Hand_Tools_Equipment&hash=item2a06a7f496" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ROLSON-MAGNETIZER ... 2a06a7f496</a><!-- m -->?
 
stolensocks said:
Thanks for your help Graham i have one more question though, do you use a demagnetizer? i have seen a few on ebay but unsure which type to buy would this be ok <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ROLSON-MAGNETIZER-DEMAGNETIZER-MAGNTIC-TOOL-/180500296854?pt=UK_Hand_Tools_Equipment&hash=item2a06a7f496">http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ROLSON-MAGNETIZER ... 2a06a7f496</a><!-- m -->?
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You only need one if your using power tools such as a dremel. The buffing action + the magnetic jig = magnetizes the razor. Very annoying, especially if you store a magnetized razor next to another razor. So, yes, they are useful.

IIRC if the razor becomes magnetized just by the jig alone, it goes away after a while without the de-magnetizer. But I do not recall as I stopped using a dremel a long time ago.
 
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