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Well said!,the bits I am talking about are the insides of the silo doors,the upper (visible) part of the baseplate,the top 4 blade risers on the adjuster plate,which are normally quite rough,but I will wet sand them down (sheet of glass,wet and dry style),so I can give them a nice flat smooth coating,the outside edges of the blade risers,which have a fair few microns of space left,but not so much the 'inners' as they are close to the base plate.Careful if you are going to plate the inside, those extra micro mm's may mean you can't put it back together
I also need to sort out the bottom silo door opening/closing knob...It has loads of heavy pitting on the flat part,and it was a bit wobbly before I knocked it out...
Need to figure out a way of 're-crimping' it,without squashing the rest of handle.....Headache,after headache!.A proper metal work vice,which I dont have,would only squeeze 2 side's,I need a way to compress it all the way round equally...
Grabbed a mini tubing cutter of the 'Bay this morning,funny enough,I was thinking about adapting one of those,before you put me on to the B&B thread!.I got the Nickel anodes in this morning,along with the Titanium wire to hang them off....(and 100 Sputnik blades,but that's for a different thread) Also managed to clear out the outside out house (a massive achievement....LOL!),so now I can do everything indoors!,the out house was once an outside bathroom,so we have running water,and a toilet!.Mrs DT is whining that now I have somewhere to 'hide' (work) and she will never see me....Oh well,she's a good old gal,so she'll live..."There are three methods to fix that; all involve tightening the crimp to take up knob play.
The simplest method uses the backside of a butter knife to engage the crimp groove and "roll" the razor (with the head hanging off the edge of a countertop) while pressing down. This will push the crimp groove deeper into the knob recess and take up excess play. A rag is used between the razor and knife back to protect the finish.
The next method uses a piece of solid copper wire (12ga) wrapped into the groove and further tightened by using a worm-style hose clamp to provide the pressure. I have not had the opportunity to try this method yet, but will the next time I have a razor that needs it.
The third method is a bit of a high-tech solution to a low-tech problem. One modifies a tubing cutter by replacing the cutting wheel with a steel flat washer. Engaging the groove with the washer, one operates the cutter as if the handle tube were to be cut. In theory, since the washer has no edge, the handle tube doesn't get cut with the resulting pressure re-forming the crimp."
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/318008-Loose-TTO-knob-on-Gillette-slim
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