New SE razor - Rocnel

PLANofMAN · Tuesday February 9, 2016

Bechet said:
I doubt you can cut a curved slot in a solid piece of steel.

Of course you can. I've seen it done many times. It's electrical discharge machining. I used to use one to manufacture dies for the plastic extrusion industry. Here's a video that explains how it works.

Stacy555 · Tuesday February 9, 2016

PLANofMAN said:
Of course you can. I've seen it done many times. It's electrical discharge machining. I used to use one to manufacture dies for the plastic extrusion industry. Here's a video that explains how it works.

That's something new for me ... wow is all that comes to mind, but I have zero engineering background so possibly I'm easy to impress.

oscsha · Tuesday February 9, 2016

lovely looking razor , but the price is either a mistake or a promotion .
The website states they can make 3 a week thats a whole $75 in a country with living costs roughly half of the UK .
Compared to the cost of their other Razor at $295 surely its meant to be $250.
Another thought is the $25 just a deposit ?

Stacy555 · Tuesday February 9, 2016

The price has been confirmed several times in this thread, from a couple of different sources, by email and on a blog site, there is no doubt about the price.

riverrun · Tuesday February 9, 2016

oscsha said:
lovely looking razor , but the price is either a mistake or a promotion .
The website states they can make 3 a week thats a whole $75 in a country with living costs roughly half of the UK .
Compared to the cost of their other Razor at $295 surely its meant to be $250.
Another thought is the $25 just a deposit ?

I believe the 3 razors a week is for the expensive razor...

Fergiebilly · Tuesday February 9, 2016

oscsha said:
lovely looking razor , but the price is either a mistake or a promotion .
The website states they can make 3 a week thats a whole $75 in a country with living costs roughly half of the UK .
Compared to the cost of their other Razor at $295 surely its meant to be $250.
Another thought is the $25 just a deposit ?

Read the Thread..

Billy

Bechet · Tuesday February 9, 2016

I'm mega-impressed with that Wire EDM! Wow! But still - is that technology available for a $25 razor?

I'm loving this technical mystery - that has already been solved by @ckeskin!

Scratch · Tuesday February 9, 2016

It may not work out that impractical or expensive to produce. The machining looks uncomplicated and only on the top, front, back & bottom faces - the sides are plain (bar some etching). They could complete the machining work a single long steel bar at a time, before slicing it up into individual heads.

Nice and simple. Me likey.

Fergiebilly · Tuesday February 9, 2016

These Guys are using Stainless at a Commercial Scale by the looks of it..A few Scraps of by Product Stainless or otherwise Scrap Pieces will be Pennies to these Guys...I Google mapped their Plant & its Huge Man..There will be plenty of cheap labour over there an All..Just like in China..

Billy

Wishbone · Tuesday February 9, 2016

At this price, you could have a seven day set for a ton and a bit ..... Spend a little more and get the days of the week laser etched into them ......

Extravagantly useless in practice ...... but it's a thought .......

oscsha · Tuesday February 9, 2016

Well not my place to question how they run a business (even 3 x $295 a week wouldn't make sense).
So I'm going for one at $25 for a stainless razor its got to be worth a punt , although I won't be going for the stand at $45 .

Scratch · Tuesday February 9, 2016

I wonder if this design principle could be used to make a similar razor but for GEM SE blades?

First, drill a hole right through the head from the side. The hole should be just large enough to fit the spine of a SE blade.

Then cut a slot from the front to meet the hole (like the slot in this head, but straight and just wide enough to fit a SE blade but NOT the spine). This would allow a SE blade to be slid into the side of the head, and there would be no forward or backward movement (more thought needed to prevent it slipping out of the sides though).

oscsha · Tuesday February 9, 2016

Fergiebilly said:
These Guys are using Stainless at a Commercial Scale by the looks of it..A few Scraps of by Product Stainless or otherwise Scrap Pieces will be Pennies to these Guys...I Google mapped their Plant & its Huge Man..There will be plenty of cheap labour over there an All..Just like in China..

Billy

Have you got a link for the google map , I've tried but failing to find their building.

Fergiebilly · Tuesday February 9, 2016

oscsha said:
Have you got a link for the google map , I've tried but failing to find their building.

Google...Rockwell industrial plants limited.It will depend where the Satellite is when you search..

Billy

oscsha · Tuesday February 9, 2016

Fergiebilly said:
Google...Rockwell industrial plants limited.It will depend where the Satellite is when you search..

Billy

That looks like an Indian company , I thought Rocnel is Turkish .Now I'm confused

Bechet · Tuesday February 9, 2016

Scratch said:
I wonder if this design principle could be used to make a similar razor but for GEM SE blades?

Aha! another One Blade razor - to be attacked again for doing what it says in the name?