Honing Razor Blades

[Brian T]

OK, I should look online for replacement blades.
There is an automotive finishing sander with 3 pads, I've seen it somewhere.
Given wood grain, I'd expect the cross-cutting action chopping fiber would be a headache.

I quit shaving for 4 months. No help whatsoever to look after...

[Brian T]

I've got 3 electric razors that need help. Three cutters in each.
Am I right to say that the little central buttom holds the whole assembly together?

[Brian T]

I tend to think of electric razors as wood carving power tools.

Years back, probably pre-Hack, somebody posted a method to get the cutters out of the razor head
and hone them sharp again. I've got 3 razors that need TLC very badly.

Who did this? Anybody recall?

[Brian T]

Not photos and not a brush stroke in any of them. Strictly digital compositions.

[Brian T]

Good. The big hands add depth perception, as if his fingers are not flat to his chest.

[Brian T]

I have both the wine glasses and now both the grape bunches.

One he doesn't show is a bud of open apple blossoms. The king bloom looks to be 1" in front of the canvas.
There's a much larger scale of grape bunches that I'd like to afford some day.

[Brian T]

I've heard Boxley's name in recent years. I wonder if he uses chopsticks?

Gilbert & Clark, Vol II is a rehash of Vol I without much new stuff in it.
I don't think there's any incremental benefit in buying it other than to own the complete set.

The best bookstore...

[Brian T]

I can think of several people who earned that at the end of 2019.
A bunch of those on a base would make a spectacular trophy.

[Brian T]

I am delighted with the chopstick pegging technique.
Up close, it really looks good with the wood color contrast.
Drill it out, glue in the chopstick and use the flush-cutting dowel saw for a smooth finish.
Lots of those bamboo chopsticks are exactly 1/4" diameter!!!!
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[Brian T]

No. Water animals = frog, beaver, orca and salmon.
I had to split that wood and smooth the planks with my planer knives. ...

[Brian T]

Cheap bamboo chopsticks and satay skewers are an excellent source of "peg-wood"
making exposed glued joints in carvings.
There's a trick:
Join all the pieces with wood glue and screws.
After a week, rake out the screws and redrill the holes for bamboo pegs & more...

[Brian T]

I can't imagine that wood carving tools in checked baggage can be any sort of a possible threat to anyone.
My greatest concern would be to protect the edges from any kind of damage.

[Brian T]

OK. Keep it up Andi. Lots of tropical cookbooks have exotic carved spoons and dishes in the presentations.
I have some old memories which die hard. Show us some more tropical carvings.

[Brian T]

I was going to carve some spoons with shrimp bodies for handles and a paddle of coconut shell for the bowl.

Fresh coconut shell was soft and easy, a real dream to carve with 20* bevels.
Something happened, the project got put off and the coconut shell pieces dried out.
Absolutely...

[Brian T]

Very well crafted. Good to learn that you are standing upright on the ground.

[Brian T]

I learned the hard way, grinding forever to recover the bevel on the gouge.

The quick method, when you're ready for it, is to square off the edge beyond the damage.
Then you begin with an 80 grit carborundum axe stone and rebuild the entire bevel.
Work up through the grits to...

[Brian T]

I've seen it. Glossy brown surface in western red cedar. Right in the middle of every cut = a white scratch.
Must have hit something. Sure enough, a litle piece of edge folded over....

[Brian T]

This might be a lot of grief to fix. What's the return/exchange policy?
Sorry to read it was right out of the box.

You need a really bright light, any 9-11W LED house light will work.
You need a 10X magnifier to see the edge. Don't nick your nose, OK?

From what...

[Brian T]

Wonderful work. I can imagine the little people running all over the house, clutching those.
Food safe edible paints? Little kids gnaw on everything.

[Brian T]

I like that. A design departure unlike most everything else.