{"id":613,"date":"2010-03-06T21:49:10","date_gmt":"2010-03-07T01:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brettbeauregard.com\/blog\/?p=613"},"modified":"2024-06-03T18:14:48","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T22:14:48","slug":"diy-safety-razor-handle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/brettbeauregard.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/diy-safety-razor-handle\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY Safety Razor Handle"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DIY<\/a><\/p>\n

It’s terrifying.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m still in shock that it actually works, but it totally does. One dollar of materials and two or three hours of work, and I now have a safety razor of my very own.<\/p>\n

Why? Why would you do something like this?<\/h2>\n

Basically, I’m cheap and I like making things for myself. I’d been toying with the idea off-and-on since reading a Lifehacker post<\/a> on safety razors. It all came together for me this past week.<\/p>\n

Eureka!<\/h2>\n

\"dimension<\/a><\/p>\n

I was looking at an image from an old razor patent when inspiration struck. Based on the known razor width and some trigonometry, I was able to determine that the two main radii were 0.53″ and 0.66″. It turns out that these are almost identical to 3\/4″ and 1″ sch40 pvc, which is available everywhere.<\/em><\/p>\n

Construction<\/h2>\n

\"Disassembled\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Sorry. No mid-build pictures on this project. I never thought it would work. This was supposed to be a study of sorts, just seeing how things might work in further iterations. Instead it worked, and I’m stuck trying to give the gist of it…<\/p>\n

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  1. Cut a piece of 3\/4″ pvc slightly bigger than the desired top piece.<\/li>\n
  2. Wrap sandpaper around some 1″ pvc and sand down the botton edge of the 3\/4″.<\/li>\n
  3. Cut a section of 1″ pvc for the bottom piece.<\/li>\n
  4. Make holes in the top and bottom pieces.<\/li>\n
  5. Run a bead of jbweld down the center of the top piece.\u00c2\u00a0 as it hardens shape it into a ridge.<\/li>\n
  6. After the jb hardens, sand such that it just fits the blade’s slot.<\/li>\n
  7. Remove material from the bottom piece to make room for the jb ridge.<\/li>\n
  8. In theory, you’re done!\u00c2\u00a0 In reality there’s some fine-tuning to do.\u00c2\u00a0 It took me about an hour of trial-and-error sanding until I was happy with the final shape of the top piece.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I’m going to shave with this for awhile, and when I make the next one I’ll try to be more diligent about documentation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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