Go to a DIY store that sells window blinds. Walk over the the blind cutting machine, and ask the guy if he has any scraps in the machine. When they cut blinds to fit, all those end bits fall into a scrap bucket. You can pick through it for free. Try a weekend, you'll get more color selections. White and black scraps are dead easy to find, occasionally woods, then colors.
Question on wedge material.
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Did you get your wedge cut?
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I bought a clear acrylic ruler for .99 cents and gonna try to cut and sand it.
How many wedges do you need?
Normally no ...you make you own because of the different angle and size of each razor with custom scales.
Exactly this.
You can fudge with premade wedges but even those need to be reworked most of the time.
I'm struggling with flattening the sides of a piece of NiAg right now. The wedge shape is done, but the sides aren't as flat as I want.
Im using a whetstone to get it done - slow going. There are better ways Im sure, but this is what's on hand.
I wanted a nickel silver wedge badly enough to deal with this, and Im paying dearly for that decision.
I started with a scrap of 8 ga sheet, ground the angled side down on the side of a wheel, filed it as flat as I could, now using a stone.
I won't be doing it again anytime soon. Thing is - I have enough stock to make several more wedges.
You can fudge with premade wedges but even those need to be reworked most of the time.
I'm struggling with flattening the sides of a piece of NiAg right now. The wedge shape is done, but the sides aren't as flat as I want.
Im using a whetstone to get it done - slow going. There are better ways Im sure, but this is what's on hand.
I wanted a nickel silver wedge badly enough to deal with this, and Im paying dearly for that decision.
I started with a scrap of 8 ga sheet, ground the angled side down on the side of a wheel, filed it as flat as I could, now using a stone.
I won't be doing it again anytime soon. Thing is - I have enough stock to make several more wedges.
