Can This Be Fixed?

[Mr. Scruffy]

Got this Sheraton in a lot purchase. It appears that one side of the baseplate has been bent downwards causing one door to hang on opening and closing.

Can this be easily repaired?

 

[Mr. Scruffy]

more pics

 

[mmack66]

That might be a tough one to get back into usable shape. I wish you well!

 

[mdunn]

you could try and bend it back - but it would be a long shot.

what do you have to to lose by trying it though

 

[Muirtach]

you could try and bend it back - but it would be a long shot.

what do you have to to lose by trying it though

That's the best aspect about broken things. You learn a lot by screwing them up even more!

 

[ryrelav]

Looks like to me this razor now good just for display. Sorry to said so.

 

[tom myers]

I would suspect if you use some padded needle nose pliers and a lot of care and patience, you could restore the razor back to it's original shape or very close to it. Just go slow and a little at a time on each of the bent areas.

Good luck,
Tom

 

[thirdeye]

i would suspect if you use some padded needle nose pliers and a lot of care and patience, you could restore the razor back to it's original shape or very close to it. Just go slow and a little at a time on each of the bent areas.

Good luck,
tom

+1

 

[spanx]

i would suspect if you use some padded needle nose pliers and a lot of care and patience, you could restore the razor back to it's original shape or very close to it. Just go slow and a little at a time on each of the bent areas.

Good luck,
tom

+2

 

[T Rick]

I was thinking maybe disassembled, with a jig/spacer to protect the teeth, maybe using a vice either as a press or to hold one part while bending?

Watched that auction, wondered what was up with the doors (seem to recall one door looking to be up on one end, while from the other end they looked fine).

 

[Mr. Scruffy]

I was thinking maybe disassembled, with a jig/spacer to protect the teeth, maybe using a vice either as a press or to hold one part while bending?

Watched that auction, wondered what was up with the doors (seem to recall one door looking to be up on one end, while from the other end they looked fine).

I notched an old screwdriver to remove the screw from inside the handle but I can't remove the centerpost without (apparently?) bending what appear to be small clips that are attached to the ends of the doors and wrap underneath the baseplate.

Is there a disassembled or exploded view diagram for the razor? Or instructions on how to disassemble, similar to the one posted for the fat boy?

 

[heirkb]

I notched an old screwdriver to remove the screw from inside the handle but I can't remove the centerpost without (apparently?) bending what appear to be small clips that are attached to the ends of the doors and wrap underneath the baseplate.

Is there a disassembled or exploded view diagram for the razor? Or instructions on how to disassemble, similar to the one posted for the fat boy?

This is fixable, I've done it with a #15. You gotta go with the recommendation that someone else gave and use the needlenose pliers. It's a very easy fix when compared to a razor that has the whole head bent. You just grab the bent area from beneath the silo door or from above the endcap and use the leverage to slowly bend it up.

 

[billc508]

Well, interesting, I think the suggestions involving pliers and the vise are do-able. You might want to consider heating the parts in some way, not with a flame, maybe in one of those devices that the eyeglass people use to straighten bent frames. Another way is to put the pieces in an oven up around 300 degrees or so, you need a way to handle it but metallurgically speaking, hot working is less stressful than cold working with less chance of fracture. A slow increase of pressure is better than sudden force. When you get the pieces re-aligned put them back into the oven with some type of clamp to hold them in the right position. The heat will help the metal "remember" it's new position. Let the piece cool down slowly in the air, technically the heat allows the molcules to find their new place and then cool down to solidify in that position so they don't try to rebound back to the bent shape, good luck, bc

 

[Mr. Scruffy]

This is fixable, I've done it with a #15. You gotta go with the recommendation that someone else gave and use the needlenose pliers. It's a very easy fix when compared to a razor that has the whole head bent. You just grab the bent area from beneath the silo door or from above the endcap and use the leverage to slowly bend it up.

Well, interesting, I think the suggestions involving pliers and the vise are do-able. You might want to consider heating the parts in some way, not with a flame, maybe in one of those devices that the eyeglass people use to straighten bent frames. Another way is to put the pieces in an oven up around 300 degrees or so, you need a way to handle it but metallurgically speaking, hot working is less stressful than cold working with less chance of fracture. A slow increase of pressure is better than sudden force. When you get the pieces re-aligned put them back into the oven with some type of clamp to hold them in the right position. The heat will help the metal "remember" it's new position. Let the piece cool down slowly in the air, technically the heat allows the molcules to find their new place and then cool down to solidify in that position so they don't try to rebound back to the bent shape, good luck, bc

Thanks guys, I am going to do the pliers route but I still would like to know how to tear the razor down.

 

[**Bingo_Bob**]

put a forked screw driver up in her and take her down... the joints at the T bar are loose probably... that is why the center bar wobbles. Use some jewelers pliers on that bent tooth. it will bend right back

 

[**Bingo_Bob**]

actually forget the pliers... the bent teeth arent that bad to need pliers, plus pliers usually leave marks... find a hard flat surface like a table top and push the teeth into it really hard. It should level the corner teeth with all the rest.