I'm in the process of restoring 3 beautiful gold gem micromatics. I have them all polished and looking brand new, but their mechanisms all need work. I can't for the life of me figure out how to take them apart for oiling and cleaning, though. Does anybody know how to pop these fickle bastards apart?
Disassemble a Micromatic
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You might try over on the "Original Safety" website they are exclusively SE shaving.
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These things are so cheap to acquire, and it's so rare that you find one that's broken. I doubt that many have bothered figuring out how to take one apart.
The only thing I know how to do is remove the knob. All you do is continue turning it in the direction of 'open'.
What a testament to their construction, that broken ones are hard to come by.
The only thing I know how to do is remove the knob. All you do is continue turning it in the direction of 'open'.
What a testament to their construction, that broken ones are hard to come by.
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You must be talking about a different model... the knob definitely doesn't go any further than fully opened.
I've tried open comb and clog pruf. There is resistance, there's supposed to be. Try a cloth and pliers.
It goes back in easy - it's coming apart that's hard.
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Well, I'm glad I tried it on my ugliest micromatic...
Didn't work?
And what kind of mm was it?
If you've destroyed a micromatic on account of what I've said, I would like to extend an offer to replace it. I have quite a few of them lying around.
And what kind of mm was it?
If you've destroyed a micromatic on account of what I've said, I would like to extend an offer to replace it. I have quite a few of them lying around.
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It was a bullseye. The knob is scarred to hell, and I can't get it back together. It took so much force to get it open that the 4 layers of dish towel between the brass and the channel locks didn't help. Don't worry about replacing it. It was a $2 find at a flea market.
I tried it on that one because it had a little bit of plating loss on the head. My other two micromatics are as near to mint condition as I've ever seen, especially after being polished with rouge. Mirror finish through and through. Prettiest shavers I've ever seen
Ah. The bullseye (also known as bullet tip, or Flying Wing with guiding eye) is the one I hadn't tried. I have since, on a bullseye with a bent cap, and the handle is indeed different in more than just appearance it seems.
The clog pruf and the OC have identical handles, and the knob is a shaft that is not physically connected to the head. It's just a pin that pushes up on some as yet undiscovered internal parts. Further down the shaft is a threaded section to make it raise and lower. Down some more is a split ring on the shaft that holds it in place inside the handle, presumably in a groove that should be located about where the vertical knurling ends.
As for the bullseye, I cannot get it apart at all. I suspect that what holds the handle in is in that crimped area just beneath the head.
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I got mine apart. It took a vice and 20 inch channel locks
I managed to remove the head with that method, but not the knob.
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It got to the point where the knob was turning but not moving at all, so I resorted to a trick previously used on fatboys, which was to place the handle in the vice untightened, allowing the head to hang it there. I then used a pliers in between the handle and knob in that narrower area and tapped the pliers with a hammer. Head popped off, and the internal spring has gone missing, so how it works exactly remains a mystery.
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I managed to remove the head with that method, but not the knob.
I think I can probably lubricate them from the outside, though. Red Gage oil should do the trick
For the "undiscovered internal parts" try this thread
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=162507
Thanks! I'm actually the author of that thread, and this thread here is the situation that led to that thread.
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