How to pin like Tim

[Thomas Martin]

Tim Zowada does the most beautiful pin jobs IMHO. I'm not sure you'll be able to see it on the pic but it's basically just a rod, evened out to the scales niveau without washers. Can anyone tell me how to do it like that?

 

[pmaster]

I'm thinking you just have to drill with a bigger drill bit before (large enough for the head of the bolt), drill half-through, then change to a smaller bit the size of the rod and drill through.

 

[jrp316]

I'm thinking you just have to drill with a bigger drill bit before (large enough for the head of the bolt), drill half-through, then change to a smaller bit the size of the rod and drill through.

I usually do the reverse order with my knives (drill through with the rod size, then halfway with a bit one size upward), but this is substantially correct. Be careful with this method since A, you don't want to drill too far on the enlarging hole and B, that you don't thin the area so much that peening it down will inevitably crack the scales. When it works, it comes out a treat.

 

[pmaster]

Oh, I just re-read and see that you might have been talking about the pin on the wedge end. For that I am no help sorry.

 

[Thomas Martin]

Yes. Sorry. I should have pointed out that I meant the wedge pin ( the pivot us a hex screw).

 

[Thomas Martin]

That style of pinning is without doubt the easiest of all pinning work, because after the initial finish where you've secured the pin all you have to do is basically file down the pinhead and work it to a smooth perfect finish, now getting two equal oval heads takes quite a bit more skill, here's some pinning work I finished on a Taylors 1000 a while back.

I see. The challenge will be to fix them properly without washers then? (Nice pin job btw.)

 

[Freedom]

That pinning is more akin to the pinning you find on a knife, it won't work for the pivoting end of a razor due to the movement but will for the wedge.

Look up some knife pinning tutorials.

 

[Sando]

TM, what are the scales made from on that Zowada?

 

[Thomas Martin]

Mammoth ivory.

 

[Sando]

Mammoth ivory.

Cool. The look of the scales fit that razor perfectly.

 

[Kentos]

The most important thing IMO opinion is to have an even, totally flat, or a little rounded pin top prior to peening.

 

[Warhorse]

Dang those razors are gorgeous.

 

[Tim Zowada]

1. Glue wedge to one scale.
2. Drill that wedge and scale with 0.086" drill.
3. Taper wedge.
4. Align and glue on second scale.
5. Drill through second scale with 0.086" bit.
6. Ream hole to 0.093"
7. Glue in 0.093" pin.
8. Finish pin flush with scales.

I think that's it. I hope it helps.

Tim Z.

 

[Thomas Martin]

Thanks Tim.

 

[Doc226]

1. Glue wedge to one scale.
2. Drill that wedge and scale with 0.086" drill.
3. Taper wedge.
4. Align and glue on second scale.
5. Drill through second scale with 0.086" bit.
6. Ream hole to 0.093"
7. Glue in 0.093" pin.
8. Finish pin flush with scales.

I think that's it. I hope it helps.

Tim Z.

Very cool,

The pin is not peened, it it held in place by glue as is the wedge.

 

[Thomas Martin]

But I'm pretty sure it can be achieved by peening. However, Tim's way seems safer for preventing damage to the precious mammoth scales.

 

[Tim Zowada]

If I were to peen it, I would do a domed head, to avoid cracking the scales.