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Norelco Rotary Shaver Sharpening
I done it! Have 2 700 series corded Norelco triple heads. Unwilling to
fork over 25+ bux for new heads, I cleaned them, and then sharpened the blades by rotating them in reverse direction with medium pressure against some wetted 4000 grit paper on a flat surface. Worked like a charm. They cut like brand new. JR Dweller in the cellar -------------------------------------------------------------- Home Page: http://www.seanet.com/~jasonrnorth If you're not the lead dog, the view never changes Doubt yourself, and the real world will eat you alive The world doesn't revolve around you, it revolves around me No skeletons in the closet; just decomposing corpses -------------------------------------------------------------- Dependence is Vulnerability: -------------------------------------------------------------- "Open the Pod Bay Doors please, Hal" "I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.." |
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Norelco Rotary Shaver Sharpening
I done it! Have 2 700 series corded Norelco triple heads. Unwilling to fork over 25+ bux for new heads, I cleaned them, and then sharpened the blades by rotating them in reverse direction with medium pressure against some wetted 4000 grit paper on a flat surface. Worked like a charm. They cut like brand new. Still easier to grow a beard. I haven't shaved for 29 years now. How many others go my route? Karl |
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On Sep 11, 10:56 am, "Karl Townsend"
wrote: I done it! Have 2 700 series corded Norelco triple heads. Unwilling to fork over 25+ bux for new heads, I cleaned them, and then sharpened the blades by rotating them in reverse direction with medium pressure against some wetted 4000 grit paper on a flat surface. Worked like a charm. They cut like brand new. Still easier to grow a beard. I haven't shaved for 29 years now. How many others go my route? Karl I have had a beard most of the time since I was 18. Every once in a while I would get curious as to what I looked like and shave for a few months. The older I got the less curious I was. Haven't shaved since I was 44, six years ago. CarlBoyd |
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Karl Townsend wrote: I done it! Have 2 700 series corded Norelco triple heads. Unwilling to fork over 25+ bux for new heads, I cleaned them, and then sharpened the blades by rotating them in reverse direction with medium pressure against some wetted 4000 grit paper on a flat surface. Worked like a charm. They cut like brand new. Still easier to grow a beard. I haven't shaved for 29 years now. How many others go my route? In Florida? Are you insane? I just pop the guard off my hair clippers once a week and remove the worst of it, unless I have to be somewhere important. -- http://improve-usenet.org/index.html aioe.org, Goggle Groups, and Web TV users must request to be white listed, or I will not see your messages. If you have broadband, your ISP may have a NNTP news server included in your account: http://www.usenettools.net/ISP.htm There are two kinds of people on this earth: The crazy, and the insane. The first sign of insanity is denying that you're crazy. |
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Norelco Rotary Shaver Sharpening
On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:19:50 -0700, JR North
wrote: I done it! Have 2 700 series corded Norelco triple heads. Unwilling to fork over 25+ bux for new heads, I cleaned them, and then sharpened the blades by rotating them in reverse direction with medium pressure against some wetted 4000 grit paper on a flat surface. Worked like a charm. They cut like brand new. Yes, but the cages wear out, too. And when they wear out, it jams the blade and strips the gears in the head, wrecking the razor. Now that the razor is trash, the savings evaporate. DAMHIKT. Don't step over a dollar to pick up a penny. At least buy new heads every other time - it might work once, but not forever. -- Bruce -- |
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JR North wrote:
I done it! Have 2 700 series corded Norelco triple heads. Unwilling to fork over 25+ bux for new heads, I cleaned them, and then sharpened the blades by rotating them in reverse direction with medium pressure against some wetted 4000 grit paper on a flat surface. Worked like a charm. They cut like brand new. My Dad gave me a $5 plastic kit a few years ago to do just that. It was basically a shallow plastic tube with an ID the same as the OD of the blades. You also got bumch of little sandpaper discs sized to fit the tube. Drop a disk into the tube grit side up, drop in a blade, rotate for a few minutes with your finger. I'm lazy, I use the razor motor. Doesn't seem to matter which way it turns. Repeat for the others. So far it works every time. |
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On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:56:33 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm,
"Karl Townsend" quickly quoth: I done it! Have 2 700 series corded Norelco triple heads. Unwilling to fork over 25+ bux for new heads, I cleaned them, and then sharpened the blades by rotating them in reverse direction with medium pressure against some wetted 4000 grit paper on a flat surface. Worked like a charm. They cut like brand new. Still easier to grow a beard. I haven't shaved for 29 years now. How many others go my route? I still shave my chin, but my mustache has been growing since I was 18 or 19. I trim that, BTW. Viva la Cookie Duster! -- "Most Folks Are As Happy As They Make Up Their Minds To Be" -Abraham Lincoln ----------------------------------------------------------- |
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On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:17:39 -0700, with neither quill nor qualm,
Bruce L. Bergman quickly quoth: On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:19:50 -0700, JR North wrote: I done it! Have 2 700 series corded Norelco triple heads. Unwilling to fork over 25+ bux for new heads, I cleaned them, and then sharpened the blades by rotating them in reverse direction with medium pressure against some wetted 4000 grit paper on a flat surface. Worked like a charm. They cut like brand new. Yes, but the cages wear out, too. And when they wear out, it jams the blade and strips the gears in the head, wrecking the razor. Now that the razor is trash, the savings evaporate. DAMHIKT. Don't step over a dollar to pick up a penny. At least buy new heads every other time - it might work once, but not forever. Please define "every other time", Bruce. -- "Most Folks Are As Happy As They Make Up Their Minds To Be" -Abraham Lincoln ----------------------------------------------------------- |
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Larry Jaques wrote: Viva la Cookie Duster! Who is Cookie, and why is she dusty? -- http://improve-usenet.org/index.html aioe.org, Goggle Groups, and Web TV users must request to be white listed, or I will not see your messages. If you have broadband, your ISP may have a NNTP news server included in your account: http://www.usenettools.net/ISP.htm There are two kinds of people on this earth: The crazy, and the insane. The first sign of insanity is denying that you're crazy. |
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On 2008-09-11, Karl Townsend wrote:
I done it! Have 2 700 series corded Norelco triple heads. Unwilling to fork over 25+ bux for new heads, I cleaned them, and then sharpened [ ... ] charm. They cut like brand new. Still easier to grow a beard. I haven't shaved for 29 years now. How many others go my route? I! 31-32 years I think. Now -- around December, little kids start thinking that I'm Santa. :-) Enjoy, DoN. -- Email: | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564 (too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero --- |
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On Sep 11, 4:56*am, "Karl Townsend"
wrote: I done it! Have 2 700 series corded Norelco triple heads. Unwilling to fork over 25+ bux for new heads, I cleaned them, and then sharpened the blades by rotating them in reverse direction with medium pressure against some wetted 4000 grit paper on a flat surface. Worked like a charm. They cut like brand new. Still easier to grow a beard. I haven't shaved for 29 years now. How many others go my route? Karl I have a beard but shave the upper cheeks and the neck. 33 years The other Karl |
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Norelco Rotary Shaver Sharpening
On 12 Sep 2008 02:57:08 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm, "DoN.
Nichols" quickly quoth: On 2008-09-11, Karl Townsend wrote: I done it! Have 2 700 series corded Norelco triple heads. Unwilling to fork over 25+ bux for new heads, I cleaned them, and then sharpened [ ... ] charm. They cut like brand new. Still easier to grow a beard. I haven't shaved for 29 years now. How many others go my route? I! 31-32 years I think. Now -- around December, little kids start thinking that I'm Santa. :-) Your beard is THAT white, Gramps? -- "Most Folks Are As Happy As They Make Up Their Minds To Be" -Abraham Lincoln ----------------------------------------------------------- |
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Norelco Rotary Shaver Sharpening
On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:31:01 -0700, Larry Jaques
wrote: On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:17:39 -0700, with neither quill nor qualm, Bruce L. Bergman quickly quoth: Don't step over a dollar to pick up a penny. At least buy new heads every other time - it might work once, but not forever. Please define "every other time", Bruce. The first time it gets dull, use your sharpening trick. The second time, replace the heads. Third, sharpen, Fourth replace. Lather, Rinse, Repeat. (Once.) Or you can go Sharpen, Sharpen, Sharpen, Sharpen, Sharpen... GRUNCH! as the cage/comb part wears through and jams the cutter head and the plastic drive gears strip. Then instead of buying a $10 set of heads you are buying a $100 razor. And that's what I mean about "Stepping over a dollar to pick up a penny" - it may have sounded like a good idea at the time, but it's false economy. -- Bruce -- |
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Norelco Rotary Shaver Sharpening
JR North wrote: I done it! Have 2 700 series corded Norelco triple heads. Unwilling to fork over 25+ bux for new heads, I cleaned them, and then sharpened the blades by rotating them in reverse direction with medium pressure against some wetted 4000 grit paper on a flat surface. Worked like a charm. They cut like brand new. I thought rotary blades were self sharpening. Norelco said theirs are, but if the blades and combs get mixed up they'll be resharpened in a matter of days, or in a matter of seconds if a tiny dab of toothpaste is applied (you can hear it do its work). |
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On 2008-09-12, Larry Jaques novalidaddress@di wrote:
On 12 Sep 2008 02:57:08 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm, "DoN. Nichols" quickly quoth: On 2008-09-11, Karl Townsend wrote: [ ... ] Still easier to grow a beard. I haven't shaved for 29 years now. How many others go my route? I! 31-32 years I think. Now -- around December, little kids start thinking that I'm Santa. :-) Your beard is THAT white, Gramps? Yep. Let's see -- 2008 - 1941 is 67 years old now. Enjoy, DoN. -- Email: | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564 (too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero --- |
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On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:23:45 -0700, with neither quill nor qualm,
Bruce L. Bergman quickly quoth: On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:31:01 -0700, Larry Jaques wrote: On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:17:39 -0700, with neither quill nor qualm, Bruce L. Bergman quickly quoth: Don't step over a dollar to pick up a penny. At least buy new heads every other time - it might work once, but not forever. Please define "every other time", Bruce. The first time it gets dull, use your sharpening trick. The second time, replace the heads. Third, sharpen, Fourth replace. Lather, Rinse, Repeat. (Once.) Gotcha. But with my lack of beard, heads last damnear as long as the razor. Or you can go Sharpen, Sharpen, Sharpen, Sharpen, Sharpen... GRUNCH! as the cage/comb part wears through and jams the cutter head and the plastic drive gears strip. Then instead of buying a $10 set of heads you are buying a $100 razor. And that's what I mean about "Stepping over a dollar to pick up a penny" - it may have sounded like a good idea at the time, but it's false economy. Ten bucks my arse, Bruce. Even Wally World is getting $28 now. -- "Most Folks Are As Happy As They Make Up Their Minds To Be" -Abraham Lincoln ----------------------------------------------------------- |
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On 12 Sep 2008 02:57:08 GMT, "DoN. Nichols"
wrote: On 2008-09-11, Karl Townsend wrote: I done it! Have 2 700 series corded Norelco triple heads. Unwilling to fork over 25+ bux for new heads, I cleaned them, and then sharpened [ ... ] charm. They cut like brand new. Still easier to grow a beard. I haven't shaved for 29 years now. How many others go my route? I! 31-32 years I think. Now -- around December, little kids start thinking that I'm Santa. :-) I tell them "No, my tummy isn't quite big enough!" Gerry :-)} London, Canada |
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On 13 Sep 2008 00:06:41 GMT, "DoN. Nichols"
wrote: On 2008-09-12, Larry Jaques novalidaddress@di wrote: On 12 Sep 2008 02:57:08 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm, "DoN. Nichols" quickly quoth: On 2008-09-11, Karl Townsend wrote: [ ... ] Still easier to grow a beard. I haven't shaved for 29 years now. How many others go my route? I! 31-32 years I think. Now -- around December, little kids start thinking that I'm Santa. :-) Your beard is THAT white, Gramps? Yep. Let's see -- 2008 - 1941 is 67 years old now. 2008 - 1939 = 69 then divide by 2 to get the age I feel and act. Gerry :-)} London, Canada |
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Gerald Miller wrote: 2008 - 1939 = 69 then divide by 2 to get the age I feel and act. At least there are no negative numbers in that equation. ;-) -- http://improve-usenet.org/index.html aioe.org, Goggle Groups, and Web TV users must request to be white listed, or I will not see your messages. If you have broadband, your ISP may have a NNTP news server included in your account: http://www.usenettools.net/ISP.htm There are two kinds of people on this earth: The crazy, and the insane. The first sign of insanity is denying that you're crazy. |
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Carl wrote:
On Sep 11, 10:56 am, "Karl Townsend" wrote: I done it! Have 2 700 series corded Norelco triple heads. Unwilling to fork over 25+ bux for new heads, I cleaned them, and then sharpened the blades by rotating them in reverse direction with medium pressure against some wetted 4000 grit paper on a flat surface. Worked like a charm. They cut like brand new. Still easier to grow a beard. I haven't shaved for 29 years now. How many others go my route? Karl I have had a beard most of the time since I was 18. Every once in a while I would get curious as to what I looked like and shave for a few months. The older I got the less curious I was. Haven't shaved since I was 44, six years ago. CarlBoyd I have worn a mustache continuously since 1971 , and had a beard most of that time . I can't remember the last time I shaved ... probably sometime in the mid 90's . -- Snag '90 Ultra "Strider" '39 WLDD "Popcycle" Buncha cars and a truck |
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Michael A. Terrell wrote:
Larry Jaques wrote: Viva la Cookie Duster! Who is Cookie, and why is she dusty? I dunno , but I call mine a flav'r sav'r . -- Snag '90 Ultra "Strider" '39 WLDD "Popcycle" Buncha cars and a truck |
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Terry Coombs wrote: Michael A. Terrell wrote: Larry Jaques wrote: Viva la Cookie Duster! Who is Cookie, and why is she dusty? I dunno , but I call mine a flav'r sav'r . I had to shave off my mustache during the winter in Alaska. Your breath would freeze in it, and I couldn't get rid of the smell where bacteria started to grow in it, in just a few hours outdoors. -- http://improve-usenet.org/index.html aioe.org, Goggle Groups, and Web TV users must request to be white listed, or I will not see your messages. If you have broadband, your ISP may have a NNTP news server included in your account: http://www.usenettools.net/ISP.htm There are two kinds of people on this earth: The crazy, and the insane. The first sign of insanity is denying that you're crazy. |
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