Making a Deburring Tool from a Razor Handle

[Paul Jones]

I had an old Gillette Sensor Excel razor with a broken blade clip that couldn’t be repaired. I converted the handle part into a deburring tool handle. The razor handle has a great feel and provides an excellent way to deburr parts.

I advise wrapping the razor handle near the head-end with a few loops of copper wire and twisted close before sawing off the head-end. This prevents the thin stainless steel sheet metal on the handle wrapper from catching and bending when being cut.

Next, on the lathe, I made a new head-end part from stainless steel 303 rod for holding the E100 and S100 type deburring cutters from Shaviv. One end is drilled to fit the handle and the other end drilled and reamed 0.126” to fit the deburring cutter shank. The new stainless steel part has V-grooves spaced at 0.20” along the barrel. A 6-32 pointed end set screw captures the Shaviv deburring cutters while allowing free rotation. The new stainless steel part is 0.430” in diameter and drilled 0.358” (Letter T drill) by 0.63 deep. This part slides onto the razor handle and then held in place with Loctite 680 (or superglue slow setting gel).