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Nope - no serial numbers on these little Home Shaving Machines (that I can see, anyway). That would make it too easy!

George P.

Does anyone actually use these box type, blade shavers? Of course I have never been able to use or have one.... How do they work?? I have always had to shave the four minute blanks on the Ediphone shaver, and to do that I throw the feed belt off of the shaving feed screw and feed the shaving head across the blank by hand, by turning the feed screw pully slowly. It does a great job shaving them this way, the only worry is the composition, wearing out my shaver blade. While most shave probably less than a hundred blanks, I have to shave thousands of them, and when I shave unshaved blanks (which I do on another shaver, I use one for roughing work and one for fine work.), it is very hard on the shaver, as I shave freshly moulded (that means made not moldy.) from 2.32" down to 2.225, a size I use for seasoning the blank at. They sometimes are very eccentric from the mold. Once the blank has sat from 30-90 days it is shaved around 2.196-2.170,depending on when I stop.

Still wondering how well the box, and blade shavers work? Anyone with experience, I am curious to know?

Can a regular Ediphone be used to shave a cylinder?

Yes you can shave brown wax blanks, standard kind on a Dictaphone or Ediphone shaver. I suggest a mid speed, as too high a speed can shatter the blank. See a shaver in action in a video I produced. This video shows the production of brown wax and includes rough and smooth shaving a blank, so there is about 3 minutes shaving the blank from a rough casting on one shaver, and finishing it on a later Edison shaver.
. These are entertainment blanks manufactured, this is an older method, and not the improved new method I used. Shaving is about 8min 47seconds into the video. Still, has anyone shaved a cylinder with the box kind of shaver this thread mentions, and how does it do? I suspect this might be the quick and easy way of shaving a Gold MOulded record to record on. You can get a clear recording on the surface, however I don't believe it is good to shave those cylinders due to the extra ingredients making them hard on the shaving knife of a machine, or electric shaving machine, so perhaps the box shaver is a good alternative to shaving Gold Moulded without so much fear of wearing out a costly sapphire.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B5U3GUNBjw Only shave dictation and brown wax on these kinds, not Gold moulded (on the electric shaver.)

I'm new To electric shaver, it was not common in third world countries. recently shifted to the USA. Friends are planning to do electric shaving with me. That's why seeking help, do you people could help me in getting the best electric shaver. Can i chose this
Philips Norelco BG2040 review please help me to decide it.

The best electric shaver that is simple to use (instruction on a plate right in front of the on and off lever) is the Ediphone Master Shaver made in the late 1940s, early 1950's I finish cylinders on this shaver. Below is a photo of that shaver (I have the top just don't have it on the machine as it is used daily. This photo is a living history setup I did at the Tri-County Fair in Mendota, IL.