How to Cut Hair - Buzzer/Clipper Method

Cutting hair using a buzzer (aka clipper) is not only really easy, but also super fast, and once you've invested in a buzzer, totally free!

I used to get haircuts once every month or so for around $20 a pop, which can really add up over the course of one's life. One day I finally drew the line, bought a buzzer and started cutting my own hair and, after a little practice, my friends' hair too.

Here's a video with the condensed info. Read on for the full details.

Step 1: Assemble Your Materials

Find a nice stool or chair for your subject to sit on. Choose one that is easy to clean (made of vinyl or wood - not fabric) because it's going to get lots of hair on it.

Get a buzzer. Buzzer's from Wahl and Conair are really cheap if you look for them online. I got a buzzer with all the fixings from Amazon.com for $25.

Find something slick to make a gown out of. We used a piece of kite material because it was so slippery that the hair just slid right off.

Comments

[WhateverNotListening]

Your haircut subject is a dollbaby! (Dirty old ladies are everywhere!)

[pecker]

Started doing this after getting my first no. 8 cut in a barbers in Feb 08. Bought a Wahl the next week. I'd recommend it..... Remember! A penny saved is a penny to squander.

[T3h_Muffinator]

Nice Noah! Wow.... you uh.... did that in the main entrance... Interesting! What'd the unsuspecting pedestrians say when they saw you cutting some serious hair?

[zachninme]

"How much is it?" ;P Engineering firms are almost a barber shops, right?

[thematthatter]

do you know how to do a "high and Tight" haircut

[Babyshoes]

Good instructable, but I think your subject looks better with longer hair - in your 'before' picture he looks young and innocent, but afterwards he looks older and more business-like...

[jongscx]

Not to be sexist, but would you happen to be female? I've come up with a theory, but Girls (and most loudly, my girl) hate it when I cut my hair short. I go to the barber shop and tell them to use a "1 1/2 blade-guard (about 1/4 in) and just hit it all around". I like it, it's keeps my head cool, my dandruff under control, and isn't a pain in the 455 to take care of/style in the morning, etc... But all the girls I interact with are put-off by it, begging me to leave it longer next time. Dudes on the other hand either don't care (which is just regular male understanding of / apathy to aesthetics that don't really concern them to begin with) or understand my logic or even think it looks better. I dunno, again, just a theory.

[chalky]

i aggree with you he looks like a crim with the short hair cut..............great instructable tho by the way.

[camp6ell]

do people really call these hair clippers"buzzers?"

[GorillazMiko]

cool, great instructable too!

[Weissensteinburg]

That compressed air made me laugh. Can you do zig zag lines?

_{I would so let you cut my hair}

[Bran]

If you ever have any people who are nervous about getting their hair done, just remind them:

"It will grow back!"

[Patrik]

Just ask "can I get a Britney?" :-D Wish I had a compressed air hose handy, for when I trim my beard. (I have a feeling people would look at me funny if I tried to trim my beard at the gas station...)