About to make my first Puukko - how to

all you need are files and sandpaper
Buy good sandpaper. Ebay is cheaper then stores
3M, Sia, Matador are ones I use
Files a vice etc, Hellweg has good ones
Plus a rotery tool is a good one. I started with Dremen but now have a foredom. I'd sugest the Foredom, but a Dremel is good as well.
Just jump in and enjoy
I hope you got Bergmanns book in German. You can get it for 27euro
 
And I use the wooden sticks you get for free to steer paint as sanding blocks.
I have many with different kinds of radius put on them
 
Thanks, I am just putting together a tiny workshop. I have justs ordered a decent (strong and heavy with wooden top) working bench, Bosch drill press and the tools to put together the manual stock removal rig from Aaron Gough, plus of all all those little things.

I am definitely going to need some sanding wooden blocks - I will make them on the way as I need them. I have already seen some interesting designs on youtube - both wooden and metal. Sanding paper is yet to be ordered - I will be getting some Matador probably from fine-tools.com

Would a rotary tool be more practical than a band saw? I am planning the band saw for later stage (I do not want .to over-invest at thebeginning, I am already about 1000€ out for all the bits and pieces).

The book from Bergman is ordered - should arrive in a week or two.
 
Forget a rotary tool or the bandsaw. Get a high tension hacksaw and a pack of 24 TPI Lenox bi-metal blades. The high tension handles are only about $10 more than a regular hack saw but cut a lot better. Handle and a 10 pack of blades is about $40 USD.
 
I already got a hacksaw (this one - I am not sure whether it is a high-tension one) But I still need to get those bi-metal 24 TPI blades (I did not find Lenox around here, only Sandflex, Bahco and Irvin - which of those to get?).

I am not planing the band saw anytime soon - I would only get it if the hack saw would not work for me. Advantage of the band saw would be the relatively easy cutting down the rough shape of the handle once glued on the tang. But again, that does not hurry. I am now trying to get the best quality files for metal and wood.

To grind the Bevels I got a few files from Fa. Dick (300mm bastard, a couple of needle files and will get some fine in half-round mediun size) and I am still choosing the wood files (I am looking at the selection available here) - which files (in particular the roughness grade) should I get from those?

I am also about to order a bunch of Matador sanding paper to finish the blade after HT (which will be done externally by a company).

General comment - every time I order a bunch of stuff I just realise that "this" and "that" and also some of "these" are still to be ordered. Currently I am getting a safety mask from 3M and also a 6l foam fire extinguisher (to be on the safe side). It feels like never ending story :o

I am selling all the knives I do not really 'need' very diligently :) to at least partially cover the cost (just the workbench was about 250€ !)

- thanks for all your replies and advices -
 
OK, I have most of what I need to get started. The little space I have in the basement (just under 4m square !) is being turned to mini-workshop, the heavy & stable workbench being the centrepiece. Here is the status:

(Yeah, I did get a fire extinguisher to be on the safe side - those cardboard boxes are not going anywhere anytime soon, but I plan to add a non flammable curtain even though the only power tool I plan to use/have is that drill press).



 
Good one on the fire extinguiser.
Light, you need more light. No such thing as to much light :)
I screwed cheap 3,5mm plywood on top of my workbenches. After a few years of use and mis-use just a few euro's will get you a new, clean work bench.
And you'll need a radio!
 
Yeah, I though that a little safety would be in place - there are 10 more basement-cells around that are not fire isolated from each other - I rather be careful :) I am also going to put together an easy to access (one hand) first aid kit. It is only a matter of time when I will need it I suppose.

I am definitely getting more light - just need to figure out how it will be clamped. I have one small lamp that I can clamp directly to one of the shelfs, but I will get more. I guess I need to start (I am planning to make some simple tools first) and see how that works for me.

That is a good idea with the plywood for the top. I will look what I can find in local stores. Radio - good idea. But at the beginning it will be just How-To videos downloaded from YouTube :)

Just if the terrible cough-cold I have would finally pass so that I can finally start to DO something :-\
 
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