Am I gonna mess up my warranty?

Infi-del

Infi-del

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I'm a big fan of Busse knives all though I only own four. I use them regularly and find sharpening the big buggers to be a chore sometimes in terms of time. I recently purchased a really nice belt grinder to sharpen my blades. It's a 1725 RPM so messing up the heat treat isn't gonna be an issue (I mean I'm sure I could ruin it but I know enough to be careful). Anyway I could be mistaken but I thought I read somewhere that the BAN finishes mess up your warranty to a degree because the knife has been modified using power equipment. Is this gonna apply to me if I sharpen my knives on my new grinder? I can understand them not fixing something I ruined with the grinder, but if my tip snaps or I have honest damage to the knife that requires warranty service (Which I doubt will ever happen) am I gonna be out of luck sharpening my Busse on power equipment? Thanks all.
 
If you sharpen with even a sliver of reasonableness, there is no way you will impact the warranty or heat treat. Despite how some Busses arrive, I know Jerry and Garth are all for sharp knives, so sharpen away!
 
surely not (barring something extreme), lots of people around here use belt sanders to sharpen their INFI...
 
One of the shop guru's would be best to ask.

How I understand it, if your mod appears to be responsible for any failure, it will not be covered. So if you get your edge too hot and the temper is messed up, and you have an edge failure, like chipping or severe tear out, it would not be covered.

It is very easy to mess up the heat treat with a belt sander on a thin edge.

practice on some cheaper knives first, then keep the busse cool, by dunking every pass. Should be fine.
 
basically, a manufacturer can tell wether you've damaged a heat treatment by doing a basic acid etch (or rc test) on the damaged area. if you were to heat a part of the blade up to 1,800 degree's and you etched it, you'd see an area of multicolored layers emanating from that spot.

The warranty is voided in two instances: if you change the design in a way that cannot reasonably take the damage sustained (meaning if busse made and tested -your- modification they never would have put it into production), or if you damage the knife through thermal/chemical means (torch, heating it well past red hot during grinding, etc).

If you can avoid doing either of those things, by keeping your edge thicker then 10 degree's per side and by keeping it plenty cool throughout the entire sharpening process, you'll probably be fine. IF you do still break it, send the knife in with a note referencing what you've done to the knife and jerry/garth will decide what the cause was (your modification or the usage) and go from there. Part of being a good machinist/engineer is being able to deduce how a damage occurred from the broken pieces.
 
As long as you don't make physical contact between your Busse blade and the abrasive belt you should be fine. . . .

If you do make contact. . . .this can happen!!!!!! :eek: :eek: :eek:

SEAHORSE.jpg


Of course, there was a lot of alcohol mixed in with this nightmare. . . but you get the idea. . . .

Don't Drink and Grind!!!! :eek:

Jerry :D





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Jerry Busse said:
As long as you don't make physical contact between your Busse blade and the abrasive belt you should be fine. . . .

If you do make contact. . . .this can happen!!!!!! :eek: :eek: :eek:

SEAHORSE.jpg


Of course, there was a lot of alcohol mixed in with this nightmare. . . but you get the idea. . . .

Don't Drink and Grind!!!! :eek:

Jerry :D

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That thing looks like it could hurt someone. :eek:
Is it a glimpse of what will be available in Easton????:foot:
 
I set my grinder up beside a sink in my little work shop area. This way I can run the knife under cold running water after every pass or fill the sink up for dunking large blades. So far even my little blades haven't even gotten warm let alone over 1K degrees. I take caring for my knives very seriously. So I'm always gonna be paranoid about temp when grinding. But I could understand any damage my machine cuased not being covered. Good to know guys.

And Jerry, I never drink and grind.

Thanks all.
 
Jerry Busse said:
As long as you don't make physical contact between your Busse blade and the abrasive belt you should be fine. . . .

If you do make contact. . . .this can happen!!!!!! :eek: :eek: :eek:

SEAHORSE.jpg


Of course, there was a lot of alcohol mixed in with this nightmare. . . but you get the idea. . . .

Don't Drink and Grind!!!! :eek:

Jerry :D





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that is but ugly.a great testament against GWI.
 
The nuclear seahorse is the only knife i've ever seen that was uglier than the sus scrofa. :barf:
 
Scrota is still uglier than the Rex. Now the SAR5, that's a GOOD looking knife, right Jerry??? :D
 
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