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[cjd1980]

does any one know where i can get a scribe to mark the center( of the edge) of my knives before i grind them

 

[rashid11]

Yer local HarborFreight store - get the 6 or 4" digital caliper. The jaws are hardened and will last you a millennium. They also have 1000 more uses around the shop.

Set the opening to 1/2 of the stock's width and scribe, sliding one jaw against the outside of the stock.

Most of us scribe two lines - separated by the desired thickness. So if your stock is .125 and you want 25 thou-wide edge, set the caliper to 50 thou and scribe twice .

Some of us blue the edge before scribing - Dykem

 

[Robert Mayo]

Here is a link to find everything you may need.

Bob

http://www.internetbusinesslinks.net/SupplierList.html

 

[silver_pilate]

Here's what I use:

http://www.texasknife.com/vcom/product_info.php?cPath=884_810&products_id=1074

Very simple, but you'll have to set it up each time you change steel thicknesses.

--nathan

 

[marekz]

hello--on the texas knife supply scribe referenced above how difficult would it be to actually set the scribe? would you take a ruler or something and lift up the scribe till the desired measuremnt is made? just wondering- mark

 

[fitzo]

You can get a long set of feeler guages and use that to set it accurately if you wanted, Mark. Otherwise, you could get close if you have a number drill set to use as guages, less close with a fractional set but still probably ok.

In order to get the best precision out of one of these types of markers, one has to be sure their stock is flat and the two sides parallel. If there is any warp in the steel, you will get curved lines and following them will grind a warp into your blade.

 

[AcridSaint]

I use a scribe similar to the one from Texas, I don't do anything special to change it, just rap it on the work bench. I scribe two lines and grind to each.

 

[souprat]

I made one that look similar to the one from texas knife supply. One piece of aluminum barstock + one bolt + one piece of rodstock with the basement heat treat (map torch and a cup of water). Works great!

 

[marekz]

Why couldnt you mark cm or mm on the underside of the scribe--the part that goes up and down--refering to the texas knife one----- and then just do your measurements with a gauge and translate it?--im I looking too deep into this fellows--thanks mark

 

[silver_pilate]

Mark, you could do that, no problem. Just have to be accurate. Also, on the center scribe I have (the Texas Knife Supply scribe), one side of the carbide scriber is higher than the other. So be consistent in what side you use, maybe mark it somehow.

--nathan

 

[AcridSaint]

Mark - the only issue there is that you'd have to use precision ground steel if you wanted a true center line based on your measurements or you'd have to mic your steel before you scribe it. It's much easier to just mark from both sides, then you don't have to worry if you're dead center.