Back When I Was A Young Whipper Snapper. . . . . . My first grinder!

Jerry Busse

Jerry Busse

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Some have asked to see what we use for the background on a number of our knife pics.

Well, here ya go! :thumbsup:

My dad bought this old grinding wheel at a farm auction and I then proceeded to build a frame for it. It had a pine board seat at one time along with pedals. I would sit there for hours trying to grind and sharpen anything I could find on a wheel that was way out-of-round!:eek::eek::eek:

I bent all of the angle iron in a vise and had to use bolts to put it together since I didn't know how to weld yet. I was 13 years old when I built this. The seat was made out of a 1x8 board and was held on by the U-Bolt that you can see on the back of the frame.

My biggest accomplishment was building my own ball bearings out of scrap. They have actually held together to this day. :eek::D

All in all it's a terrible grinder.:D But I learned a lot when building it. . . .

Fun times!!!

Let's Drink!!!

Jerry

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Nice! I see no pedal or hand crank. How’d you power it?

Now I’m thinking about making a grinder out of an old bicycle. :rolleyes:
Don’t tell my DeWALT.
 
I used to take aluminum poles and a hammer and hammer them into swords , then go snake hunting.. but i think your grinder is much more cooler!
 
Ive seen that in previous photos, nice to hear the history on it .
Very cool
 
Thank you, Sir. Have a happy and safe New Year’s Eve celebration.

Last year I purchased my final Bussekin on New Year’s Eve. This year? Picked up a gently used NFNO just yesterday. And the night is not yet past.

Be well all. From Richmond, Virginia.
 
Very cool history and even cooler that you still have it :thumbsup::D
Thank you for sharing :)
 
If it was good for our ancestors we all gotta start somewhere .
Cool bit of historic nostalgia
 
HAPPY NEW YEAR BUSSE FOLKS!!
Mr Busse, my “brother” bought one of
those for me, pedal powered!

When I worked at the slaughterhouse we had one of those grinding wheels that had an electric motor, it had a small water pipe to drizzle, & it ran all shift long...
There were over 50 of us that shared that thing...

Very cool you had that thing working as a young lad!!
Happy New Year to you & yours Jerry!!
I figure what’s the harm in saying it more than once?

All the very best to all you Blade Forum knife Knuts...!
 
Some quality old school Pittsburgh steel right there!

Thanks for sharing Jerry
 
Just glad that this grinder was retired before I started here. I am a huge fan of motorized grinders. Plus I don't think I would like the 1x8 board for a seat. Doubt it would even hold me. Definitely a cool piece of Busse History for sure.

Garth
 
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