Best Contact Wheel for Cutting in Clips?

bobbywett

bobbywett

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Hi Folks,

I'm just starting to learn how to grind/cut in clips and or false edges on my knives. It is a difficult for me to get-em straight and I'm having a rough time with keeping them wave free. (see attached photo here)http://s657.photobucket.com/albums/uu295/bobbywett/?action=view&current=DSCN0547.jpg. Is there a specific size, contour (smooth vs serrated) contact wheel that will aid me in this procedure? I know some folks like to hand file them in? I would appreciated any information/techniques you folks think would help me in the learning curve.

Grateful for Your Advise,

Bob,

Hershey, PA
 
I attended a seminar on doing clips by a mastersmith at the ABS school. He used a 8 inch wheel and proceded to screw it up. It was embarrising for him but the lesson was, clips are hard to grind. I grind first with a 5 inch wheel and finish by hand.
 
Dan,

Thanks for the affirmation that i might not be alone in my clip grinding quandary. I am currently using my smooth 10" contact wheel, I have an 8" that I'll give a go. BTW....beautiful work on your website!
 
You will get less waves with a serrated wheel.
 
Grinding in clips is no more difficult than grinding double edges.
Now I flat grind everything, and if I want to grind in a clip, I first grind in the primary edge and go for the clip. even if the primary edge is hollow ground, filing in the clip would be no different than a flat ground clip. Granted I like to match the grinds, so if you are hollow grinding the primary edge, I would hollow grind the clip too. I you are having wave problems, your hands aren't steady enough. I hate to say this, but you might consider a rest. (an offset rest, not one that sits in front of the belt surface, but off to the side.
Del
 
I'm surprised that you could get less waves using a serrated contact wheel, but I'm also finding out, that things aren't as simple as they appear to be, in the knife making business. I think I'm going to have to try my hand at several different methods, on a many blades, to come up with a system that works for me. Perhaps, I'll incorporate several techniques to get the result I'm looking for.

Thanks Again Folks
 
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