CNC and knife production

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Why use CNC systems in the production of knives ?: jerkit :: jerkit :: jerkit :
 
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Speed
Precision
Cost
Efficiency
Consistency

Not necessarily in that order.
 
J.Mattson said:
What’s your objection? CNC allows you to get better knives cheaper,.
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That is my thought. Many places also use waterjet, plasma, laser etc. What difference does it make?

I am fairly certain that Busse uses a CNC machine (not sure) so does that make there product inferior or whatever you are trying to get at?

What is your point?
 
I believe the OP believes that a CNC'ed knife or blade, somehow makes it cheaper or inferior. Cheaper yes, but could you imagine what some makers would charge for already highly overpriced knives if they hand forged & shape every blade? :)
 
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We CNC waterjet blanks for a number of knifemakers and most all the benefits have been posted above.

The biggest benefit that has not been mentioned is the yield of good blanks we get based on tight nesting with our CAD program. Knowing the expense of the high end alloys it probably almost pays for the machining cost.

Oh yea, one other one is the waste of time doing stock reduction on a bandsaw, unless you have nothing else to do with your time....

Just my 2 cents
 
Why do we use calculators?

Why do we use computers?

Email?

Cell phones?

Wikipedia?

Credit cards?

Shoes?

Cars?

Airplanes?

The list goes on....
 
Josh K said:
Why do we use calculators?

Why do we use computers?

Email?

Cell phones?

Wikipedia?

Credit cards?

Shoes?

Cars?

Airplanes?

Paper Wheels?

The list goes on....
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fixed ;)

so yes OP CNC'ing parts gets you a better knife at a cheaper cost.
 
I know that I definitely prefer having my blades cut out on a CNC waterjet rather than by hand with a hacksaw. It's more precise, wastes less steel and save me hours of hard work with the hacksaw (it's cheaper too).
 
kitkat52 said:
I do not object to CNC at all, but we had knives made without them not too long ago.
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Hi,

Only because they either weren't invented yet or weren't cheap enough for the small runs that knife makers want.

Look at it this way, if the cutlers of old Sheffield would have had access to them, all those slip-joints and Bowie"s would have been CNCed.

dalee
 
A knife shaped like the Op is talking about is a labor of love.

A CNC shaped knife is business.

Without the automation there could be no common, inexpensive production knives; the cost of labor is too high.
 
I disagree, some of the best custom and semi-custom knives have CNC parts, especially liners/frames.
 
dawsonbob said:
A knife shaped like the Op is talking about is a labor of love.
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If it is a labor of love, then why do they always cost so much? Love is free...most of the time.:D

I'm just sayin'.

For my hard-earned money, quality is quality, no matter how it's made.
 
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