disc vers,horizontal,vers vertcle grinders-who wins

Donn- when i payed for my kmg-i payed for everything,every option i could get- 3hp,vfd,rotory platen, i also bought the small wheel attachments, and the tool rest--i thik it mike adams or --dam--i forgot who i got that from. In reality , in your opinion, a disc grinder is not going to make that much difference in my grinds--is that a correct assumption? Now that i got the bubble jig maybe that can help me out. I Love making knives, i love looking,smelling and shaping wood. im in love with this craft. But maybe im getting too far away from the basics and wrapped up in the techno of it all--mark
 
I love my 2x72 its the best, I just made a 1.5hp disk grinder, but i made it to do handle scales and things that are meant to sit flat.
 
Well Mark, you really have no excuse for poor grinds :D

A disc might help. But you can do it on a belt. Just need to learn to feel what the blade is doing on the belt.

Back to basics is right, learn to use what you have. Practice, practice, practice.
 
Jt - i could do that ( true up scales and blocks on my 6" disc 1x42 delta right. hell when i finish cleaning up the flood damage i could try it myself, but i dont see why not.--thanks marekz
 
Don Hanson III said:
Well Mark, you really have no excuse for poor grinds :D

A disc might help. But you can do it on a belt. Just need to learn to feel what the blade is doing on the belt.

Back to basics is right, learn to use what you have. Practice, practice, practice.
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Its funny because after i got my disk grinder done and then talked to richard J on the phone about how i should try flat grinding on a disk i tried it. well to say the least i felt like a total newbie, I mean my grind was flat but i felt like i did not have any control. i guess that's what i like about a 2" wide belt, I can work on sections of a blade at a time or move crest lines where i want them. but i felt totally helpless on the disk. I know if i where to spend a day with it i would be OK but it just funny to get that feeling back after so long of feeling confident at the belt grinder.

marekz said:
Jt - i could do that ( true up scales and blocks on my 6" disc 1x42 delta right. hell when i finish cleaning up the flood damage i could try it myself, but i dont see why not.--thanks marekz
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ya that would work fine for that as long as your not really hogging material off. To tell you the truth i have never used a 1x42 grinder at all so I'm clueless about there power but i know thy must not be to impressive. but for doing handle scales i think it would be fine.
 
I am a BIG fan of a disc sander. :)

I "rough out" on the 2X72 and clean things up with the disc. I don't HAVE to use it, but it makes it easier and more consistent for me to get bevels WELL FINISHED. It's more about finish than anything (for me) :)
 
i can grind a knife faster on my disc compared to a belt sander but i'm using 24 grit. i can grind a 6" blade in about 15 minutes. i still use my belt sander to clean up the lines from the disc and to finish the blade. when i first started out making knives i could have made a lot more knives if i had a disc.
 
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