dwg or dxf files knife shapes

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tex williams

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I am 77 years old living in South Africa & want to do knife making as a hobby.
does anyone supply AutoCAD drawings or DXF files of knife shapes
Regards
Tex
 
If you go diy knife maker info center there's a ton of templates. Dan has done an awesome job also posting many of his builds. In pdf though.

There was also a thread hear a few weeks ago where someone want to make a database but the concessions was there's already a lot out there. If you find that thread you'll find plenty of templates.

Finally you can also get face on pictures, scale and print them for templates.

Most knives will probably take on a life of their own as you grind them.
 
Tex, welcome to the group. Why the dxt/dwg files? Do you wish to generate gcode for CNC work? Or - the ability to tweak the design? As mentioned there are LOTS of pdf files of knife designs, but surely there are a few dwg/dxf files also. Could you import the pdf to your cad program and trace over the design to have a dwg file?
 
Ken H> said:
Tex, welcome to the group. Why the dxt/dwg files? Do you wish to generate gcode for CNC work? Or - the ability to tweak the design? As mentioned there are LOTS of pdf files of knife designs, but surely there are a few dwg/dxf files also. Could you import the pdf to your cad program and trace over the design to have a dwg file?
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Ken,
I just came across this thread while looking for CAD files. I have some ideas I'd like to develop, and want to be able to save various configurations. I had hoped to not have to start from scratch, which is why I was looking for DWG files. The search continues...
 
You can just download the free inkscape program and create your own, it will save as dxf.
 
onewing said:
You can just download the free inkscape program and create your own, it will save as dxf.
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I've used Inkscape for text editing in video editing, but never for drawing. I just tried it, and it's completely baffling - like no CAD program I've ever used.
 
I have messed about lots saving images of knifes I like from the web and tracing over them in autocad. Most knifes sold by the big retailers have nice flat on studio photos that are good for tracing which you can find with an image search. You can scale based on the published dimensions.
I then print them out, stick them to card and try the feel and ergonomics. I do lots of print, modify, scan, modify, print...etc. you get the advantages of the CAD and the feel in hand that way.
 
Also, Autodesk give the student edition of AutoCAD away free if you sign up to their free online learning service. It just has watermarks saying it's the student version so you can't use it for professional CAD work but great for making templates etc.
 
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