Extra tool bar for KMG

Raymond Richard

Raymond Richard

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Since I've been spending a lot more time making tomahawks I find myself using the small wheel attachment more often. Its simple enough to change things over but thought it would be much nicer to just change bars. I didn't have any steel that would work but happened to think of a piece of oak I had on hand. I cut the oak to 1 1/2" square and made it a few inches longer than the steel bar. Added a piece of sheet metal on the side where the looking bolt hits the bar. Drilled two 3/8" holes and mounted the small wheel attachment to the stick and away I go.
 
Close your eyes and imagine a 1 1/2" X 1 1/2" steel bar with two 3/8" holes drilled in it at the front. Without opening your eyes substitute the steel with oak. Thats it........ :D
 
Close your eyes and imagine a 1 1/2" X 1 1/2" steel bar with two 3/8" holes drilled in it at the front. Without opening your eyes substitute the steel with oak. Thats it........ :D
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Hmmm....I can't see it yet...? Does it matter if I use Red oak or White oak...?:D (kiddin' of course...)

What terrific idea..and you certainly can not argue with success! Especially when it doesn't cost anything either.
 
rfrink said:
Hmmm....I can't see it yet...? Does it matter if I use Red oak or White oak...?:D (kiddin' of course...)

What terrific idea..and you certainly can not argue with success! Especially when it doesn't cost anything either.
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Has to be white oak. I did have to buy some longer bolts so it wasn't totally free. I figured the oak would be plenty strong enough for the task since theres not a lot of pressure being applied.
 
rfrink said:
Hmmm....I can't see it yet...? Does it matter if I use Red oak or White oak...?:D (kiddin' of course...)

What terrific idea..and you certainly can not argue with success! Especially when it doesn't cost anything either.
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Rob,

you should start thinking about "all wood" budget version of KMG. :)
 
alexmin said:
Rob,

you should start thinking about "all wood" budget version of KMG. :)
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Yeah! Make it out of recycled materials like old shipping pallets. Hook it up to an excercise bike for the power source. You can then sell it through Greenpeace. It would open up a whole new market. It may be a bit difficult to convice the tree-huggers that they need a knife to cut their granola-bars with though.

Phil
 
Cool. Hadn't thought of using wood.
 
Hilarious Phil!! :D :D

Then all we need is an endorsement from Al Gore ( yep, the one who invented the internet).

I crack myself up sometimes!! (hee hee)

-Rob
 
Ray, good to hear your grinder's got a woody! Congratulations! :D
 
hey ray... i just mounted my small wheel through the same holes of the flat paten work rest... but flipped over on the other side.... now when i need the small wheel i just flip my tooling arm over and i got it.
does that make any sense??

it can get cramped if you flat grind.. but if you're just profiling on the flat platen its fine.
 
Aw man this sucks - I looked, and all I had in the shop was red oak instead of white. Out of luck again (grin).
 
It would naturally come with the variable speed option. With an old, and out of shape, fart like me on the excercise bike, it would always be on low speed... :o

Rob

You might be able to sell carbon-credits corresponding to each grinder made of wood that you sell. The "carbon footprint" for a grinder made out of steel (think of the mining and smelting processes) has to be much greater than for one made out of some tree branches from your backyard :D

How about a version made out of bamboo and coco-nuts. You could get some valuable product placement/advertising by loaning one to one of these reality-TV shows :D

Phil
 
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