for those who make swords...

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DaNoog!

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how are you tidying up your bevels... are you really using a 2x 72 grinder? if not what ARE you using?
 
Mecha brings up a technique for grinding a sword. In knives and swords, grinding lengthwise eliminates some divots and makes matching bevels easier. but it is hard to grind a long blade vertically ... so turn your grinder sideways and make a 24" long worktable. If you need to, make a "jig" from a long piece of angle iron and clamp the sword to it. Adjust the worktable angle and grind away - perfect flat bevels.
 
I go the standard route on the 2x72 (for the one sword I made) but agree that it's difficult to keep the bevels right. I finished with convex edge on a slack belt...easier to deal with IMO.
 
Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith said:
Mecha brings up a technique for grinding a sword. In knives and swords, grinding lengthwise eliminates some divots and makes matching bevels easier. but it is hard to grind a long blade vertically ... so turn your grinder sideways and make a 24" long worktable. If you need to, make a "jig" from a long piece of angle iron and clamp the sword to it. Adjust the worktable angle and grind away - perfect flat bevels.
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Definitely a pain in the butt, that's why I set up a grinder just for shaping sword blades: set at a 45 degree angle and running backwards! :) Two-wheel grinders work great for this.
 
Mecha said:
Definitely a pain in the butt, that's why I set up a grinder just for shaping sword blades: set at a 45 degree angle and running backwards! :) Two-wheel grinders work great for this.
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All good answers. i thought about trying to buy one of those big azz wheels from Japan; there's a kind of undeniable romance that comes from those sekai city workshops. id love one of those at my house. Alas, it is not to be.
Can you post a pic of your grinder please? i'd like to see what you mean by a 45 degree angle.
 
DaNoog! said:
All good answers. i thought about trying to buy one of those big azz wheels from Japan; there's a kind of undeniable romance that comes from those sekai city workshops. id love one of those at my house. Alas, it is not to be.
Can you post a pic of your grinder please? i'd like to see what you mean by a 45 degree angle.
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Are you joking?! I got one of those in 2004 or 2005 and finally replaced it last year. I still have it. I didn't know anyone else had one. I had to hound the guy for months to finally get it, thought I'd been scammed.
 
Richard338 said:
Are you joking?! I got one of those in 2004 or 2005 and finally replaced it last year. I still have it. I didn't know anyone else had one. I had to hound the guy for months to finally get it, thought I'd been scammed.
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Oh that one's not mine, I just typed "two wheel belt grinder at an angle" and snagged the first cool pic to show the OP, since I don't have a photo of mine to show.

Sorry to disappoint. That grinder in the pic (you have one?!?) looks awesome though! Looks like a juiced-up Coote.

I've had a similar setup with a Kalamazoo, a Coote, and now a little home-made one some guy in Michigan made in his garage. Also have modified a Northridge and KMG to run in reverse and set the platen at an angle, but prefer a two-wheel for the task.
 
Got it. Yeah a guy in BC Canada made a batch of those around 2004. He was very late in delivering and I didn't know anyone else who actually got one. It actually worked ok, but boy was my Northridge with VFD an upgrade.
 
Richard338 said:
Got it. Yeah a guy in BC Canada made a batch of those around 2004. He was very late in delivering and I didn't know anyone else who actually got one. It actually worked ok, but boy was my Northridge with VFD an upgrade.
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The Northridge grinders really are very fine machines.
 
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