Fuller in a knife blade with no mill?

[Josh Rider]

My friend is requesting a short wide fuller in a blade for aesthetic reasons.
I dont have a mill and im not going to attempt it with a dremel or angle grinder. Here are my questions:
1. Is this something that can be done on a lathe?
2. Are there machine shops that take small one time jobs like this?

The fuller is about 1 inch long by 1/2 inch wide. Similar to this:

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

You could mill it in by hand with good skills, a flex shaft, and a carbide ball burr........but it would be really iffy.

A mill is really the only good option. Most anyone with a mill, or a small machine shop should be able to do it.

Personally, I would just talk him out of the pointless fuller. Ask him, "What will the fuller do for the knife?"

 

[Josh Rider]

Thanks for the reply Stacy. Maybe ill practice on some scrap with the flex shaft. The fuller is definitely important to him and not for the "vacuum" myth. I'll check out a machine shop too. Thanks for the help

 

[Shaw Blades]

I wish my small wheel attachment had the small wheel protruding from the fixture. You could free hand a fuller pretty easy that way. Surely someone has designed a grinder that does that.

 

[Josh Rider]

I saw a video where they did that but it was wide fullerTuffthumbz Hollowgrinding a Fuller: http://youtu.be/bGZOIZMg74U

 

[Bill Burke]

it could be done easily on a lathe with a milling attachment. or for a one time thing possibly some creative fixturing of the blade to the tool post

 

[DEllis]

it could be done easily on a lathe with a milling attachment. or for a one time thing possibly some creative fixturing of the blade to the tool post

I second this........a lathe and some ingenuity will git'r'done:thumbup:
Darcy

 

[Josh Rider]

it could be done easily on a lathe with a milling attachment. or for a one time thing possibly some creative fixturing of the blade to the tool post

I second this........a lathe and some ingenuity will git'r'done:thumbup:
Darcy

Very good! I have a friend with a lathe, I'll give him a call.
Thanks

 

[David Stifle]

That can be done quite easily with a dremel and attachments. I know, because I've done it many times. You just need to practice a bit.

 

[andrewh2011]

head over to ariel salaverria's website he has a good tutorials section with what your looking for along with a bunch of other cool stuff
http://www.aescustomknives.com/docs/tutorials.htm

 

[DukeHarley]

Thanks for the reply Stacy. Maybe ill practice on some scrap with the flex shaft. The fuller is definitely important to him and not for the "vacuum" myth. I'll check out a machine shop too. Thanks for the help

I'd think you'd be able to find a shop to help you out baring its an easy setup for them. Also the smaller the shop the better. Maybe you know someone who works somewhere that has a mill? Gosh if you lived close to me I'd more than happy to help you out.

Jay