Fullers

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Gene Martin

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Other than a mill with a ball cutter, what's the next best/easiest way to put a fuller in a stock removal knife?

Any and all ideas are appreciated.

Thanks,

Gene
 
I made this sword last year. The bevels were forged, but the fuller was ground in. I used a 2 inch wheel on my belt grinder to do it.

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you could scrape it in........ use a lathe bit in a T-bar .... and pull it down the length of the blade....... set a guide pin on the T-bar, so the fuller groove is straight...

clean it up later with a wooden dowel and some emery paper...


practice on a scrap piece first and see if you like it



G
 
Another way I've done, is to use an old stone wheeled bench grinder, and grind holding the blade vertically. In other words, the tip of the blade would be pointing at the floor, so you're using the half inch (or whatever) width of the grinding wheel, rather than the 6" radius. You can just round the edges off the wheel to the desired radius you want in the bottom of your fuller.

I've also heard of guys who use this priciple by replacing the blade of a circular table saw with a grinding wheel. Then you can take controlled "bites" with each pass by adjusting the height of the wheel above the table surface, and use the "fence" as a guide/jig to keep things straight.
 
Thanks for the ideas. I have a mill and have used the ball cutter method, I just wondered what others have used for fullering.

Gene
 
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