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I have a $200 dollar gift certificate burning a hole in my pocket for a few months now. So concidering what The Home depot carries, If any of you guys had this gift certificate what things would you buy at Home Depot that would help you tinker with your knives. All I really have now is a Lansky a Sharpmaker, lots of sand paper, and assorted screw drivers. I have lots of half finished knife projects laying around. But what at home Depot would you buy to advance your knife tinkering hobby, Or life for me I should say. Maybe a grinder, or a nice drill, a vice. Some small Torx. I don't know but what would any of you guys do? Thanks in advance for any advice:D
 
Belt sander.

You could start putting some crazy 9th shakra sharp edges on your knives or start shaping your own handles, or grinding down some steel in the shape of a blade.

That's what I would do.
 
Belt sander? How big? what kind of paper grit? I do have 2 bars of 1095 just sitting here.
 
What about some kind of table/belt sander?
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Thats what I was thinking, something that was stationary, not a hand tool. Well not a hand held tool for grinding the blade. I'd want something like that to be stationary. And something that a real knifemaker would use, not just a kid trying to sharpen a bar of steel.
 
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think about a drill press. I finally got a Craftsman bench top one. Very handy to have around. I use it alot more than I thought I would.
 
If you work on your house, get the Ryobi 18v cordless kit. I've beat on mine doing construction full-time and been very impressed. Don't drop the circular saw, and tape the safety on the sawzall. Very good value overall.

I'm going with Makita LiIon now, but the Ryobi really gives great bang for the buck.
 
How about a Dremmel tool and a bunch of attachments? I use mine for modifying grips, adding finger choils, serrations, thumb notches, beveling, etc. Its probably one of my most used tools.
 
Belt sander 2"x42" would be a nice belt size. It sits up on a table and you grind or sharpen your blades from there.
 
Delta 1x42 belt sander, 400 series Dremel XPR w/41 accessories, and $20 worth of other stuff (dremel bits, hand tools, extra belts, whatever)
 
Yeah, I got a dremel awhile ago. Lots and lots of use, I burned out the first one and now I'm on the second.
 
killerskill said:
I have a $200 dollar gift certificate burning a hole in my pocket for a few months now. So concidering what The Home depot carries, If any of you guys had this gift certificate what things would you buy at Home Depot Thanks in advance for any advice:D
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How about buying something you can sell easily, recoup the cash and buy more knives! :) That's what I've done in the past with all the Christmas gift cards I've gotten.

Best Regards,
Matador-
 
Don't forget to get their torx driver. Has the torx bits 4-10 and 15. It will only cost you 5.97
 
BigDude said:
If you work on your house, get the Ryobi 18v cordless kit. I've beat on mine doing construction full-time and been very impressed. Don't drop the circular saw, and tape the safety on the sawzall. Very good value overall.

I'm going with Makita LiIon now, but the Ryobi really gives great bang for the buck.
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Agreed - I'm also in the middle of some home reno work and also use the Ryobi - love that circular saw:D I started out with the saw/drill combo and have since added the speed saw, trimmer, and sawzall thing. Funny how reno work becomes a black hole for tools:) Belt/Disc Sander is also a good idea - if you are planning to move steel, be careful if you buy a Delta 4x36 - the exhaust port where the sawdust collector thing is on the disc, is made of plastic and the sparks will start to melt it with enough grinding - want to know how I know this?:D Works well enough, though, for the money - that adhesive disc is a bit of a pain to change out - get good belts - NOT the ones from Canadian Tire, if are planning to buy belts there - Home Depot's are OK, but if you have a House of Tools close to you, they have some discs and belts from Germany that are well worth the extra.

Hope this helps - gord
 
I dunno about Ryobi............ I like their old cordless drills and batteries (cheap cheap cheap to replace) but they chintz out on things like collets. I had one of their palm routers and instead of having a REPLACEABLE collet the armature shaft was threaded directly, so when that thread wore out (and it didn't take that long to do that. It was pretty soft.) I had to pitch the tool. I should bought a Bosch or Porter Cable to start with.

Enough whining from me..........

I'd buy:

1) a 1"X42" with a 8' or 9" disk on the side and bunch of belts

2) A cordless drill with a set of decent HSS or Cobalt bits

3a) a good hex screwdriver set with lots of bits included
3b) some files

4) a Dremel kit.

Syn
 
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