Ive been busy...look what I done

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metalmole

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Went over to my dads to weld something for him the other day and he gave me a router, so I made a little table for it to put a chamfer on some G10 scales for some of my knifes I have in the works. I need to make a base for it and glue a thin piece of formica to the top.....I can adjust the depth of the bit so I can do different thickness of scales....I have to give credit where credit is due, I saw a buddy of mine Chris ( Blindhogg ) doing the same thing with a store bought router/table.........I like mine better :D
 

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That is frickin awesome. Have spent years trying to get them even by hand and sight Duh
 
Nice job! Now all you need is a fence for straight pieces and a support pin to rest the knife against while you begin feeding the knife into the spinning bit, it's pretty dangerous feeding a work piece into a spinning bit without a vertical pin to hold the knife against.
 
Thanks for the words......I dont know if I will make a fence or not, I set it up for just knife handles, not going to put a pin on it, that would get in the way of turning the knife around on the table the way I have to to get a nice smooth finish from the spine back to the butt and back up to the choil. I know it might sound dangerous but thats way I did the hole in the table with minimal clearance its no biggie, grinding a knife on a grinder can be a bit dangerous too;)
 
Freehand routing without a support pin can yank the workpiece out of your hands and possibly pull your hands into the spinning router bit, or at the very least cut your hands on the blade when it gets yanked out of your hands! This is a very dangerous operation without a support pin and not real easy with a support pin. I strongly urge you to reconsider.
 
Thanks for the warnings, but I have done 5 sets of scales and its not a problem, my buddy has done over 100 knifes this way without any problem, the close fit between the cutter and table makes it very unlikely a finger would get hit unless you have fingers the size of a pencil, the cutter only protrudes out of the table about .080 , thats why I made my own custom table so I could get a close fit to protect against any problems. As I stated the way the table is used a pin would get in the way of the ability to turn the knife from start to finish, it has to be a nice flow from start to finish to get the best possible finish. I would warn others about using a store bought router table that has more space between the removable inserts in the table and the blade.....
 
Metalmole darn man that looks good, way better than my router table setup. The circle around my bit is a little too large and ring that surrounds it is depressed slightly which causes slight issues sometimes. But your system fixes all that.

Woodworker Not willing to debate safety with you on a router table my friend,I have a feeling with your handle you have a few hundred hours more time on a router table than myself. Will say I came up with a pretty good system that seems to work. Must say to my knife making friends this system works well for me, and yes I also have used round over bits and it works just as well.
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Yes I've spent some time with routers, both freehand and table mounted. Got three of 'em. The router table is very good at throwing lumber, though the table saw is way better. I can attest to both personally. Been there done that. Thank the good Lord above I've still got all my fingers. I'd hate to see some of y'all come up missing some digits.
 
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