Just One Quick Little Question

[hammertime99]

On the "Absolute Cheapskate Way to Start Making Knives-PDF" in the sticky above, could you easily just use a Dremel with a metal cutting attachment to cut out the blank after you drill the holes?

 

[i4Marc]

A hacksaw would be faster me thinks.

 

[Lo/Rez]

I tried it with the little cut off discs after I had drilled the holes. Might as well have chewed on it.

 

[hammertime99]

Okay, then I think I'll just stick to the hacksaw then. Thanks!

 

[jdm61]

You see some guys using an angle grinner with a cutoff wheel to do the heavy lifting.

 

[S.Alexander]

You see some guys using an angle grinner with a cutoff wheel to do the heavy lifting.

Yep that's how I do it to get the rough profile. I hate that thing but it sure is faster than a hacksaw.

 

[hammertime99]

One more question: If or When I use a hacksaw, I should use a bi-metal blade, right? And also how many teeth per-inch should I use?

 

[Drew Riley]

The general rule of thumb is that you have a minimum off three teeth in the material your cutting. So a piece of 1/8" stock would require a 24 TPI blade or higher.

 

[12345678910]

I like the three tooth rule, but usually I just keep an 18 tpi blade in the hacksaw

 

[PT Doc]

If you don't cut truly vertically which most folks will not be doing, the tooth count can be on the lower TPI count.

 

[jdm61]

Sounds like a "face check" policy at some pretentious honky tonk in rural Tennessee.

I like the three tooth rule,

 

[PT Doc]

Sounds like a "face check" policy at some pretentious honky tonk in rural Tennessee.

But if she has a great personality and is funny...naw!

 

[BallewBlade]

For now I use a QUALITY cut off wheel on an angle grinder and it gets me close enough to shape the rest of the profile on the belt grinder. A hacksaw will work but will take forever!