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Kershaw Outcast

Not sure if they have changed anything about the design but mine measures 0.193 at the spine and 0.090 near the edge.
 
siguy said:
kage, a 1x30HF if a small belt sander. very popular around here for those that do alot of modding. i love mine, its very portable and makes it easy for me to power sharpen almost anywhere. (i really want to make a transformer for a car battery so i can take it on the road with me too...someday)

kage, if you want you can send the kershaw to me and i can put a scary edge on it for you, just toss in like five bucks for return shipping. pm me for my address if you are interested.
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Siguy,
Maybe I can offer you some help. If the 1x30HF runs on normal house current, what you need is an inverter. You connect it up to your car/truck battery and plug in you powertool of choice. I needed to use a 4" angle grinder to remove a padlock that had rusted solid on my storage unit. Of course there were no outlets in the building where I was renting my unit, so I hooked up my (700 Watt, $50 at HF a year ago) inverter, plugged in a 50 ft outdoor utility extension cord, and plugged in my grinder. Thirty seconds later my problem was solved. I hope that helps you and anyone else who wants to take their hobby on the road. I'm a big fan of inverters.:)
 
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siguy said:
an inverter...hmm...

i was thinking something like what greenpete rigged up in his tutorial:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ysKd1cswlo

it comes right off of a spare battery and ends up in something like a power strip or whatever you rig it to.
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Yup. He's got (left to right respectively) a car battery going to an inverter, going to a step down transformer. In the UK, they use ~220-240 Volt AC. That's their standard. In the USA, we use ~110-120 Volt AC. As he explains, the (UK) inverter converts 12 Volt DC to 240 Volt AC. Then, because his grinder is runs on 110 Volt AC, he needs to put the 240 Volts AC into a step down transformer which steps it down from ~220-240 Volts AC to ~110-120 Volts AC.

He needs the step down transformer, probably, because he got a good deal on an American grinder (110 VAC) via mail order, but in the UK they generally only sell 240 Volt AC inverters and 240 Volt AC grinders. So, as he says, "You may not have to use the transformer, which is the silver box on the right." What he says is absolutely true.

If you have a grinder that runs on 110 Volt AC, you can go straight for the most common type of inverter available in the States, which converts 12 Volt DC to 110 Volt AC. In that case you won't need a transformer, but you will need to make sure your inverter is big enough. My 4" angle grinder ran well off a 700 Watt inverter, but I think I was close to the limit a couple of times when I really leaned into it. Next time, I think I'll get 1500 to 2000 Watts, but I had no problems, so far, with the 700. YMMV. :)

BTW, I'm a fan of Greenpete too. I watched all four of his vids a couple of months ago. He really does a great job explaining the process. He really makes it look easy.:thumbup:
 
littlehairy,

thanks for the info and the explanation.

greenpete seems pretty cool, those are good videos. i was looking through the comments while one loaded and he says he doesnt even like making knives, that he just did it becuase when he wanted one noone made a fulltang scandi, so he just did it himself...pretty cool.
 
Spooky, I have one of those kabar cutlass machetes waiting for me back in NS, I'll give a review of it when I get home in a week or so.
 
siguy said:
littlehairy,

thanks for the info and the explanation.

greenpete seems pretty cool, those are good videos. i was looking through the comments while one loaded and he says he doesnt even like making knives, that he just did it becuase when he wanted one noone made a fulltang scandi, so he just did it himself...pretty cool.
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I saw that comment too. I like people like that. Good attitude.
 
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