kmg set up

Don't waist money on the rotary platen at least for now. Definately not needed to get started. Again I would get the 10" setup, 2 extra arms, slack belt, motor and pulleys.
 
I ordered a KMG today. I got the 3HP VS with the 8" wheel package. I didn't get very many accessories because my budget didn't allow for it. I got the mounting plate, second tooling arm, two extra wheels, drive belt and pulleys.
I mostly make smaller knives and folding knives and I think the 8" wheel will be the most useful for me in the short term. I would have got the 10" wheel package instead, but I intend to purchase a 14" wheel in the future and I figured the 10" wheel may be less useful to me after I do. I ordered a 1.5" and 3" wheel because I intend to get a Caffrey Platen soon.
I plan to purchase more wheels and the tooling arm rack before long. I also want a MAP Arm to help me with edge finishing.
My grinder should arrive by the end of the month and I'm really looking forward to it.
 
RUGUR said:
I ordered a KMG today. I got the 3HP VS with the 8" wheel package. I didn't get very many accessories because my budget didn't allow for it. I got the mounting plate, second tooling arm, two extra wheels, drive belt and pulleys.
I mostly make smaller knives and folding knives and I think the 8" wheel will be the most useful for me in the short term. I would have got the 10" wheel package instead, but I intend to purchase a 14" wheel in the future and I figured the 10" wheel may be less useful to me after I do. I ordered a 1.5" and 3" wheel because I intend to get a Caffrey Platen soon.
I plan to purchase more wheels and the tooling arm rack before long. I also want a MAP Arm to help me with edge finishing.
My grinder should arrive by the end of the month and I'm really looking forward to it.
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Rob,your going to love it,bro!!if you need some help building a rest for your small wheels give me a shout. i made one similar to mark terrel's rest,just to keep everything square to the wheels.3hp vfd..,you suck :D
 
marekz-
There is a website that explains it all. Run a web search to look for it.
 
marekz said:
what would the caffrey platen do. what benefit is it?
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It is bar none the BEST/ MOST useful platen out there. It enables you to use the platen, slack belt, and two smaller contact wheels (1.5" & 3") all in one package. I tried to get Rob to make me one but was unsuccessful. I think it would be a HUGE seller if he decided to start selling them. Here is the link. http://www.caffreyknives.net/PlatenPage.html
 
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It seems that Mr. Caffrey is selling them now. That's what the website says and I saw something else recently that seems to confirm that they are availble.
 
I am hoping Rob would take it on as I do not have the machinery to modify the tooling arms to fit this platen. The tooling arm needs to be "split" so the platen can be rotated on it's post within the arm. This thing is KILLING me!
 
Why not talk to Rob and see if he'll sell you a tool arm for the rotary platen? Should be roughly the same.

--nathan
 
He will not do any special work.
 
I recommend the MAP arm from Mike. Its a great addition to your KMG for sure. I wish it was a little easier to adjust at times but truth is it does adjust to where you want it and thats the main thing. At least you can get it there. Its the best rest I could have asked for and I'm sure I have not begun to find all that its capable of doing. In fact I'm still rather behind on that I'm sure.

STR
 
so the caffrey platen allows it to be a platen, be s slack attachment,and allows you to use both wheels -all with very minimal time and difficulty. so the main advantage is the time?--( and maybe money---i dont know about that yet_. so if i have a Mr.frink provided slack arm attachment, small wheel attachment with 1.5 wheel and a 3" contact wheel, and ofcourse the platen attacment ----the only real difference is ease of operation? Is there a major difference in cost?I would like to know how much i could be saving. thanks
 
Instead of multiple tools, you have one tool that can be simply rotated on the arm to change uses. Go onto Ed's site and look in his archives on the tutorial of his platen that rob built. He shows it in all positions and it's uses.
 
dlpierson said:
You can just unbolt the platen from the flat platen and you have a slack belt (confession:
I've never done this because it hasn't seemed worth the hassle with the rotary platen and
using slack belt portions of the other attachment's belt paths).

I love my rotary platen, but it is expensive.

I've been thinking about getting a Bader "double bally roll" with a KMG arm to supplement or
replace my KMG small wheel attachment. Some sort of small wheel is really useful and I get
a lot of use out of mine, but the Bader attachment provides a narrower belt path to
get the full use of a small wheel and more convenient work position. On the other hand,
it doesn't have the quick change feature of the KMG attachment and small wheels are
not interchangeable between the two.
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Dan.......how wouldyou fit the Bader attachment...or the similar new Burr King one for that matter to the KMG?
 
jdm61 said:
Dan.......how wouldyou fit the Bader attachment...or the similar new Burr King one for that matter to the KMG?
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A Bader uses a tool arm similar to a KMG. While a Bader arm won't work in
a KMG, it is simple to attach a Bader attachment to a KMG arm. The Bader
rep at the hammer in offered to make the KMG arm for me and ship it with
the attachment.

Burr King is a whole 'nother matter. From the pictures I've seen of them,
they use a completely different method for attachments (and attachments
are a lot more work to change). In my fairly ignorant opinion, a Burr King
may well be a great dedicated single wheel hollow grinder, but is far behind
both KMG and Bader for folks whose grinding style includes frequent attachment
changes.
 
Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see how it would be any special work to sell a tooling arm. They are already made up for sale with the rotary platen. The only question is if the Caffrey platen uses the same size pin to mount to the tooking arm and if Rob will sell you a rotary platen tooling arm only.

--nathan
 
I don't see there being too much tooling needed to modify an existing tool arm. A drill press, tap and saw is all that one would need, looking at the way that Rashid did his anyways.
 
i went ahead and ordered a kmg with multiple add ons---hooray, now im wondering how long its gonna take. hopefully soon. thanks
 
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