Look what the old man had in his shop!

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Justin Presson

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I have been telling my dad I have gotten into knifemaking and he said he had some power tools that I could have. He came to KC this weekend and brought me this. Can't wait to use it. It was dusty as hell but seems in good shape.
Any maintenance I should do to this guy? Grease or oil anything? Going to try and find a manual online.
I also need advice on what belts to get like which grits I would need the most of and ceramic, flex I have some research to do want to get a order this week.
Justin





 
is that a 1x42" belt?

On my small grinder(1x30" HF) I use mainly 60, 80 and 120 grit for material removal(handle and blade materials). Then I have 400, 800, and 1200 grit for sharpening and I profile the edge with a 240 grit belt. I don't actually grind finished bevels on mine though. I just remove as much material on the bevel as I can without going too far in order to save time, then I move over to my hand filing jig and finish up the bevels with the jig and finally draw file them. This is the fastest way I've been able to find and still get nice even bevels, plunge lines etc. I'm sure some people can grind the entire knife on these little things and make it look good but I haven't figured it out yet. Your Craftman is a much better machine than I have so it should work a lot better.

I think most people recommend Trugrit.com for belts. I ordered some there recently and had a good experience.
 
That's a good old one, you can trust taht HP rating to be pretty correct.

I'd just pull the covers, blow the dust out and wiggle all the wheels , see if the bearings are good.
 
Phorizt, that is what I was thinking about doing my self. I know it should save my elbows some!

12345678910 is that rpm correct or is the belt going much faster?
 
I was just looking at some of these and when the disc is rotating at 1725 rpm the belt is actually moving at over 3000 ft/min which is fast but pretty standard on these types of sanders/grinder. The one I use is 3260 ft/min so rather than being able to slow it down you just have to be more careful about how much pressure to apply when grinding. You also will generate a lot of heat so keep a bucket of water handy.
 
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He also told me when we go over for easter to take his drill press home with me to. Dads are awesome. All he wants is for me to make him a knife :D
 
Saweet man. That looks like a nice belt sander there. Old enough to be a quality tool yet new enough to not be worn out and be able to get parts for.
 
Cool little belt sander with a fairly unique feature. If you route the belt so you use the second idler above the table rather than the rear idler, you can thread the belt through a hole in your work piece and sand the inside edge of the hole. Not exactly something you need to do often for knife making, but handy none the less. There's a fellow on ebay selling reproduction replacement idler and drive wheels for the Delta Rockwell version of that belt sander that should work if you need a replacement. You can probably also find a replacement sanding disk for it if you look hard enough
 
It is well built I took all guards and stuff off and cleaned it good few shots of oil and had to shim one corner of the bottom bracket and now it tracks perfect. Going to order belts from trugrit this week and see about either making or ordering a ceramic platen for it.
 
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