milling on a blade

[herlihy433@yahoo.com]

how do some of you hold a blade on the mill,i have a midas 1220 ltd and cant figure a way to do it.maybe you could show a pic or drawing to help.thanks...sean

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

One approach that I like is profileing only the belly of the knife at first, so you can leave plenty of steel on the back of the blade to hold onto while cutting the bevels. Once they're finished you can finish the profile.

These are some picts I've taken. There are certanly other ways to go about it.

 

[Frank Niro]

Thanks for showing us that ,Nathan.Perhaps there are other ways to do that but at least I now have seen one way. I believe it's not how the knife is made but how good it is and looks when finished. I know there are now many who do at least blades on their milling machines and some who do all metal scales there as well. Frank

 

[herlihy433@yahoo.com]

Thanks for the info Nathan,i just needed some kind of foundation to start...sean:thumbup:

 

[chris609]

Nathan is that a Torqcut bridgport?

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

Nathan is that a Torqcut bridgport?

No, one is a small Dyna with a retrofit on it, the other is a 10 year old heavy Vetrax machine they don't make anymore. I do have a Bridgeport, and I like it very much, it just isn't pictured. Not a "Torqcut" though.

 

[chris609]

Wow those plunges are nice and neat. Would love to get an old bridgeport to do integrals.

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

Kind of a large crappy pict: http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss107/Nathan_the_Machinist/dagger/rough_milled_dagger.jpg

That was done entirely with a mill, EDM stones (Thanks DW) and sandpaper - no grinding at all.

Dang I need to finish that...

 

[David Wesner]

Dang I need to finish that...

Hey, I forgot about the Dagger

You're darn right you need to finish it


Waaaay to nice to be sitting on the shelf


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