my knifemaking tools

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my hobby is making tools for knifemakers
here are some of them

small vises
soft bearing rotation
short tube 55 mm wide allows to work with exotic blade forms

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big vises
tube D80 mm for very wide blades, khukri, cerambits, yataghans and so on

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sand paper finishing table
for a half of standart sand paper list
base plate is 8mm flat grinded mild steel

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with soft rubber for satin finish
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Thank you Mike!

to day two big devices

1) quenching press with fast changable heavy metal plates
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2) grinder, belt size 36 inch
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48 inch

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I dont see any interst :(
so two last devices

1) vacuume nipple, can be installed in any proper volume
air exhaust is done with bycicle pump reversed pump cup.
residual pressure is about 0.2-0.3 bar

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2) mikarta press

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thats all for to day!
 
very cool stuff! very impressive!

so what else do you have?

any other pictures of that large grinder?

thanks for posting

jake
 
The design on those grinders is kinda cool the more i look at them. it looks very heavy! i wonder if there would be any vibration at all with a direct drive with all that mass?

jake
 
I made 4 such a grinders, 3 of them were with direct drive, this one is my own and it was more convinient to use pulleys.
I have two frames cut with laser, but I dont have time to finish them, now I prefer to manufacture small tools, they are njt so time taking.

Grinder construction is optimized for my manufacturing opportunities, I have access to laser cutting, mig and tig welding and turning lathe but not milling :grumpy:
so I have only three milling operations in a construction.
vibrations mostly occure from inaccurate manufacturing and bad belts.

strahd71, my grinder is small one, belt legth is 48 and 36 inch
it is a problem to get longer belts in Russia
 
These look great... I'm just getting into machining, and there is a lot to learn to be able to make things like these, especially with such high quality. Pretty daunting.
 
Awesome tools! Very professional looking construction. I too am loving that grinder. It looks compact but useful, perfect size for my shop.
 
Very cool stuff. Pity you live in Russia; not sure I'd want to deal with customs and international freight. Like the compact grinders and the sanding table and such a lot.
 
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Very cool stuff. Pity you live in Russia; not sure I'd want to deal with customs and international freight. Like the compact grinders and the sanding table and such a lot.
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Agreed. I'd like one of his vices and a grinder myself, but shipping would be hell.
 
i wonder if him and tracey from knife makers supply could work something out? i hate to pay a middle man but it would offer protection for both and tracey having a business might have an easier time with customs etc.?

jake
 
Making tools is a much fun as making knives :)

Great work. Love the quench press
 
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