Newby help on grinding...please.

Uncle Timbo

Uncle Timbo

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Gentlemen, I bow to your ability and wisdom. I can only hope that someday I might be lucky enough to make a knife or two. Since my everknowing father is no longer with us can I turn to youall?

First of all my dad could do anything. He always said that if I brought him an old crossbuck saw that he would make me the best knife that I ever had. What are your thoughts on that?

Secondly, If I had a Fallkniven S1 and I wanted to do a stock reduction on it, could I do it on this:
http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/items/2PA29
and if so what grit to use.
Then there's that little question about things turning blue when you grind them.
Is it too late to do a stock reduction after the knife is finished?
Sorry for the rambling but enquiring minds want to know!
 
i had a chance to use one of the dozier grinders earlier this week, those things are awesome but they cost 3000 bucks.....im savin up already
 
For that money I'd buy a coote or grizzly. 6x48 is a nice machine, but it's a whole lot of surface area of belt for a lot of knife work. You are also limited in things like slack area, contact wheel, etc.
 
Things that turn blue when you grind em... Keep a bucket o' water close and quench your work often.
Crossbuck saw... Good blade steel comes in many forms, saw blades if done right can become great blades.
After the knife is finished, it's finished. It's too hard to hold it right to do further grinding then. (at least it is for me)...
As far as the grinder shown, I dunno, I use a 12" contact wheel ( Luv that hollow grind Man!)
 
I don't think that I could do a Krein style regrind without grinding practise under my belt, and on the belt, too :D
 
i would get the plans for tracy mickleys no weld sander and make that one. a soft contact wheel to me is a must. a seperate variable speed disc that can be run slower is also handier than one at a set speed. there's less of a chance to burn the steel if its already hard with the disc running slow.
 
Thanks alot you all. Who makes the best/least expensive grinder/sander (if thats how you refer to them as) for a newby to "get by with" or just get started?
 
Norm Coote makes an affordable grinder that's well built. The other options are a Grizzly, building your own or getting a very base KMG package and adding to it.
 
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