Oregon Blade Work Rest ?

[Dennis Towns]

I did a search, nothing came up. Anybody had any experience with their work rest that pivots on that ball ? Thanks

 

[Dennis Towns]

 

[KnuckleDownKnives]

Looks cool and all, but I wouldn't want something that adjusted in every direction based off of one piviot. You can't set one angle then another. You have to set every angle in one shot.

No, no and no. Just my opinion.

 

[Justin Schmidt]

Pretty sure it's been talked about before. I think the issue was that it rotated TOO much and people were having a hard time keeping it squat to the platen

 

[Dennis Towns]

Good enough, thats what I wanted to hear. Thanks. I think I will just build my own. Thanks again.

 

[kuraki]

My problem with it is it won't tilt very much the direction it needs to tilt the most.

 

[Tin.Man]

Cooter get a dd work rest his extreme tilt for the kmg will work on just about any 3 wheel tooling arm grinder and his workmanship is second to none.

 

[JG Custom Metal Works]

Cooter get a dd work rest his extreme tilt for the kmg will work on just about any 3 wheel tooling arm grinder and his workmanship is second to none.

I have one. To be honest, I never use it. Sometimes I'll use the small wheel tool rest, but that's it. Was actually thinking about getting rid of it all together.

 

[Sharpe5097]

I too own one and never use it. Can seem to get it to square up to the platen. I will sell it, if u want it.

 

[knoxknives]

Love their grinder I have, didnt buy the pivoting rest as didn't think I needed it. Can always easily adjust the platen if want to

 

[KUNTZI66]

I keep my rest flat and tilt my platen except with the wheels, faster with one bolt. On the other hand I like thinking outside the BOX with the ball adjustment. Im sure it has its place. I would rather see another ball mount on the other side and just limit it to tilt fwd and back

 

[weo]

I've got one, and it works pretty well for me, but I'm no master bladesmith. I do check it with a square almost every time I use it.

I use it as a rest for the blade as I'm grinding using a push stick to apply pressure to the blade against the platen as I pull or push the blade across the belt. IMO it allows me to focus on the angle of the blade against the platen and takes away a variable that I'd have to pay attention to otherwise, like having the belt pull the blade down the platen causing the blade to twist. I did grind a notch in the work rest so that it wraps around the platen to prevent the blade from getting pulled down the belt and jamming between the platen and the table.

Another way I use it is for rough shaping of handles. I made a jig with a piece of 2" angle iron welded to a flat piece that I clamp to the table allowing me to hold the handle block at a consistent 45 degree angle to the platen. The main thing that I don't like about it is that the design makes is that the design doesn't allow much room for c-clamps to hold the jig to the table on the side where the arm is. If I could redesign it, I'd move the L-shaped piece where the name plate is to the very outside of the arm and weld the 2 pieces that hold the ball on the top instead of the side of that piece to maximize the amount of room under the table.

I hope my explanation is not as confusing to y'all as it seems to me.
~billyO

 

[Fish30114]

I have one and like it a lot. I do check with a square every time I use it, which is frequently---all the stuff from DD Workrest is superb