Good morning gents.
love seeing all the great craftmanship on this board.
as mentioned before Im dabbling in Knife making again but dont have any of My old stuff , Mainly my home built belt grinder that I had a few years ago . ive been playing with re profiles and re gripping using a portable belt sander and a hand finish sander.
Im going to make a few knives for Xmas gifts.
Ill be doing the grinds on a bader machine at the bader factory (bader is a good customer) I have a good heat treat shop localy that we use for various sevices.
This brings me to grips. what machine would be a good fit for scale work (My portable belt sander works but is a Pain) I was thinking a bench top combo 4x36 sander with a disc or would a 1x30 do scale work ok? I know the 1x30 is handy for slack belting but I have no first hand knowlage if it will work for shaping scales to the tang
should I get both? I have a buffer and drilling equipment so Its the sanding Im not set up for too good right now.
sears has a 2X42 but I need to see if the end cap can be removed so Inside curves can be shaped and it doesnt have a large slack section.
but sears also has a better 2x42 that can also use 1x42 belts and it looks like the back plate/ Platen is only half way up the frame which leaves a nice large area for rounding scales.
Your thoughts please.
many thanks
love seeing all the great craftmanship on this board.
as mentioned before Im dabbling in Knife making again but dont have any of My old stuff , Mainly my home built belt grinder that I had a few years ago . ive been playing with re profiles and re gripping using a portable belt sander and a hand finish sander.
Im going to make a few knives for Xmas gifts.
Ill be doing the grinds on a bader machine at the bader factory (bader is a good customer) I have a good heat treat shop localy that we use for various sevices.
This brings me to grips. what machine would be a good fit for scale work (My portable belt sander works but is a Pain) I was thinking a bench top combo 4x36 sander with a disc or would a 1x30 do scale work ok? I know the 1x30 is handy for slack belting but I have no first hand knowlage if it will work for shaping scales to the tang
should I get both? I have a buffer and drilling equipment so Its the sanding Im not set up for too good right now.
sears has a 2X42 but I need to see if the end cap can be removed so Inside curves can be shaped and it doesnt have a large slack section.
but sears also has a better 2x42 that can also use 1x42 belts and it looks like the back plate/ Platen is only half way up the frame which leaves a nice large area for rounding scales.
Your thoughts please.
many thanks
