show us your shop ideas (NO KNIFE PICS)

[rustyrazor]

Lets see what you guys are doing to make your life easier or what interesting gadgets ya have around the shop.

 

[viral]

I don't have any, but I recall a thread from a while back of a quick tool rest that fiddleback made. I searched but can't seem to find it. It was a piece of wood he bolted to his table and it swung in for the rest then swung back out and was out of the way. I wish I could find it because it is a simple and great idea.

 

[Chuck Gedraitis Knives]

I mounted a range hood over my grinder and ducted it directly outside to remove smoke and fine particles from grinding. It has built in lights and works pretty well.

 

[mike-E]

ive been thinking about a tool tree made from short pieces of 2x4 sandwiched at an angle between two pieces of plywood . a 2x4 is almost perfect thickness for 1 1/2 tool arms and the 3 1/2'' width is about right to separate tools turned horizontal.

 

[Don Hanson III]

 

[Rhinoknives1]

Don,

Great set!:thumb up:

My shop tip for today is a reminder to Chuck and then anyone new to this is never grind handle woods and then grind steel without changing out the collector bucket. Ask me how I know this? LOL It made for some intense moments as I grabbed the Fire extinguisher and ran to the Vaccum as I saw smoke pouring out of the exhaust.

The other is grinding, Aluminum & then steel, you can make Thermite. And pouring water on it only makes it burn hotter!

Its best to clean out the bucket after every material you grind so you never mix or add sparks to the wrong stuff!

Always have at least one and preferably two fire extinguishers in your shop.

 

[i4Marc]

ive been thinking about a tool tree made from short pieces of 2x4 sandwiched at an angle between two pieces of plywood . a 2x4 is almost perfect thickness for 1 1/2 tool arms and the 3 1/2'' width is about right to separate tools turned horizontal.

Mike,

Good thought. It works well.

 

[HSC ///]

my wife said - you have alot of stuff for a guy who has never even sold a knife....
I told her I could sell everything in here for what I paid (if I had to), I'm good at finding deals and good values

just about everything is on wheels, although the buffer on wheels didn't quite work out like I was thinking.....
the rolling rack is a copy of the Rockler Pack Rat that I had a welder make for me

next project is to improve the dust collection system. good thing there is a recent thread on this

 

[Brock Cutlery]

my wife said - you have alot of stuff for a guy who has never even sold a knife....
I told her I could sell everything in here for what I paid (if I had to), I'm good at finding deals and good values

just about everything is on wheels, although the buffer on wheels didn't quite work out like I was thinking.....
the rolling rack is a copy of the Rockler Pack Rat that I had a welder make for me

next project is to improve the dust collection system. good thing there is a recent thread on this

Nice H, but how can you find anything with all that neatness?

 

[Brock Cutlery]

I can see this is going to become another drool thread. How big IS that wheel Don?

 

[HSC ///]

Nice H, but how can you find anything with all that neatness?

Order is better than chaos my friend....

 

[i4Marc]

This is my set up:

 

[pwheeler]

Here is my humble addition, a tang tapering jig/rest thing. I have to say, it works amazingly well and costs virtually nothing. I don't doubt that someone had done it before me, but it's still probably one of my best ideas to date.

The all thread allows me to adjust the rest front to back to get the right angle. A little trial and error on the first in the batch and then it's all set.

Things get very hot, soaking the wood block for a second helps. When I pull it off to cool, I can see if the grind is advancing on a perpendicular line down the handle, and adjust pressure accordingly to correct.

When one side is done just flip and it gives you exactly the same angle on the other side, I still scribe a center line on the butt to check for symmetry. With a fresh belt and a previously set angle, it takes about five minutes to taper a tang. Weak points of the strategy are heat, my platen that needs some attention, and the requirement that the blade be straight. Works much better pre-grind.

 

[Lo/Rez]

I don't like dust so I threw this together the other day.

 

[HSC ///]

This is my set up:

nice workbenches
I'm stealing the disc grinder enclosure idea, very nice
I see you also like to lift weights

is the clamp for kydex?

 

[Josh Rider]

Here is my humble addition, a tang tapering jig/rest thing. I have to say, it works amazingly well and costs virtually nothing. I don't doubt that someone had done it before me, but it's still probably one of my best ideas to date.

The all thread allows me to adjust the rest front to back to get the right angle. A little trial and error on the first in the batch and then it's all set.

Things get very hot, soaking the wood block for a second helps. When I pull it off to cool, I can see if the grind is advancing on a perpendicular line down the handle, and adjust pressure accordingly to correct.

When one side is done just flip and it gives you exactly the same angle on the other side, I still scribe a center line on the butt to check for symmetry. With a fresh belt and a previously set angle, it takes about five minutes to taper a tang. Weak points of the strategy are heat, my platen that needs some attention, and the requirement that the blade be straight. Works much better pre-grind.

Love this! That would be nice for tanto points too.

 

[Don Hanson III]

I can see this is going to become another drool thread. How big IS that wheel Don?

14". I wanted larger, but 14" is as large as would fit the grinder.

 

[Tommythewho]

Tough time keeping me in the shop with that Triumph calling my name!

 

[mike-E]

Mike,

Good thought. It works well.

that is slick. ive been thinking so hard about how to make a sturdy/stable base that a wall mount never even came to mind. i dont have the option of using a rafter for hanging support though. did you also tap-con to the wall?

 

[i4Marc]

nice workbenches
I'm stealing the disc grinder enclosure idea, very nice
I see you also like to lift weights

is the clamp for kydex?

hsc3_90293,

The clamp is a stitching pony for stitching up my sheaths. You are welcome to any of the ideas you get from my stuff. The grinder frames were an idea I got from a grinder frame Barry Clodfelter shared with me. He is a member here. The light tent was from a tutorial Coop shared. The large workbench, drying cabinet and stitching pony are my designs.