Specialty tools you wish you had

Randy3000 said:
A dedicated nail nick grinding machine
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I’ve never used it personally, but I’ve always thought, when I start making folders, I would use a Dremel cutoff disk, chucked up in my drill press, and a x-y axis milling table to move the surface into the cutoff disk. Does this method work okay? I’m sure it would achieve the objective, but I know that nail nicks also have unique curved shape on one side. To which I’m not sure the Dremel cutoff disk would work well with. Perhaps profiling down the shape of the cutoff disk prior tomgrinding...

Then again, I hardly have any experience with making folding knives.
 
JG Custom Metal Works said:
I’ve never used it personally, but I’ve always thought, when I start making folders, I would use a Dremel cutoff disk, chucked up in my drill press, and a x-y axis milling table to move the surface into the cutoff disk. Does this method work okay? I’m sure it would achieve the objective, but I know that nail nicks also have unique curved shape on one side. To which I’m not sure the Dremel cutoff disk would work well with. Perhaps profiling down the shape of the cutoff disk prior tomgrinding...

Then again, I hardly have any experience with making folding knives.
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You can try with three cutoff disk on shaft with different Dia . . .. something like this ? Of course that you can profile them ......
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I actualy prefer the look of a long nail pull (like you'll get with a disk)
over a traditional nail nick
 
JG Custom Metal Works said:
I AM curious about how the Moen platen works though. Do you have any knowledge about how it works? What material is used on the platen? Being that it’s referred to as having a carbide platen, I assume it’s carbide. But what I’m wondering is what type of carbide specifically and where to get it. Is it the same type of carbide that is used on file guides? If so, I just don’t understand how it could prevent belt bump, being that it’s every bit as solid as steel...
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never used one i fixed belt bump by using gator belts once i git done with 80 grit. soft platten has its place for sure and i cant beat the finish on my plungless kitchen knives
 
The wish list. Simple stuff but not cheap and not easy to find in some cases.
Power hammer
More press dies
Horizontal grinder
Salt pots or at least a second oven for tempering.
Decent welder.
Converted pipe threading machine
Rolling mill
Better anvil
 
JG Custom Metal Works said:
I’ve never used it personally, but I’ve always thought, when I start making folders, I would use a Dremel cutoff disk, chucked up in my drill press, and a x-y axis milling table to move the surface into the cutoff disk. Does this method work okay? I’m sure it would achieve the objective, but I know that nail nicks also have unique curved shape on one side. To which I’m not sure the Dremel cutoff disk would work well with. Perhaps profiling down the shape of the cutoff disk prior tomgrinding...

Then again, I hardly have any experience with making folding knives.
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Cut off disks dont work very well. I tried 50 times with varying success, good results are just not repeatable. They will do the job, but it wont look professional everytime. Cutoff disks dont dress well or hold a sharp edge for long, and tend to not be flat which means chatter and nail nick corners that arent sharp.
 
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A foot-operated aluminum clamping jig with enough slop to accommodate tapered blades. Take the blade out of the quench oil at just around the Ms temperature, put it in the jig, and hit the foot pedal for immediate even contact from both plates. Maybe overkill, but I would love this. I don’t like the idea of having the blade in contact with only one plate for the couple seconds it takes usually to clamp it up.
 
Tenebr0s said:
A foot-operated aluminum clamping jig with enough slop to accommodate tapered blades. Take the blade out of the quench oil at just around the Ms temperature, put it in the jig, and hit the foot pedal for immediate even contact from both plates. Maybe overkill, but I would love this. I don’t like the idea of having the blade in contact with only one plate for the couple seconds it takes usually to clamp it up.
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Why did not you mention this a few months ago?? I took apart / in working condition/ riveting machine ................. They work foot-operated and I think that they are perfect for what are you looking ,this is mine .... well, the remains of mine . . . . :(
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/fly-press.1607045/#post-18359195

And this one is something similar ....... It will take five minutes to make your dreams to come true :D

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Well I recently found that a tool for hammering copper nicely (particularly for Japanese blades) is pretty good to have. I saw it front Walter Sorrells, it’s just a piece of key stock with two rounded upside down V shapes (like a U, yeah, but not with totally vertical lines, they have a curvature). So there’s one. I actually made one though with two balancing clamps and vise...
 
A good knife vise, carbide faced filing guide. I just made a few jigs to help me as I have two bad hands. They work wonders with my Extreme Tilt DD Rest.
 

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Randy3000 said:
Cut off disks dont work very well. I tried 50 times with varying success, good results are just not repeatable. They will do the job, but it wont look professional everytime. Cutoff disks dont dress well or hold a sharp edge for long, and tend to not be flat which means chatter and nail nick corners that arent sharp.
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I know this is necro; however, there are diamond discs for dremel that would work. The fiber ones are good for shattering.
 
It was brought up on another forum but a ‘bose’ scale spreader when you pein your pivot pin too tight!
 
A checkering file with a wider pitch, for more aggressive jumping, would be nice. I asked Grobet & 00 is the largest they make.
 
Sam Dean said:
A checkering file with a wider pitch, for more aggressive jumping, would be nice. I asked Grobet & 00 is the largest they make.
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Have you looked at thread files?
 
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