Suffering from 24GKS

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Rob!

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Dealing with a little 24GKS tonight. (24 grit knuckle syndrome). Damn things happen fast!!!!! :eek:

For those who may be wondering the blade was not significantly damaged.:thumbup:

Rob!
 
As you can see, there are a few scratches but it is recoverable. The tip isn't broken - I just haven't profiled that far yet. Yes, the belt is worn beyond any reasonable usefulness - hence it's use in rough profiling.

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Oh yes - note the heavily serrated blade I'm working on beside the grinder. :D

Rob!
 
Dumb question, and no offense meant... isn't it easier and faster to profile a blank on a bench grinder than on a dull belt?

I'm far from a knifemaker (yet), but I've been around tools my whole life. And I just don't understand using a belt grinder to remove big chunks of steel like that?!?
 
Rob: Ouch! Heal fast. I never go coarser than 50 grit for profiling. Seems as fast as the coarser belts, but, more forgiving on the human tissue.

gobsonfan: Belt grinder=10X faster than bench grinder, if not more.
 
Try profiling on your contact wheel. Much better belt life, and you can roll the belt off the edge of the wheel and do your finger grooves. Just a suggestion.....
 
Brings back ugly memories of like occurances, makes me shudder thinking about it, especially if you grind off some finger nails to the nerves under them. Hope you heal up fast!
 
Rob!!! Put some of my relish that I sent on the finger it will heal it right up.:eek: :eek: :eek: ;) :D Heal quick Bubba.:thumbup: :D
 
RJ

Good advice. I normally do use my 8" serrated contact wheel when profiling. (Save my 10" smooth for hollow grinding). His time I had a few minutes before supper an decided to use it to profile just one little blade. :o I looked at that old belt and figured I could get just one more profile out of it. :o I left the flat platen on for a couple reasons. The bad reason was that I was too lazy to switch it over and it doesn't wear down anyway with the pyroceram liner. :o The other reason is because the contact wheels on the top and bottom of the platen are 2" and 2 1/2" and those are very handy for profiling inside handle curves.

The other little part of this was my push stick. I've been trying some of that UHMW plastic stuff that you buy for making jigs and fixtures in the shop. It's been nice because of it's lubricity and it doesn't seem to trap metal filings the way wood and cork do. The lubricity turned out to be a problem profiling this skinny little blade (.085) because it just slipped over the blade - whacked into the platen - and then... well then something bad happened and nomatter how many times I try to replay it, I'll never be sure quite what it was. :(

Gotta go. I have just one and a half little blades to profile before I leave for work.

Later all.

ps; IG - the bottle says for internal consumption only. I'll be treating it from the inside. :)
 
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