Swedge grinds

[skillgannon]

Anyone have any advise for good looking swedge grinds? I'm not doing so great.

 

[i4Marc]

Come over one day next week.

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

I grind swedges the same way I sharpen. If you have a means of controlling your angle for sharpening, I use a hanging parallelogram, you have a means of grinding a swedge. Once I stopped trying to grind them the same way I freehand grind a bevel it was super simple.

 

[coldsteelburns]

If you're going to freehand them this is one of the things a bubble jig is very helpful with. If I had an adjustable work rest on my grinder that's what I'd be using. For now, I just get them close to shape and hog off most of the material with my grinder and then dial them in by draw filing. It takes a little bit of extra time, but touching things up by hand is a great way to bring up the level of fit and finish. They are hand-made knives after all right?

~Paul
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[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

I'll beat Fred to it - Bubble Jig.

 

[jdm61]

Nathan’s radius platen?

 

[Stromberg Knives]

As mentioned, the Bubble Jig is perfect for this type of task.