The Grindomatic5000

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Jigs rule!

Fred

I thought the idea deserved two post.
 
Sam Salvati said:
Here you go Dix, blade is clamped to the angle spine resting and supported by the bolts, platen is angled.

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Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet! If I were gonna do blades that long I would thunk I done died and gone to heaven! Look away , Look away, Dixieland!!!!!!!!!!

Oh I am in rare form tonight!!!!!!!!!:D:D:D:D
 
I like it. I still use the tool rest for grinding my blades...every once in a while I try to do it completely free hand and guess what?...I screw it up. Then I say to myself
"Self, it seems to work pretty well using that tool rest, why don't you keep using it?"
So I do.
 
LOL DIXIE!!!!!!!!!!

Fred *high five*!

Matt, I am the same way but without the work rest, i'll think "maybe if I use the workrest and a pushstick I can grind faster" but nope same thing.
 
Here I am using the Grindomatic5000 and how I grind freehand anyway, plus a dagger made using the Grindomatic5000.


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That is a pretty cool little dagger, bud. Kind of a swedge-dagger.... a "Swagger".
 
It's already in there... but the definition suits the knife, IMO.

swag·ger /ˈswagər/
Noun: A very confident and typically arrogant or aggressive gait or manner.

From the Urban Dictionary
Swagger is to conduct your self in a way that would automaticaly earn respect.
 
LOL! all joking aside, I find the stock removal pieces, and others have mentioned noticing it right away looking at them that there is less if any "soul" to the pieces. I wonder if any here notice it.
 
"Do what works for you, in your shop, to make the best knife you can."

Those seem like some good words to work by. :)

Look'n good Sam!

Seeing your pics above, my major criticism of your grinding set-up.... Would be to add a task light! ;) :) Seeing the edge thickness, plunges, etc. is a hell of a lot easier with 1 or 2 task lights at the grinder.

I like your angled stool. Is it hard to keep it upright?
 
Nick, indeed. While I pride myself on my hand skills, I like to have a little more assurance sometimes when I am trying to make dough, considering my shop is my sole source of income right now F#@! any agenda I might have it's MONEY TIME!!!!

YES! I am in desperate need of a work light, my little corner is very dark, I will be putting a light in soon.

that frikkin stool! don't ever sit on it drunk cause it'll drop you like a bad habit hehe. the slightest bump knocks it over, but when sitting on it it's solid as a rock as long as you are careful hehe. EDIT* the stol looks like it has a long third leg but all legs are the same length, I tip forward on 2 feet when I am at the grinder.
 
HaHa! Damn, fooled me! I really thought you had cut down 2 legs or added some length to the third. :foot: :o

I think it would be a worthwhile project to do a little fab work on your stool (or build 1) so it is positioned like that.

No worries on methods in my book Sam! :) I'm always baffled by many of those arguments considering many of the guys usually barking about it would be wise to adopt some methods other than whatever it is they're using/barking about! :eek: :rolleyes: ;) And I love Salem and Rick's stuff, so NO everyone, I'm not pointing a finger at them. :)

I think the most ironic/baffling side of that is there are a couple stock removal guys I know that are 100% hard-headed that if a guy grinds any other way than freehand, that he/she is not a real knife maker. But how would they react if I told them they're not real knife makers because they can't forge their blades and they have to buy damascus? ;) Everything is relative right? :D

Oh, and Sam, save your pennies for a gooseneck light from Enco. I finally bought a couple a few months back, and they're worth every penny. At about $50 on sale, that's spendy, but they're worth 20 of those cheap task lights from Wally world!!!
 
Sam Salvati said:
LOL! all joking aside, I find the stock removal pieces, and others have mentioned noticing it right away looking at them that there is less if any "soul" to the pieces. I wonder if any here notice it.
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First off, I believe what folks refer to as a "soul" has everything to do with aesthetics and predisposed opinions. I don't think(in most cases) you can tell the difference between a well executed jigged bevel from a freehand ground blade, anymore than you could between forged or stock removal pieces. Of course some designs/profiles/textures are telltale signs of forging but all things equal...

Sure, you can leave a 36 grit pattern on your bevels, with sharp angular lead-ins that scream JIG, but further refined lines and hand sanded finishes should be indistinguishable between methods. You can get the organic look with a jig, too. Likewise, improperly executed freehand grinding is just as bad, if not worse.

It all depends on how far the maker wants to take it.... and rumor has it, Sam enjoys taking it.;)
 
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Nick, I personally think anyone that poopoos the way anyone does anything when it comes to knifemaking (unless it's just pure garbage) if a fool, make knives, have fun, make some money maybe. If the knives are quality then who cares. All these knifemaking agendas, so many other things are polluted by them why knifemaking?

I find the stool angle changes, so it'd be hard to build a purpose built stool with angled legs HA! would be cool though. That stool was given to me by my first knifemaking teacher Kurt Meerdink, and I like it.

That light looks real good I am gonna get one thanks for the tip.
 
NickWheeler said:
Oh, and Sam, save your pennies for a gooseneck light from Enco. I finally bought a couple a few months back, and they're worth every penny. At about $50 on sale, that's spendy, but they're worth 20 of those cheap task lights from Wally world!!!
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Which one?
 
Thanks for sharing your jig Sam.

Rick Marchand said:
First off, I believe what folks refer to as a "soul" has everything to do with aesthetics and predisposed opinions. I don't think(in most cases) you can tell the difference between a well executed jigged bevel from a freehand ground blade, anymore than you could between forged or stock removal pieces. Of course some designs/profiles/textures are telltale signs of forging but all things equal...
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Very well said Rick. :thumbup:
 
I agree Rick, but I also think it's harder to make a stock removal piece be indistinguishable from a forged piece and vice versa. Hard to make it so non one can tell how it was made.
 
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