Virtual BBQ WIP West Coast Hunter

Jonny im gettin a checkerin file! Thats so clean, ive been using my bandsaw and my own 1 mississsippi count method to get equal jimb depths and just eye ball spacing between, how much time does it take you?
 
Calvin, Jantz supply and brownells both have them.

Greg, it takes about 15-20 minutes, try it!
 
Very cool Johnny, keep it going!

I may have to get a checkering file too. I've been doing my jimping with a 1/8" carbide bit in my dremel. I'm a fan of the fatter jimping marks though, but your double run looks great!
 
Hey Grizz,
I like the fatter style also. For that I do it almost exactly the same way but with s 1/8" round needle file. You can also use a 1/8" ball endmill on the mill to do your jumping.
 
excellent work!! just read all 3 pages...

I like checkering for some knives, others I think deserve a nice beefy jimp :)

when I start to file I hold the spine with my index and thumb, rest the file on the edge and start off the way you described believe it or not but you get a lot of control to start your cuts..
 
Thanks Rob! I usually do something close to what you mentioned. I should have added that. I had to snap the picture with one hand or I would have shown that:D
 
Great WIP, Johnny! Thanks for posting! I've also found that using a file guide as a guide for my checkering file helps a lot - just clamp it on where you want the checkering to start, and it gives your file a good way to stay perpendicular to the blade spine. For me, it's more precise than my fingers :)
 
tedinatl said:
Great WIP, Johnny! Thanks for posting! I've also found that using a file guide as a guide for my checkering file helps a lot - just clamp it on where you want the checkering to start, and it gives your file a good way to stay perpendicular to the blade spine. For me, it's more precise than my fingers :)
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Thanks Ted,
To be honest, I've never even considered that. Great tip, thanks for mentioning it!:thumbup:
 
tedinatl said:
Great WIP, Johnny! Thanks for posting! I've also found that using a file guide as a guide for my checkering file helps a lot - just clamp it on where you want the checkering to start, and it gives your file a good way to stay perpendicular to the blade spine. For me, it's more precise than my fingers :)
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I've only done decorative spine work and jimping and my experience is limited, I have thought about using a clamp or whatnot but my fingers seem to get the groove started,then again I don't have a checkering file and have never used one so a guide may be the ticket here...

@jonny, with all the work you've been pumping out I figured there would be a third hand in there somewhere:)
 
I've found that the checkering file jumps around a bit more than regular files before biting into the work, which is why I use the guide. As always, YMMV...
 
jonnymac44 said:
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Here is a shot of all three versions I end up with when I finish to this point, the cardboard stencil, the acrylic stencil, and a profiled blade blank. I often get questions about the extra meat on the tip of the blade. I learned when I first started out from someone here on this forum that our natural tendency is pull the blade away from the grinder at the end of a pass. This results in the edge getting thinned out too much at the tip in relation to the rest of the edge. Leaving this extra steel on the end allows for a bit of thinning at the tip, then when the bevels are done you just grind it off and you've got a tip fully intact for hardening.
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Wow. Thanks for the pro-tip!
 
That is a great tip!

Back to jimping real quick using a carbide bit, I wonder if they make a little router table for a dremel to mount in? That way you would get perfect 90* contact with the carbide bit.
 
I also use a 20 tpi checkering file. If you want a larger semicircular jimping you can drill (drill size of your preference)a series of holes slightly overlapping your profile before you cut/grind it out. When you grind our your profile you will take the top 2/3rds or so of the hole off and Voila! there's your jimping.
 
GrizzlyBear said:
That is a great tip!

Back to jimping real quick using a carbide bit, I wonder if they make a little router table for a dremel to mount in? That way you would get perfect 90* contact with the carbide bit.
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Yes, Dremel does make a little router table attachment, but I haven't tried it out yet. I kind of figured I could do what I needed with the machinery I have now, so why fork over more cash. I don't use my dremel all that much to begin with.

David, that is a cool tip. Yet again something I never thought of doing. Sounds like it would work perfectly. Thanks!:thumbup:
 
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