What's going on in your shop? Show us whats going on, and talk a bit about your work!

valknut said:
Working on a little guy to try and conserve metal
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DONT do this, don't focuse on conserving steel. Remember what happened with your 1095. Steel cost is a tiny fraction of the total cost of a knife. If you consider the time your going to put into this knife plus the cost of heat treating a few dollars in steel is nothing.
 
JTknives said:
DONT do this, don't focuse on conserving steel. Remember what happened with your 1095. Steel cost is a tiny fraction of the total cost of a knife. If you consider the time your going to put into this knife plus the cost of heat treating a few dollars in steel is nothing.
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Good point JT. Just trying to get as much experience as possible with what steel I have.
 
valknut said:
Working on a little guy to try and conserve metal
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Have you considered saving up and buying a bubble jig? I had still been beveling with files but I decided it was time to give it a shot on the grinder. The results were better than I could imagine considering it was my first try.
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Yeah I've definitely thought about it. But at 80 bucks I could use that to buy alot of aebl to practice and eventually figure it out.
 
valknut said:
Yeah I've definitely thought about it. But at 80 bucks I could use that to buy alot of aebl to practice and eventually figure it out.
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I found out that the biggest factor for me was being aware of my body position in relation to the grinder. I had to keep making sure I was square in front of it. I think that my next project might just be a giant sign to hang over the grinder that says "TUCK IN YOUR ELBOWS!"
 
E.Carlson said:
I found out that the biggest factor for me was being aware of my body position in relation to the grinder. I had to keep making sure I was square in front of it. I think that my next project might just be a giant sign to hang over the grinder that says "TUCK IN YOUR ELBOWS!"
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Hahaha that's a great idea! I'm having to go guy feel I don't understand how guys can look down at the knife and actually see what's going on. I took JT advice and sketched up a bigger knife
 
valknut said:
Hahaha that's a great idea! I'm having to go guy feel I don't understand how guys can look down at the knife and actually see what's going on. I took JT advice and sketched up a bigger knife
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It's not really about looking but about feeling. The only thing you really look at it your plunge line. Learn to put the knife on the grinder without removing any material. Just place it lightly on the grinder and let it settle on the existing bevel Then move it to the plunge, add a little pressure, and pull to the tip.
 
valknut said:
Yeah I've definitely thought about it. But at 80 bucks I could use that to buy alot of aebl to practice and eventually figure it out.
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Not sure what you're using for a grinder. When I grind my bevels, I level my tool rest with a digital angle gauge to zero and tilt my platen to the angle for the bevel. I bolt the blade to a 123 block and slide it along the tool rest. This gives me a large flat surface square to the tool rest on the blade. To grind the other side all I do is bolt the 123 block to the other side of the knife. I use a pin hole to bolt it with, or drill an extra hole in the handle. Easy enough to keep square on both side as I line the plunge line up parallel with the edge of the 123 block.

 
That's pretty smart. I'm using a crapsman 2x42. Can't wait to get my real grinder. I've tried angling my blade and resting it on the work rest and use a push stick tim Hancock style but the grooves in the bench mess that up.
 
valknut said:
That's pretty smart. I'm using a crapsman 2x42. Can't wait to get my real grinder. I've tried angling my blade and resting it on the work rest and use a push stick tim Hancock style but the grooves in the bench mess that up.
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Clamp or bolt something to the rest and make it smooth. I did that on my 1x30. Couldn't stand the grooves, and it was so small it was almost useless.
 
First contribution to this thread and thought I'd share the Small wheel Rack I just completed and mounted to my grinder bench.

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Oh gee....Knives! Finally! I've gotten so much better in almost all the aspects of these knives...I kinda cringe at knives I made even 6 months ago.
I'm not great at writing these here captions so I'll just let you look and leave:D
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....And other knife.
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Daniel Rohde said:
Oh gee....Knives! Finally! I've gotten so much better in almost all the aspects of these knives...I kinda cringe at knives I made even 6 months ago.
I'm not great at writing these here captions so I'll just let you look and leave:D
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....And other knife.
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Wow those are nice!!!!
 
Matt R said:
It's not really about looking but about feeling. The only thing you really look at it your plunge line. Learn to put the knife on the grinder without removing any material. Just place it lightly on the grinder and let it settle on the existing bevel Then move it to the plunge, add a little pressure, and pull to the tip.
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I having a hard time with walking up the grind. I think I've talked about this before but I just can't seem to wrap my head around it.
Do you make a bevel then use the same angle but put pressure at the top of it to grind down the high spot therefore making the bevel bigger? Or do you keep changing the angle as you walk up to the spine? I've watched HOURS of YouTube and no one has really explained it .
 
valknut said:
I having a hard time with walking up the grind. I think I've talked about this before but I just can't seem to wrap my head around it.
Do you make a bevel then use the same angle but put pressure at the top of it to grind down the high spot therefore making the bevel bigger? Or do you keep changing the angle as you walk up to the spine? I've watched HOURS of YouTube and no one has really explained it .
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Try it out on wood. See how the bevel changes by where you apply pressure. Home depot has free paint stir sticks.
 
valknut said:
I having a hard time with walking up the grind. I think I've talked about this before but I just can't seem to wrap my head around it.
Do you make a bevel then use the same angle but put pressure at the top of it to grind down the high spot therefore making the bevel bigger? Or do you keep changing the angle as you walk up to the spine? I've watched HOURS of YouTube and no one has really explained it .
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Justin, I change the angle after setting the center of edge with steep bevels. Only when my actual bevels are near 3/4 done do I begin massaging their angle with high or low pressure. It's hard to make drastic angle changes with just that pressure and you should avoid trying to as in my case it usually leads to mistakes.
 
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