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

[skillgannon]

Testing flexibility of fillet knife...

How hard is it?

 

[Stromberg Knives]

I just received my third grinder! Two of them have the tilt base and all have 3 HP motors.

This one will mostly be equipped with the surface grinder attachment, which I use a lot. It's a heavy contraption to mount and unmount all the time, so this will certainly speed up my process. Happy times!

I run it on the a VFD with a rotary cam switch together with my disc grinder and buffer. The other two grinders run together on another VFD.

 

[Justin Schmidt]

New edc model. Forged 80crv2, tapered tang, red liners

 

[john april]

i finally bought a new buffing wheel DSC_0661 by john april, on Flickr

 

[Jesenius]

How hard is it?

It is about 56 Hrc. I don't have hardness meter so I only guess it from material list and tempering chart. I prefer flexibility over hardness on this type of knives.

 

[LCKT707]

Finally back home after being evacuated from these damn NorCal wildfires. Finishing up some kaiken style blades with some micarta handles this week. Getting them all finished up today!

 

[jll346]

I just received my third grinder! Two of them have the tilt base and all have 3 HP motors.

This one will mostly be equipped with the surface grinder attachment, which I use a lot. It's a heavy contraption to mount and unmount all the time, so this will certainly speed up my process. Happy times!

I run it on the a VFD with a rotary cam switch together with my disc grinder and buffer. The other two grinders run together on another VFD.

Who makes that grinder?

 

[kuraki]

Polishing

 

[LARRYZ10]

Polishing

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That is a very nice looking blade. You might want to keep that one when the knife is finished. Good work. Larry

 

[kuraki]

Thanks Larry.

 

[Stromberg Knives]

Who makes that grinder?

It’s from Nick Argy in Greece.

https://m.ebay.co.uk/sch/konstantinos_95/m.html?

I have one of the larger F1 V3 50x2000 and two of the F2 50x2000 with horizontal stands and most of his accessories.

I’m very happy with them. They’re not as fancy as some other new grinders on the market. But they are heavy, robust and track perfect.

 

[danhowl]

I'm about a year in from first forge. Have been playing with burlap lay-up for composite scales with fiberglass resin (Bondo). Like this most recent pressing with brown. Natural burlap also looks good. I also like the results from denim using my crude press made from a cut up solid door and furniture clamps.

 

[jll346]

It’s from Nick Argy in Greece.

https://m.ebay.co.uk/sch/konstantinos_95/m.html?

I have one of the larger F1 V3 50x2000 and two of the F2 50x2000 with horizontal stands and most of his accessories.

I’m very happy with them. They’re not as fancy as some other new grinders on the market. But they are heavy, robust and track perfect.

Very nice machine.

 

[Justin Schmidt]

Polishing

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Its insane how amazing your work is in just a short time.
Is that an interrupted quench hamon?

 

[kuraki]

Yeah. Clay like this and interruption.



Looked like this after the quench, just scotchbrite the clay oil and scale off before tempering.

 

[Justin Schmidt]

Looks amazing man

 

[Stromberg Knives]

Just put together a control box for the new grinder. This VFD is just the el cheapo Huanyang 2.2kW, but it does its job. I just think the buttons are superbad. No tactile feeling of any sorts.

 

[kuraki]

I need to do something like that. You pulled the control panel from the VFD and ran CAT whatever from one box to another?

 

[Stromberg Knives]

I need to do something like that. You pulled the control panel from the VFD and ran CAT whatever from one box to another?

Yep, the VFD itself is in the box beneath so cable management was easy.

I got one of these kits for my VFD.

 

[kuraki]

Making coupons for toughness testing