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

[AVigil]

 

[A.McPherson]

Got my new Reeder grinder in the other day! I'm giving it a bit of a test today, working on one of the hatchets from @JTknives.

So far so good!!

 

[FredyCro]

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Got my new Reeder grinder in the other day! I'm giving it a bit of a test today, working on one of the hatchets from @JTknives.

So far so good!!

That grinder is hot!

 

[A.McPherson]

Yeah, I'm pretty pleased with it so far!

'course it's also 95 in my garage/car port right now, so I only got an hour or so of grinding in before I got to hot to deal with it anymore...

 

[ISKski]

first knife from my shop, 1084 etched in coffee.
lots of screw ups but I'm happy with it.

 

[HSC ///]

Was fortunate today to work with Ray Rybar ABS MS in his shop, me in the blue shirt

 

[Thomas Kreuzman]

Well after a lot of work and a long time gathering various items for the shop I got my forge up and going. This was my first knife and Iearned a ton.

A few key points:
-plunge line would have made sense, maybe don’t focus too much on grinding out every hammer divot and forget to add them.
-breaking a wood scale in half while everything is covered in epoxy is a setback
-The 1inch belt sander from harbor freight doesn’t remove material that quickly. The files did a better job.
-1095 was Probably not the best first knife steel to chose.

Without these forums I can only imagine how badly I would have butchered my knife. I had a lot of setbacks but most importantly I learned a ton.

 

[daizee]

Hey, TK - sand your pins down so they slip in easy. Hammering pins will wreck scales any day of the week. Keep at it!

First integral finished this week out of E/V Nautilus rudder bearing, more pix in the official Gallery. Learned a ton, let's put it that way. :

https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/integral-paring-knife-in-rudder-bearing-and-gcarta.1727093/

 

[bike4fun919 OpbunchKnives]

Small Bowie in the works - Elk, brass and micarta on 1075 steel.

 

[Natlek]

I visited a friend some day ago in his machine shop to steal from him some HSS if I can One of his workers ,also my friend.............was trying to make knife from HSS steel with angle grinder I barely persuaded him to give up and give to me that piece of crap to make something for him
So here we are................ he didn't even notice the crack there
From this .....................

To this ...............3.5 inch hollow blade in 3.5mm thick HSS is max. what I can done .I don't think he'll believe that this was made from his piece .......

Of course, the visit paid off............I m good in stealing HSS
5mm .....M2
This MF glazed many times mu cutting disk

drilling 8mm hole in 5mm HSS was fun

I have some crazy plan for handle ..............

 

[Willie71]

Some parts for grinders. 6”, 10”, and 12” contact wheels, and a VFD for the 5hp motor.

1DABBBBD-7123-46C5-B6B0-557D67F5B522 by Wjkrywko, on Flickr

 

[FredyCro]

I visited a friend some day ago in his machine shop to steal from him some HSS if I can One of his workers ,also my friend.............was trying to make knife from HSS steel with angle grinder I barely persuaded him to give up and give to me that piece of crap to make something for him
So here we are................ he didn't even notice the crack there
From this .....................

To this ...............3.5 inch hollow blade in 3.5mm thick HSS is max. what I can done .I don't think he'll believe that this was made from his piece .......

Of course, the visit paid off............I m good in stealing HSS
5mm .....M2
This MF glazed many times mu cutting disk

drilling 8mm hole in 5mm HSS was fun

I have some crazy plan for handle ..............

I have some questions:

How do you know of which hss steel the disk is made of? What are mu cutting disks? How do you cut that disk without overheating? Will you temper the blade or use as is? How is hss in terms of rustproofness?

Thanks

 

[Natlek]

I have some questions:

How do you know of which hss steel the disk is made of? What are mu cutting disks? How do you cut that disk without overheating? Will you temper the blade or use as is? How is hss in terms of rustproofness?

Thanks

All data was laser stamped on saw , Fredy Cro. My friend use HSS saw from wittmann-komet....I have several in M35 and one in M42 HSS...they are quite expensive....over 1000 Euro piece depend on steel ,size , thickness and coat .Particularly this one is Yougoslavia made ...........more then 30 years ago.
Cutting disk i use are 1mm thick.....best one I found to be cheapest one .This is first time I cut 5mm HSS ...hard work !Cut .......stop.....cool....dress disk....cut ...stop . This one glazed edge on cutting disk many times...I use diamond to make them cut again.With 3mm ,2.5mm no problem , I cut them in one move .........no heat at all .
No temper .Rust......they are better then simple carbon steel.M2 will rust .M35,M42 are far more resistant .....I call them stainless
Fragile stuff........but they would stay sharp/cut long time in right hand

 

[Natlek]

Some parts for grinders. 6”, 10”, and 12” contact wheels, and a VFD for the 5hp motor.

1DABBBBD-7123-46C5-B6B0-557D67F5B522 by Wjkrywko, on Flickr

With 5 hp motor that grinder would be beast ........

 

[FredyCro]

All data was laser stamped on saw , Fredy Cro. My friend use HSS saw from wittmann-komet....I have several in M35 and one in M42 HSS...they are quite expensive....over 1000 Euro piece depend on steel ,size , thickness and coat .Particularly this one is Yougoslavia made ...........more then 30 years ago.
Cutting disk i use are 1mm thick.....best one I found to be cheapest one .This is first time I cut 5mm HSS ...hard work !Cut .......stop.....cool....dress disk....cut ...stop . This one glazed edge on cutting disk many times...I use diamond to make them cut again.With 3mm ,2.5mm no problem , I cut them in one move .........no heat at all .
No temper .Rust......they are better then simple carbon steel.M2 will rust .M35,M42 are far more resistant .....I call them stainless
Fragile stuff........but they would stay sharp/cut long time in right hand

OK, so good, expensive saws will have the info stamped. Good to know, when I am in fleah market next time..

 

[HSC ///]

Some parts for grinders. 6”, 10”, and 12” contact wheels, and a VFD for the 5hp motor.

1DABBBBD-7123-46C5-B6B0-557D67F5B522 by Wjkrywko, on Flickr

Where do you get the serrated contact wheels because I would like one for my Hardcore but they are pretty expensive

 

[john april]

finished the hatchet / hawk from the @JTknives group buy. 80crV2 steel. tan G10. black liners. tapered the tang a bit, ground the handle bulge off. leather holder with belt loop and 2 D rings for lashing to a backpack or straps.
fullsizeoutput_156 by john april, on Flickr
fullsizeoutput_154 by john april, on Flickr
fullsizeoutput_153 by john april, on Flickr

 

[A.McPherson]

Looks good John! How did tapering the handle effect the balance? Obviously shifts it forward more, but how does it feel?

 

[Willie71]

Where do you get the serrated contact wheels because I would like one for my Hardcore but they are pretty expensive

I got these off of amazon. These are as cast in the hole. They have to be machined for a bearing pocket or reamed to be a drive wheel.

 

[weo]

Two blades ready for handles....Yesterday was hand sanding and etching