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

I got 4 bars of MagnaCut during Pops Christmas sale :) About half of those are on their way back to me from heat treating as blanks, as well as some other steels. A CPM 20CV Kosher slaughter knife (Shechita)with a blade 17.75" long, 2.4" wide, .110" thick is the one I am looking for to grinding the least! But I have a fresh order of belts coming in from Pops, too, including their new Optimal and Destroyers and the self sharpening AO belts. And some 8670 :) I just need time off from my normal job!
 
A little tedious, but the handle is done except for perhaps some buffing.
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eric brinkerhoff said:
Those handles are part of your style. When I think of Bowie knives I think Tony Mont!
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Thank you for your kind words!
To give credit where credit is due, I got inspired from Burt Foster to do this kind of handles!

EDIT: to keep in the theme of the thread, here is a video of the knife I posted earlier.
 
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These are going to look sweet on my old Square wheel! I actually got the (green) zirconia this time partially because I wanted my new belts to stand out from my old belts (orange, red, brown). The 36 is never going to touch steel except for the tang when I'm shaping handles.
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What is that flexible stuff blue hose called? Need that for my setup!
 
I've thought about dust collection but decided not to mess with the idea since I will move soon and have a dedicated grinding room.

Taz said:
What is that flexible stuff blue hose called? Need that for my setup!
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Can't remember the name but Simple Little Life has a video on youtube about them.
 
Awesome, thanks! I was looking for some way to be able to position the hose to stay in different positions!
 
Scaniaman said:
Tony, why not some sort of dust extraction? I use a simple and movable setup for my handle material grinding, it takes care of most of the dust. Easy to put together.
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Cool set up.
How strong is the vacuum that does the sucking?
 
Taz said:
Awesome, thanks! I was looking for some way to be able to position the hose to stay in different positions!
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I've usually seen it used for coolant on misters and drill presses.
Idk how well it works with vacuums because of all the inside surfaces?
 
Lorien said:
does your swarf bucket stay there all the time?
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I used to have the bucket closer to the bottom wheel of the grinder with a stand but ditched the idea because I had to replace the water too frequently.
 
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