You might be a Ham fisted Knifemaker when.....

jtwodogs said:
When you are so intent on cutting out your latest design out with a small angle grinder and cutting blade that you don't realize you have set your shirt on fire from the sparks.
Do you smell something burning?
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Think every pair of coveralls my father has ever owned has eventually had that happen to a much more interesting region......lol
 
Rhinoknives1 said:
The third time is the charm! Been there, done that.! only with much more expensive woods!:)
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L, would you agree, dovetail your bolsters, then leave the table setting the same on your disc grinder and dovetail the scale material upside down (outside facing the table) and it will match exactly the same angle?
 
Brian.Evans said:
L, would you agree, dovetail your bolsters, then leave the table setting the same on your disc grinder and dovetail the scale material upside down (outside facing the table) and it will match exactly the same angle?
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Yep, thats the procedure but then when I get the scale fitted to the bolster I look down at the butt end of the tang and the tang is longer than the scales!!! :mad: Second go-round the scales are narrower than the tang!!!!! :mad::mad:
 
woodwrkr221 said:
Yep, thats the procedure but then when I get the scale fitted to the bolster I look down at the butt end of the tang and the tang is longer than the scales!!! :mad: Second go-round the scales are narrower than the tang!!!!! :mad::mad:
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Sounds like you need to cut your scales more oversized........stop trying to save material. Every time I have done that I end up saving a penny and spending a pound.
 
Brian.Evans said:
Sounds like you need to cut your scales more oversized........stop trying to save material. Every time I have done that I end up saving a penny and spending a pound.
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I've starting doing exactly that. I've also started using the miter gage in the miter gage slot to guide the scale into the disc at the correct angle instead of trying to eyeball the scale while grinding and then end up grinding off to much trying to eyeball the angle. Using the miter gage I'm grinding the compound angle with the table and the miter gage both set at the correct angles.
 
@woodwrkr221, btw, I envy your wood skill. I'm not very good at woodworking. I like metal much better.....

I would like to make a small keepsake box for each of my girls though. I have no idea where to even start.
 
Brian.Evans said:
@woodwrkr221, btw, I envy your wood skill. I'm not very good at woodworking. I like metal much better.....

I would like to make a small keepsake box for each of my girls though. I have no idea where to even start.
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Thanks Brian. I appreciate that.

Nicely done woodworking starts with stock that's perfectly straight and flat. No bow, cup or twist. Wood doesn't come that way no matter where you get it from. The jointer and planer gives us straight flat stock. Then we can achieve good joints.

Good luck with your keepsake boxes, you'll do great.
 
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