My First Knife Making Class

[oneraindog]

nice man very cool.

i love shop set ups like that where everything is right on the edge of breaking down in to total chaos but stays put together in some form of organization that only the proprietor can fully understand. awesome.

[Rick]

I swear if I had a set up like that and it caught fire I'd just sit in the middle and go up with it. I'd be too heart broken to stand outside and watch it burn.

Crash, I'll bet you needed a cigarette when you left there.

[canid]

I swear if I had a set up like that and it caught fire I'd just sit in the middle and go up with it. I'd be too heart broken to stand outside and watch it burn.

Crash, I'll bet you needed a cigarette when you left there.

i'm with you there.

[Nativedude]

Beautiful knife Crash. You're a lucky man! When are you going back?

[crashdive123]

Sometime soon. It has put my knife making projects on hold for the time being. Gotta make room for a grinder in my small shop (there's always room for a good too right?), talk Mrs. Crash into letting me spend the $$$, and then order one.

[panch0]

What kind of grinder did you decide on Crash?

[crashdive123]

While a KMG, Bader or Wilton would be nice, they are not in the budget. I'll probably go with the Grizzly and add the 10" wheel to get the grinding surface out a little from the motor. http://grizzly.com/products/Knife-Be...r-Buffer/G1015

[panch0]

My Craftsman is 3000rpms That one is 1750. I think it would work awesome. Mine is way fast and can screw up a blade quick if you are not careful. I really need to upgrade.

[crashdive123]

Everything I read says go with variable speed and this and that - just not in the budget, so this will have to do. I helped a guy set up his last week and one of the more experienced makers took a piece of D2 stock - profiled and did a hollow grind in a couple of minutes. Of course this guy could probably use jewelers files to make a knife too.

[canid]

yeah, you can do a lot of jobs more quickly or easily with fancier tools, but a good craftsman can find ways to make do.

[rebel]

My Craftsman is 3000rpms That one is 1750. I think it would work awesome. Mine is way fast and can screw up a blade quick if you are not careful. I really need to upgrade.

Would a rotary switch for varying the speed work?

[panch0]

I thought of that but was advised not to. I don't remember the reason, I think cause it had a low hp motor and it would become even weaker so when you apply pressure it bogs down.

[crashdive123]

Yep, from what all the guys and gals that seem to know what they are doing, they say that even a 1hp motor with a variable speed option is too small. They suggest 1.5hp to 3hp for that or different sized pulleys.