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Green Pete made a video where he did a similar build however it involved more equipment and an odd angle bracket the had to moved about. This what I came up with after viewing his production. So honestly Green Pete is the originator and I am the innovator :)
As promised here is the setup I used to make my knives. In the pic you see the only tools needed to make the knives using this system. A grinder and drill press do help but are not needed, however I did use the grinder to shape the handle on the knife with the brown scales. On the Osage Orange knife I forged it to shape then used the setup below to make my bevel and grinds.
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What I have done is taken a piece of steel and drilled a hole into it that a rod would slide into. The steel has been tapped between the borads of my workbench. I measured the height needed from the bottom of the hole to the top of the work bench. This set the angle that the file will ride on.
If you want your tapers to come up higher on the blade just lower the steel 1/8th" at a time and make a cut. once you have used it a few times you should know your measurements needed to get the angle you want
The rod in the pic is not the rod I use for making the tapers it is used for the bevels. It is smaller than the hole and allows you to tilt the file at a sharper angle than the tapers to cut the bevels. I use a rod that just fills the hole to cut the tapers. The distance the file travels is limited but the placement of the steel plate and the length of the rod.
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If you look closely you will see a piece of broken file with a c- clamp holding it. This is used to make sure the file does not cut past the ricaso and leaves a straight smooth line.
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Here are the two knives I made using this system. They are 1095 and I Heat treated and tempered them myself using the forge and toaster oven.
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I made the mosaic pins from brass hobby scraps and epoxy. They are on the brown knife only.
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Hope you like them and if you use this system please post the pics. If you have question just ask.
