Sure is quiet in here....do I need to start a fight?

[tbone75]

John , can't you set your grinder up differently so as to make it easier on the back , do we have to send Mongo back up so he can re-engineer your work station ????
Or , are you just one of them Huskee owners that think their misery whip is the only way and wont try an alternative LOL

Need to do something different ? LOL

 

[Jimmy in NC]

Need to do something different ? LOL

Think about it..get some pictures. If you need a new stand or something...let us know. When we come in April, we can lift and do anything like that you need. Probably find material and all too if needed. Heck I can throw that Miller 110v wire with gas in the truck if you need a welder to build a big metal stand at a different t height.

Sent from my MiniMac running E-85!!

 

[tbone75]

Think about it..get some pictures. If you need a new stand or something...let us know. When we come in April, we can lift and do anything like that you need. Probably find material and all too if needed. Heck I can throw that Miller 110v wire with gas in the truck if you need a welder to build a big metal stand at a different t height.

Sent from my MiniMac running E-85!!

No need for the welder , I have 2 wire and one stick welder. LOL
I will try to come up with something for the grinder ? It is very heavy ! All me and the OL could do to get in there all tore apart ! LOL Mounted on a piece of 1/2" steel , 2hp 3ph motor plus all the other parts ! LOL
I have a metal stand that may work to set it on. have to do some checking ?

 

[Jimmy in NC]

No need for the welder , I have 2 wire and one stick welder. LOL
I will try to come up with something for the grinder ? It is very heavy ! All me and the OL could do to get in there all tore apart ! LOL Mounted on a piece of 1/2" steel , 2hp 3ph motor plus all the other parts ! LOL
I have a metal stand that may work to set it on. have to do some checking ?

We are here to help and will be there before you know it!

Sent from my MiniMac running E-85!!

 

[tbone75]

We are here to help and will be there before you know it!

Sent from my MiniMac running E-85!!

Thanks Jimmy !

 

[pioneerguy600]

Nice day to run a saw, -2 C and still out there but no chainsaws for me today. Cut out and remove/replace windows instead....LOL

 

[Cantdog]

21 degrees....Copper until Unc. arrives...brrrrr.....manlift got no heater.....maybe it won't start!!!!!!!

 

[dancan]

21 degrees....Copper until Unc. arrives...brrrrr.....manlift got no heater.....maybe it won't start!!!!!!!

Talking like an employee , not a boss ....Slacker LOL

 

[farrell]

Mornin gentlemen!

As the rest of you know it's freakin cold outside!

Got a few inches of the white stuff last night

Stayin home and stayin warm today!

 

[Stihl 041S]

Think about it..get some pictures. If you need a new stand or something...let us know. When we come in April, we can lift and do anything like that you need. Probably find material and all too if needed. Heck I can throw that Miller 110v wire with gas in the truck if you need a welder to build a big metal stand at a different t height.

Sent from my MiniMac running E-85!!

You tell him JIMMY!! When I was filing on guns for a living, I raised the vise 6" and it was entirely different!!!!

Maybe a Leaner post and then raise the grinder.

One position too long is the killer.

Hey All !!!!!

I can post again!!

 

[snowyman]

Goodnight.

 

[tbone75]

You tell him JIMMY!! When I was filing on guns for a living, I raised the vise 6" and it was entirely different!!!!

Maybe a Leaner post and then raise the grinder.

One position too long is the killer.

Hey All !!!!!

I can post again!!

Yer right , that one position is the killer !!

Glad ya can post again !!

 

[Jimmy in NC]

You tell him JIMMY!! When I was filing on guns for a living, I raised the vise 6" and it was entirely different!!!!

Maybe a Leaner post and then raise the grinder.

One position too long is the killer.

Hey All !!!!!

I can post again!!

I was telling him... and we aren't worried about your lousy vise we are talking about "The Great John King" and his knife production setup!

John in all seriousness... figure out what's comfortable for you.. and I'm sure the armchair quarterback slacker crew we are.. we can fix you up! I constantly had lower back pain from working in the shop on OPE stuff. I built a "table top" that sits on my FatMax saw horses that adjust up extra tall. BAM! Instantly I can work on saws and other stuff MUCH MUCH longer with out any issues. Now I put everything on that bench to work on including push mowers and such. Very nice to have it at a comfortable level.

 

[tbone75]

I was telling him... and we aren't worried about your lousy vise we are talking about "The Great John King" and his knife production setup!

John in all seriousness... figure out what's comfortable for you.. and I'm sure the armchair quarterback slacker crew we are.. we can fix you up! I constantly had lower back pain from working in the shop on OPE stuff. I built a "table top" that sits on my FatMax saw horses that adjust up extra tall. BAM! Instantly I can work on saws and other stuff MUCH MUCH longer with out any issues. Now I put everything on that bench to work on including push mowers and such. Very nice to have it at a comfortable level.

All my benches were set up to fit me before I had the back problems so bad. I have adjustable seats now , so they stihl work fine. The grinder don't adjust , and I just about have to stand in front of it to grind blades. I don't feel safe sitting in front of it. I have a seat tall enough to sit there , just don't like sitting there ! LOL
I have another plan to make knives , just gonna be a while yet . A hole different set up . Gonna have to learn to do it all over again ! LOL

Boxed up some parts to mail out , moved some **** around to find them parts too ! Need this stuff moved out to the storage shed ! To dang cold right now fer that !
That 2 months of down time really screwed my summer plans all to hell ! Lots of things didn't get done that I wanted done. LOL They can just wait till next year !
Gonna try building some shelves real soon in the basement. That will help a lot !

 

[Jimmy in NC]

Sounds like a bunch of excuses...

Nah.. just want you to know you have willing and able labor that will be invading before too long. Heck.. figure out what you need in the way of shelves built, I'll mill up some lumber and we'll help you build shelves in the mobile outdoor storage units.. if the shelves are up.. we can help you tote and sort. I'm OCD enough I'll help you form a map of where what is on which shelf.

I fully understand not wanting to be in front of a grinder as they like to throw things.

 

[Jimmy in NC]

Educate the uneducated here for a minute.

When you make a knife, you start with a good blank/chunk of steel. Then you just start forming and grinding? No heat treating or anything afterwards because you are using a suitable grade of material from the beginning?

I'm not making light of the work.. I know there is a bunch of time in those blades shaping and then polishing like that, just trying to figure out the process.

 

[tbone75]

Educate the uneducated here for a minute.

When you make a knife, you start with a good blank/chunk of steel. Then you just start forming and grinding? No heat treating or anything afterwards because you are using a suitable grade of material from the beginning?

I'm not making light of the work.. I know there is a bunch of time in those blades shaping and then polishing like that, just trying to figure out the process.

Old files are about all I use. Just start grinding the flat part of the file flat against the stone first to the length of blade you want. The only trick is getting it just hot enough to take a little temper out. Don't wear gloves ! When it starts getting to hot to hold , cool it down quick. Once I grind it down to where the teeth are gone I shape the point. Then back to grinding the point down some more to taper the blade. After all that it looks like a concave on both sides. Then move to the side of the grind stone,not flat against it , just close. I use a piece of wood to put pressure on it. Grind that way till its flat on both sides. There ya have it. LOL The concave is what gives you the taper to the blade.
Shaping the handle I just use the corner of the stone. I don't have any patterns, just do what I like. LOL
Much easier to show you how I do it !! And I will do just that when you get here ! I have showed a lot of guys I worked with how I do it. Then helped them make some knives. Not a dang one of them stuck with it ? LOL Takes some practice to get good at grinding them. Also saves tons of sanding ! LOL
I drill the holes with solid carbide bits , use to do it with a plasma cutter. LOL I mess up a lot of bits ! Good thing I have a friend who takes them to work and sharpens them for me !
20.00 and up for each bit ! I only get about 4 holes per bit ? Sometimes less !

This was all trial and error for me a long time ago. Happen on how to do it by mistake ! LOL I have never seen anyone ever do it this way ? I have seen a lot of knife makers in books and mags. on how the do it. None of them use a stone to grind them,they all use belt grinders.
My stone is huge ! 2-1/2" wide by bout 18" across. Small bench grinders will only do small blades,and get very hot very fast !
RPM on mine is 1750 , most of the bench grinders are 3450 rpm.

 

[little possum]

so... Dan! prepping for bear hunt.. shooting 375H&H... no scope eye! yay! but did bust my nose. thought pop would pee his self laughing

 

[farrell]

so... Dan! prepping for bear hunt.. shooting 375H&H... no scope eye! yay! but did bust my nose. thought pop would pee his self laughing

Aweful lotta gun for a lil ol'bear!

 

[farrell]