Hi,
as you may have noticed I started a thread with some questions about belt grinders. However I have realised that it would be very helpful to me to find out how do you guys grind your blades - in particular if you make your knives via stock removal method.
What I would like to ask is:
- how do you hold the blank?
- how do you setup your grinder?
- how do you get the profile you want (convex, wide bevel, etc)?
- how do you grind the distal taper?
- do you 'free hand grind' or do you use the tool-rest?
- do you use some jig to keep a give angle while grinding?
I am about to start stock removal on a little 1x30" grinder and would really appreciate you input so that I can avoid unnecessary mistakes.
Thanks in advance
as you may have noticed I started a thread with some questions about belt grinders. However I have realised that it would be very helpful to me to find out how do you guys grind your blades - in particular if you make your knives via stock removal method.
What I would like to ask is:
- how do you hold the blank?
- how do you setup your grinder?
- how do you get the profile you want (convex, wide bevel, etc)?
- how do you grind the distal taper?
- do you 'free hand grind' or do you use the tool-rest?
- do you use some jig to keep a give angle while grinding?
I am about to start stock removal on a little 1x30" grinder and would really appreciate you input so that I can avoid unnecessary mistakes.
Thanks in advance