Hi Mike I just found your channel and have to say you explain things more clearly than the big dogs of knife making. Your camera angles for the grinds are very helpful. And I like the tip about the wooden rest. Thanks, Ed from Courtenay.

@MikejonesknifeandtoolTk

5 жыл бұрын

Hey Ed, thanks for the kind words! I feel like I ramble and repeat myself a lot but hopefully I get across what I'm trying to say!

Mike Jones is a great man. Prime Minister of Canada material.

@MikejonesknifeandtoolTk

5 жыл бұрын

Hahaha thanks but no thanks!

I draw out my bevel with a sharpy then get it to about 80 percent of the way with 7 inch angle grinder in a vice, 90 percent of the way with disk sander and last 10 percent on the belt, i found this to be the most afordable way. One of my buddies uses a steel cutting blade in his table saw and does the whole initial grind with it, but im not that brave

@tylerhall9681

5 жыл бұрын

Mordy Fisher grinding bevels in a table saw might be the craziest fucking thing I’ve ever heard.

@MikejonesknifeandtoolTk

5 жыл бұрын

@@tylerhall9681 Agreed! that sounds insanely dangerous!

@MikejonesknifeandtoolTk

5 жыл бұрын

I could see the angle grinder helping remove a lot of the bulk, as long as you don't go too deep and develop a hollow grind when you don't want one!

@mordyfisher4269

5 жыл бұрын

@@MikejonesknifeandtoolTk yeah I use it upside down in the vise, and work on it just like you'd use a wetstone. So theres no risk of hollow grinding. Also i know theres probably no going back for you now, but i you did the first half of your bevel work with your edge facing down, you would save so much on belts, edge sheer is only really a problem when the edge is leading and cutting in vs trailling and skating over

@MikejonesknifeandtoolTk

5 жыл бұрын

@@mordyfisher4269 I explain about how I avoid edge sheer in the video.

This is great! These tuts are so insightful! Do you have suggestions when you get to the tip of the blade, where the edge starts to curve up to the point? Do you tend to just drag straight across or move the blade outward to accommodate the curve? I couldn’t quite tell in the video.

@MikejonesknifeandtoolTk

5 жыл бұрын

Hmm, it's hard to say, I definitely keep the blade horizontal (don't try to turn the blade to keep the edge perpendicular to the belt direction) but I think I might pull the blade away from the belt slightly as I get to the tip. I've never really noticed!

Your grinder does not seen to be hauling butt. What speed are you starting with?

@MikejonesknifeandtoolTk

5 жыл бұрын

The motor spins at about 3600rpm. There are a lot of times I wish I could slow it down. Hopefully the next one has a VFD

@dwightlebsack3511

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, setting up a kmg with 3step pulley system. @@MikejonesknifeandtoolTk

@MikejonesknifeandtoolTk

5 жыл бұрын

@@dwightlebsack3511 That's the economical way for sure, just turning that vfd dial looks pretty sweet though!