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As a hobbyist knife maker, I mostly make knives for family and friends. Most are given away, with infrequent paid commissions. Knives are a wonderful gift for any kitchen or sportsman. However in recent years I've found the most rewarding gift of all is inviting people to come to my shop to...

I use a mister sparingly on my Reeder, (and bandsaw). On the grinder I've found: - it's messy, even at low belt speeds - even using soluble oil mix, carbon steel will still rust if not dried off - needed to add steel connector to aluminum tool arm to hold the magnetic base of mister. - water...

Interesting thread to see the differences and similarities in grit selection. I see you vary the grit progression based on the steel alloy. What determines your need for differing belt grits on various steels?

I always wondered how it would feel to be an Octogenarian, now I know. It is largely a confirmation that pain is part of getting older, and not all body parts work the way they were originally designed. For many decades now I've viewed getting up in the morning as an adventure in discovering...

I bought my tempered glass at a local glass shop & attached it to a piece of 1/8 steel and welded on an upper clip to hold it in place. I'm confident that the JB weld epoxy will hold it in place.

I think integral is the right word, as in a (continous) integral bolster. It would seem even uncle ALs description is apparently spelled wrong. But...I could be wrong!

Like others said that knife sure looks overly complicated, trying to combine several knives one. But I'm curious, why are there clothes rack hooks on the top? So you can hold the hangers with your knife while the shirts dry???

I love my Reeder grinder, though I've not use other brands. Among the basic requirements of: 2 tool arms and direct drive with VFD, I put a lot of value in Don Reeder's many years experience in the machine tool design business. He knows how to design and build quality tools. For instance...

Now THAT is a class act!

I've only sharpened a couple of re-curve blades. I found that if I used the horizontal portion of the 2" belt that was above the upper platten - AND, loosened the belt tension - I could get an adequate edge grind. But, if not careful, the edge of the belt can dig in. So use either a J-Flex...

After seeing a number of posts on KD and watching a couple of videos from Pop's, I finally made a knife straightening peening hammer. I tested it on a post heat treated 52100 think chopper that's in the larval stage. It had about 1/16" deflection starting just behind the ricasso. I had a...

Ken, kudos for building a innovative collection system, pretty nifty. Two thoughts: - I'd be a bit cautious about hot material entering the plastic ducting at the bottom of your 2x72 platen. If you are really hogging off material, those red hot shavings will carry through the system quite a...

Chris: That is brilliant! I love that kind of creative innovation.

Chris: I was looking at your stand and wondering just how the knife stays vertical in the first photo, without stabbing the wood shown in the second photo. Is there a magnet in the branch?

After wrestling with this problem for years, I abandoned the idea of pulling outside air into my shop that is located in a cold climate. So, I use a self contained localized dust pickup at the grinder that picks up dust/grit at the point source and can serve as a whole-shop air filter. The...

Here are the photos I was trying to post.

Wow, that really sucks. I've deleted the garbage photo links and will try to paste the photos.

Here's my extreme tilt table setup. It's a combination of a tilted platen, and angled work rest plus a plate extender. I like plate extenders, I have a bunch for a variety of setups.

That's a spiffy knife / sheath set. Love that hamon!

Ah, that's how you do that, ingenious! Thanks!