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Some latest pics of the MezzaChete- just need a final clean up and polish of the blade and handle- -- also- link to the cut test on this blade. It performed well. AEB-L with Cyro- 12 inch OAL 7 inch Blade- with aggressive Gimping CF pins and Copper lanyard tube Yellow Fiber liners Customer...

Thxs John!

thanks for this input- I dont have any of the components yet- so this will be helpful to get the best (and easiest) setup!

Planning on getting a 10 inch contact wheel soon and just wondering what the proper way to connect it to the tooling arm would be? Do I need a sleeve or bushing or just a bolt, washers and nuts? Any thoughts ideas or help with any of this is appreciated. Nick

Have these 2 WIP. My MezaChete for a customer and a kitchen utility knife for my sister in law. Need to clean up the bevels and flats on the large blade. Biggest knife to date I've ever ground out and those lines got away from me a bit!

Something new.... First steps Cardboard template on bottom AEB -L 3inch blade on top

getting ready to get these out to HT today- including a custom order of what I'm calling a "Mezza-Chete" because its about 1/2 the size of a traditional Machete. It will have the Wormy Chestnut that this customer wanted on this blade.

I got my hands on 2 boards of this Wormy Chestnut that are about 3 ft long/5 inches wide and 1 inch thick. These were reclaimed barn wood that was cut from the barn beams. According to the person who gave this to me- is over 75 years old. It looks good and has a good weight- does show the...

Just glused up 2 and have 2 waiting Tuxedo with G 10 and Python skin resin

I am also in agreement- I have been cutting out 6 blades at a time and sending for HT- then as mentioned- grind all at the same time. Helps alot because of the repetitive action and muscle memory really kicks in, so my grinds seem better.

Like that style Sean

You are correct and not most of the marks I see are on the left side. Although this is more prevalent in folders. Being that the show side is the main focus. With fixed blades I have seen both ways left and right. That is the main reason I redid my logo to decrease the size as to not have a...

I just had my Makers Mark updated, new one will have no box or border to it- and about a 25% reduction in size and inverted the marked area- was wondering where everyone is placing their marks. Left side- right side- upper area or below the bevel or on the ricasso.

A few items worked on this past weekend

I find it easiest to unplug and completely remove the bandsaw from the stand then change the blade

Getting ready to grind the next 6 Also finishing a few others up

Finally got the small wheel attachment and small wheel set. Did end up mounting it on the same arm opposite of the tool rest. Then can juse flip when needed. Works great!

Yes- greatpoint. For safety reasons, I wouldnt use this setup without it. Dont want to have to reach behind a moving blade to turn the saw off!

Inkscape as well-- can actually use a pic or drawing you made and import it into Inkscape and use that as a base for your template. Lots of great tutorials on YT