Eric Poris
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Sup Dogs,
So I just got my grinder up and running last night. Naturally, I was up until the wee hours of the morning practicing on it with wood paint sticks. I then decided hell with it, and grabbed a piece of CPM154 then started grinding it. This is the result.
I have read a bunch of books and watched a ton of videos before this and I have to say I learned more just by doing it than anything else. I think I made the blade a little too wide in the hallow. There are parts of the grind the 8" wheel won't touch in a single pass. Still trying to correct this. I also think I needed to bring the tip closer to the front of the blade and I should have started the drop point closer, towards the handle.
Have a few questions. There are still some pits in the blade I tried to grind out but no matter how long I grind it on the flat platen it seems like they never get any smaller. Anyone have any tips on this? Also, how do you determine how thick the hallow grind should be? Like I said, I think I made the hallow a little too thick and may have started to hallow out the blade.
All comments are welcome and thanks for looking!
Woof,
Eric
So I just got my grinder up and running last night. Naturally, I was up until the wee hours of the morning practicing on it with wood paint sticks. I then decided hell with it, and grabbed a piece of CPM154 then started grinding it. This is the result.
I have read a bunch of books and watched a ton of videos before this and I have to say I learned more just by doing it than anything else. I think I made the blade a little too wide in the hallow. There are parts of the grind the 8" wheel won't touch in a single pass. Still trying to correct this. I also think I needed to bring the tip closer to the front of the blade and I should have started the drop point closer, towards the handle.
Have a few questions. There are still some pits in the blade I tried to grind out but no matter how long I grind it on the flat platen it seems like they never get any smaller. Anyone have any tips on this? Also, how do you determine how thick the hallow grind should be? Like I said, I think I made the hallow a little too thick and may have started to hallow out the blade.
All comments are welcome and thanks for looking!
Woof,
Eric
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