FD Kingery
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good looking knife, what is the overall length?
What's going on in your shop?
- Thread starter Justin Presson
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Heikki
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Thanks. Overall length is about 13 1/2".
the grinder kit project is moving along.
the concept is to use our CNC plasma table to cut out grinder parts. They will fit together using tab and slot and then welded.
I have an Uber grinder with pneumatic tension and really like it so I am adding that. I need to find a source for gas type rods also for those that don’t want pneumatic.
it will go sideways also.
the concept is to use our CNC plasma table to cut out grinder parts. They will fit together using tab and slot and then welded.
I have an Uber grinder with pneumatic tension and really like it so I am adding that. I need to find a source for gas type rods also for those that don’t want pneumatic.
it will go sideways also.
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Adam Pound
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McMaster-Carr used to be my go to for gas springs.
MTBob
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Interesting kit idea. I like the handle location & position. But IMHO, use of a pneumatic piston seems like a questionable feature without much benefit. I would not buy a grinder with any kind of gas piston tensioning, the grinding environment is not a place for that type of close tolerance product. I much prefer a spring for simplicity and durability. With a spring slack belt tension can easily be adjusted by simply changing the tool arm position.
I hear ya….we have an Uber grinder here in the shop that uses pneumatic and we always have the compressor on so the air thing isn‘t an issue. I didn’t care for the concept myself when we got it but the more I use it the more I like it. I will also have a gas spring option, I just haven’t got that far yet.
Justin Presson
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Going to try my hand at a couple liner locks. Already have one flaw in the design but these are prototypes. One for me one for wife. All I had was 8670 steel laying around that I can heat treat so not sure how this will turn out or if it will survive the heat treat.
Finished these 2! Top one is S35VN and the bottom one is Elmax. Both are from 3/32" stock, so they are slicey lightweight knives. I used the Felt platen on these after flat grinding them on a ceramic glass platen, which washed out the plunges a bit, so I completely blended the plunges in.
Lil hunter in D2, full flat grind. Gotta do some refining of the profile and handle shape, but I tend to like a handle that is a little taller spine to edge wise.
Lil hunter in D2, full flat grind. Gotta do some refining of the profile and handle shape, but I tend to like a handle that is a little taller spine to edge wise.
BillyO, I like the looks of that pattern. You mention the powder you used, is there anything other than the powder? The different levels of Nickel gives it the pattern?
billyO
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Good afternoon, Ken.
Nope, just the 3 powders poured into the can a few teaspoons at a time.
Daniel Macina
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Had a little something made up. 
Bruce McLeish
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I like the start. Dimensions? Good shape. Keep going.
Adam Pound
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How do you like working with the padauk? No tear out problems with the wood?
scherf68
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I tears out and splinters if not careful, I go slow on grinder.
scherf68
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I will measure to clarify but 1.5 inch wide at thickest part, roughly 10 inches long. I started out with .120 thick 1084, should have gone thinner but what was in shop at time.