Cheers Mike, yes, I can see how you did the pins now, like this a lot. Did you fill in with epoxy ?
Cheers Mike, yes, I can see how you did the pins now, like this a lot. Did you fill in with epoxy ?
Don't sweat the small stuff - and it's ALL small stuff...!
Ya, just try out the different rods in a pattern you like, helps to have them tightish against each other, sand down one end to see the spacing properly, clean up the edges by deburring, then press in as much cold weld epoxy as you want, let set and sand after. Found doing one end first worked best, as I'd position everything so I liked it, tried the other end and found the first end had moved. So I did these one end at a time just to avoid the movement.
At least half an inch. Is ok if you let some stick out, you can clean that off (cutting and sanding) once you've got the edge sewn up.
Got the bevel started last night, my previous knife like this has a 22 degree bevel, this one I'm going with 14 degrees, most of the recent knives I've made have this on it and they cut really well.
Mike, How do you set up to hold the bevel angle, do you do it by feel/sight or do you have a jig to hold 14 degrees ? - Paul
Don't sweat the small stuff - and it's ALL small stuff...!
Paul, have you got the tenplate i sent you yet ?
Hi Tony, no it's not arrived yet but the post is a mess locally at the moment, the PO are still catching up, they even did a post delivery this morning... Looking fwd to getting it. Cheers, Paul.
Don't sweat the small stuff - and it's ALL small stuff...!
Ya, I made a jig to hold it. Used a tablesaw, set up for 7 and 8 degrees, slid a piece of thick melamine through it and screwed in 3/4" metal cups that hold rare earth magnets, and therefore the blade too. Works great, you just slide the jig side to side along the belt and then switch blade sides.
What a clever, not to say patient, chap..... very impressed !!!!
Tony - got the template today, many thanks.
Boy, am i going to have a busy year....!
Paul
Don't sweat the small stuff - and it's ALL small stuff...!
Heat treated and tempered twice so far, will finish the bevel (edge is about 1mm wide right now) and temper again for another hour.
Always seem to get some neat blistering.