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knife grinding question
osage outlaw:
I'm trying to finish up this knife I started a few months ago. I made a simple grinding jig and got one side looking good. I can't figure out how to get the other side. Do I need to bolt a block of wood to the table to get the blade above the wheel gard?
JoJoDapyro:
We took a dremel to tykes sander to get the edge. We ran into the same issue.
Pat B:
Clint, what grit belt is that?
Loope:
Flip your jig over to put the "top" side of the jig down on the table and then grind the knife with blade edge facing down. Or... grind freehand. I'm no expert, but have ground all mine by hand with no support... hard to get a flat edge, I wind up with more of a convex edge.
Michael
osage outlaw:
Pat, I'm not sure what grit it is. It's the belt that was left on there from when I used it on a bow. I can check it tomorrow.
Loope, I tried that and the grind was to much toward the edge. I would screw it up if I tried to do it free hand.
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