Its been a while since I posted anything, I’ve been locked in a room doing the day job in order to put together a decent knife grinder.
Living in the UK you just cant get them (unless you’ve got a grand or so kicking about the place that your not using), so I bit the bullet and built one myself after spotting this on you tube I thought it looked like a decent set up.
https://youtu.be/fiWhflmTACc
so I set to work and after getting a piece here and a piece there I came up with this.
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The wheels from USA knife maker (8x2” & 4x2”) and the drive and tracking/tension wheel off a guy in the US I found on eBay, the extruded aluminium came from Austria but I did get the drive motor (three phase 1hp) and inverter over here, it will fit a 72” belt but you can open it up to 2m if you want to depending on what size belt I can get hold of.
I mounted the 8” and 4” so I had the flat platen in-between them so I could just undo the bolt and turn from one to the other without the need to change an arm on the grinder and I’m really pleased that it works great.
It defiantly makes a big difference having the right tool for the job, I’ve been playing with it today and managed to get these four cut and first grind done ready to heat treat tomorrow.
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Three 8/8” hollow ground and a big 10/8” hollow ground
All I can say is its good to be back doing something that I love doing, and fingers crossed be able to make a living out of it. The good thing is there doesn’t seem to be anyone else in the UK putting together handmade straight razors co not much in the way of competition!
