Thread: Grinding razors

Thanks again Tim.

I'll see if I can find a distributor of those grinders in Europe.
Maybe it would be a good idea to pay some more and get such a machine immediately.

If I can find local suppliers I will post links here. If I find another type of machine I'll ask advice first.

I think you'll be lucky to find a European dealer. On another forum I visit people have turned to making their own because trying to get one is so difficultin Europe.

Maybe you'll find a local shop that will make a similar one for you?

Originally Posted by Bruno

Thanks again Tim.

I'll see if I can find a distributor of those grinders in Europe.
Maybe it would be a good idea to pay some more and get such a machine immediately.

If I can find local suppliers I will post links here. If I find another type of machine I'll ask advice first.

Come on over Bruno, you can use mine........

Lynn

Originally Posted by adjustme69

Come on over Bruno, you can use mine........

Lynn

Thanks for the offer. If I get to visit the US again I'll take you up on that.
Maybe next year I have to visit corp headquarters and I can make a little side trip...

Originally Posted by murph

I think you'll be lucky to find a European dealer. On another forum I visit people have turned to making their own because trying to get one is so difficultin Europe.

Maybe you'll find a local shop that will make a similar one for you?

Actually I do know a guy who could help me make one of my own.

If I can get the wheels separately, and find a variable speed motor or a motor with variable transmission, then it could be far cheaper to make one of my own.
Tim is indeed right that there is nothing really fundamentally complex about those KMGs.

I just looked at the picture of the KMG again, and there is just one thing I don't understand: how does the belt stay on the wheels. I don't see gliders so I assume the drive and guiding wheel are slightly hollow.
Is that correct or is this thing just built to very tight tolerances?

There are lots of plans and pics floating around. I don't know which are any good but a search on any knife forum will probably turn up some along the lines of
http://www.midwestknifemakers.com/vc...facturers_id=9
http://www.littlemachineshop.com/pro...ProductID=2717
http://groups.msn.com/Homeorshopmade...s/shoebox.msnw

AFAIK and the belt just stays on once it's tracking properly and everything is well made. I think some wheels are crowned (and since rubber or some other softer substance is often used you could do this yourself) as belts will tend towards to highest part of a wheel iirc.

Bruno,

The spring under the top wheel provides belt tension.

The top wheel is slightly crowned, to keeep things roughly centered. Belts will tend to run tyowards the "high" side of a flat pully system. So the "high side" is in the middle here.

Precision belt tracking is provided by rocking the top pully.

Tim Z.

Just got a reply from beaumont. You have to admire it really. It is terse to the point of conveying the message 'get lost' without actually being unfriendly. I'd almost call it a masterpiece in efficiency.

Hello Bruno, Thank you for the note.
I'm sorry but we do not export.

I have looked at local alternatives but anything I find is of industrial quality and freaking expensive. I think I'll start making a wooden prototype frame to try and come up with something. Once it looks like it might work I can build a metal frame.

There are people in the US who will accept a package and ship it to your place. They charge $5+actual shipping for the service. Off a bike forum:

Here is his website:

http://canammailbox.tripod.com/rates.htm

and his info:
CAN-AM MAILBOX RENTAL
2315 Whirpool Street
Niagara Falls, NY 14305

Phone: (716) 284-6245
Email: canam@aol.com

Just give him a call. He is a pretty easy guy to deal with.

I don't see a problem with just shipping it off to Europe instead of Canada.

I have used my wet stone grinder to regrind a rusty ebay razor. It worked better than I expected and very accurate with no heat build up. This machine will grind from a flat to a hollow grind on a 2" chisel in 10 minutes or so but can be made to cut quicker if dressed.

http://www.axminster.co.uk/product-T...rind-23500.htm

Fool proof but slow

PuFF