Thread: hollow grinding

I started out on a 1 x 42 hooked up to a router motor. I could rip all the grit off a belt in about 5 seconds. But it worked when it was all I could afford.

The rule is to use the tools you have until you have to get, and can afford, something better. There are plenty of good usable sharp things out there that have been made with files and sandpaper. It doesn't have to be the latest-greatest unless you're going into factory production mode.

Oh absolutely - in no way was I even remotely knocking the set-up - in fact, I admire it so much I'm probably going to copy it - but since I'm not into sharpening knives, I was just thinking out loud of how it could be even further modified. I like making tools for which I can neither afford or for which do not exist...it satisfies the inventor in me.

Again, Charlie, I think your setup is sweet, and a great example of what a little ingenuity can achieve!

Mark

i was making kitchen knives on a 1x42 for a year or 2 and then i got my KMG 2x72 variable speed grinder

it was like the heavens opened up and a light shown down on me WONDERFUL