Yet another grinder thread . . . . | KnifeDogs. com Forums I love my Reeder grinder, though I've not use other brands Among the basic requirements of: 2 tool arms and direct drive with VFD, I put a lot of value in Don Reeder's many years experience in the machine tool design business He knows how to design and build quality tools
Surface Grinder - surface grinding attachment - KnifeDogs. com Forums OK ya'll remember my "Poor man's surface grinder" where I used my milling machine and a grinding disk? Well, that does work, but Travis Wuertz (and others) have a MUCH better idea A new member on this site posted about building a surface grinder that was inspired by Travis's design (I Can't
Pheer or Ameribrade Grinder | KnifeDogs. com Forums A comment on the compression vs tension springs The first grinder I built was a pretty close copy of the KMG clone with tension spring Tracking was so-so For whatever reason, I never fully understood why, but after I changed to compression the tracking improved It might be nothing more than the amount of tension that was put on the belt
Budget belt grinder | KnifeDogs. com Forums My plan is to use an angle grinder to rough out the shape of the knife then hand file and use the belt grinder to get it to shape and grind in the bevel Then use a sharpening jig that I have to get the edge profile
Esteem Grinder. . . Build Pictures - KnifeDogs. com Forums Took delivery of an Esteem Grinder a couple weeks ago and thought I'd post some pictures of the build It comes in about 6 boxes in order to save on shipping The grinder weighs 160 lbs all told, with about another 20 or 25lbs with the horizontal plate and stand Took about 2 hours to put
DIY Surface Grinder for AmeriBrade WIP - knifedogs. com The tilting you see if from my horribly tilting assembly I built for my AmeriBrade I was going to cut some angle iron as a 3rd leg to stabilize it, I am just going to buy their tilting assembly instead of redoing mine now that I have the surface grinder!
2x72 grinder question - KnifeDogs. com Forums That grinder (toobinator) is easy to put together with basic welding skills, I did it with parts (wheels and platen) from another grinder maker It is literally 50 bucks or less in new steel for frame and two arms