Making a knife blade with CNC - Resolute MkIII
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2024
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Over the last 9 months I've been working to try to move my process over to CNC! It's been an absolutely insane amount of work, and there's still much more to go, but the new process is finally beginning to become reality!
In this video I show how I make the blades for the new Resolute MkIII knives. The process of making the blades is a fusion of CNC work and hand work, and is producing beautiful results! This process is fairly complicated and is still being improved to increase consistency and reduce scrap rates, but overall it's going quite well!
These knives are primarily designed to be hard-working outdoors knives for hunting, camping, bushcraft and so on, and as such need to be made well to hold up to a lifetime of use!
I'm happy with how things have turned out so far, but of course there's still much more work to do!
The tooling used in this process is supplied by Maritool (maritool.com) and is all made in the USA. The vise I'm using is made by Orange Vise (orangevise.com) and is again 100% made in the USA. I think it's important to support local industry and I do so whenever possible!
Hope you guys like the video! More coming soon!
-Aaron Gough
now I've watched ALOT of UA-cam and a lot about making knives and I gotta say you my friend have the cleanest shop in existence. ..lol...I just had to get that off my chest keep up the good work brother
+Scott Harrison Thanks Scott! I would go crazy if it wasn't clean!
+Scott Harrison I cannot agree more! The amount of white-ness in the workshop is too much for me to handle! LOL
+Gough Custom i tried doing knifes its so hard :(... how thick is your steal where do u buy it and can i do it manually
+Gough Custom I have to agree, I watch those vids for years and your working style, machine use and safety is better than any other I have seen.
+chibiebil Thanks mate!
cleaner than hospital.
5 stars workshop.
Great
+Wm Siu Thanks very much mate!
Wow! Awesome video Aaron, and what a slick production setup. The results from each step are just stunning.
+Clickspring Thanks very much Chris! I take that as high praise coming from you mate!
There's still a lot of work to do, but the process as it's seen here forms a great base to work from!
+Clickspring You both do amazing work =)
+Clickspring I agree with Chris awesome work. Your workshop also displays my kind of OCD or CDO as I prefer to say. You could be an ICU nurse with this type of obsessiveness.
Man thats some super high high quality
+Themoigt Thanks mate!
+Gough Custom you should do a video showing how to sharpen a foldable knive with only a stone, no rigs or lansky.
I like a lot your job and the videos are awesome keep doing them
Amazing! You're inspiring a new generation.
Just yesterday my kid asked me if he could make a knife and I said yes and showed him your old timelapse video where you file/grind the while thing. He was blown away it could be done with hand tools :)
I told him he has to start that way then maybe when he's older I'll let him CNC on my machines.
+russtuff Hey Russ! Awesome man, I think it's great that he's getting into making stuff... It really shapes how you see the world eh!
Thanks mate, glad you liked the video!
I've been lurking for a while now, watching the progress, but man, this just far exceeds expectations. I cannot adequately describe how impressive this is.
+lazaglider Awesome! Thanks very much mate!
WOW!!! #### WOW!!! You have came a long way my friend. And I couldnt be happier for you... You are a great person and even better knife maker WOW!!!
I never seen so many machines to make a knife... That is AWESOME!!!
You forgot to tell us the sparks from the best grinder go into the best buckets lol I love it mate!!! You took it to a whole new level! WOW!
+John K. Eich Bushcraft. Haha, thanks John! I'm definitely very happy with the new knives! I'll be even happier once I get a few more process improvements in and the whole things starts ticking over like clockwork!
I have several knives from multiple artists, you raise the bar of perfection. from beginning to end. 👍👍👍👍
Thanks very much!
Mate! Outstanding work and great looking shop! Been following for awhile and have definitely upped the game!
As a new knife maker I'm floored! Keep up the great work!
+GroundPounder “TheWisk” 85 Thanks very much mate!
It must be fun to make the Machines do what you want and tinkering with them too perfect and make them turn out what you want them to. Each step is it's own perfection. And the game. How lucky. I bet you never saw it COMMING years ago. But I bet the machines are right up your alley as well as the knife making. ONE LOVE.
+hairfarmer07 I love the CNC machines man! This one especially given how much work I've already done on it! AS you guessed the machines themselves can be just as much fun as the knives :)
I really love the scientific, precise approach you take. :)
+Roll Fizzlebeef Thanks dude, much appreciated!
Fantastic again. I can't begin to imagine how much time and effort was spent refining all the machining processes. I am also incredibly impressed with the amount of hand work that is involved after the machining process.
+whitechevtruck Thanks mate! It definitely took a simply huge amount of time... And that's ongoing as well as the process shown in this video is simply the first iteration, there are many more refinements still to come!
There will always be quite a bit of hand work in the process! Unfortunately the machine cannot produce a finish that's good enough to simply coat over. The next version of the process I will be eliminating the belt grinding step in favor of better finish off the machine, and then some hand sanding to finish before coating. I think that will give me better overall consistency and lower chance of mistakes!
That mill cutting through the blank is so satisfying, like butta'
+Alex Lee Media I never get tired of watching it! When you get the feedrate right there's barely any noise, just a lovely low hum as it obliterates that steel!
I really respect all the attention to the detail you give to making these knives. inner OCD in me is very pleased when watching you vids :) thanks.
+nihontoman Thanks very much mate!
man, I would love to run my mill with just air. yours looks so clean without all the oil and chips stuck to everything :)
Great work!
+Geof Dumas Yeah man the air blast is awesome! Any reason you can't just run with air blade? Requires coated tools of course, but Maritool has good tooling inexpensively!
+Gough Custom partially from not having a good air compressor, but mostly because my handles are titanium. Coolant is a must, so it's not worth it to have both coolant options
+Geof Dumas Ah gotcha! I haven't machined titanium yet, but I have heard it's difficult to work with!
Yeah it's much less forgiving than steels. It really needs a sharp cutting edge and the right speeds, but once you've got it dialed in, it's very nice to work with
love the high tech & super clean approach taken to knife making. True innovation
+Adam Smith Thanks very much Adam!
Let me tell ya your videos are as well made as your knives, I'll be saving my money over the winter to buy one of your knives. 👍🏿
+zackally828 Thanks very much mate! I appreciate the support!
Mr. Gough Custom
I am watching your work with excellent interest.
And the machines are very special and wonderful
You do good work
+aydoğan gül thanks mate!
You've come a long way since I subscribed to your channel, all for the better I must say, you produce a fantastic knife, one of which I hope to get my hands on some day, keep up the good work, all the best👍
+Gareth Ga Wilmott Thanks Gareth, much appreciated mate! I'm definitely very pleased with how the new knives are coming out. Easily the nicest work I've done, and they're only going to get better!
+Gough Custom Could they get better? They look pretty good already😃
+Gareth Ga Wilmott Absolutely mate, I've got some plans... Just you wait!
what i like most in your videos is that you always wear proper safety gears . secondly cleanliness of your workshop from the beggining of your channel.
Thanks mate! Yeah safety gear is always needed... You only get one body after all!
Hey Aaron, just noted your new uploads. 2 words mate, bloody fantastic. Great work as always mate. Trust you're well over there? Cheers, Azza.
+DCTTeacher1 Hey Az! Thanks mate, glad you liked it! Yeah things are going pretty well! A little slower than I'd like, but I'm slowly building up momentum!
That milling machine is absolutely amazing!!!
+esteban betancourt Thanks mate! Yeah I've been very happy with it so far!
Really cool seeing this video and remembering the early tutorial videos of how to do the entire thing more-or-less by hand. That CNC must be the best shop investment imaginable!
+Ryan Lerch Thanks Ryan! Yes it's been a crazy journey to get from there to here! I'm really happy with the VMC, easily the best purchase I've made!
I dont think I have ever watched something so fascinating and I dont know why but it is
+Nick Massey Very glad you liked it Nick!
THE. BEST. QUALITY. I. HAVE. EVER. SEEN!
+Tomáš Červenka Thanks very much mate!
If I was ever in the market for a knife, I'd be ordering one of yours. Absolutely gorgeous with high quality, you can easily see just how much work you have put into this process.
+Gazpalli Thanks very much mate! I appreciate the kind words!
I spend my life grumbling about "knife things" on the internet, and nothing is good enough for me. But Aaron Gough nails it.
Most people who are into knives spend many thousands of dollars buying different knives before they find that ONE knife they really trust.
If I could go back in time I would have just bought one Resolute, or perhaps two.
His knives aint cheap but they are damn sight cheaper than wasting thousands of dollars on crap.
If I leave home tomorrow and need one knife that I can trust my life to, Ill take my Resolute MkIII.
I could have saved myself a lot of money if I had learned that lesson earlier.
I am very glad you like your knife so much mate!!!
This is just pure beauty, from the Machines to your work. Keep it up
+Steez lundeen Thanks very much mate!
It becomes a real technology process. Awesome work.
It looks fantastic!
+uros maksimovic Thanks very much mate!
Great video! As a budding bladesmith this vid is pure motivation.
The engineer in me loves how much effort you have put in to desiging such a good production line. What makes it better is your batches seem to have excellent quality!
Great stuff!
+Tom S Thanks Tom! I'm very pleased with how the new knives are coming out for sure! Lots of tweaking is still needed in the process itself, but the result has been great!
thanks for taking the time to make these videos, i cant imagine how much more time it takes to document the whole process when you already how so much on your plate to finish all these blades. i also love how meticulously clean and organized your workshop is.
+Ragnarok043 No worries at all mate! There's benefits for all involved :)
It does take a lot of extra time to shoot the videos, but I've gotten pretty used to it by now!
I love the look of your workshop,nice and tidy,designated space for designated tasks,can't wait to get some of your work in my hand in the new year,really does look impressive on camera
+smugBBQ Thanks mate! I have been reorganizing the shop to create dedicated areas as you noticed! Still more work to do on that front!
Excellent video! Thank you for sharing. And you definitely get the award for cleanest knife shop ever. I wish I was that diligent about it lol
+EKIM1428 Thanks for watching mate! I'd go totally crazy if the shop wasn't clean, partly because I'm a bit obsessive, but mostly because I would be losing things left and right!
No more filing the bevel with your jig. No more tired forearms...
Nice vid and tools to be jealous of, as always.
+Pete Duckworth Thanks Pete! I can't imagine doing production full-time with the filing jig! I think my arms would fall off!
men i really like what you do i have like 2 years watching your videos, and its really cool to see that you are now a full time knife maker , im getting one of those pretty soon they look like quality, just make sure to start shipping to mexico lol , nice work keep it up
+Adrian Vega Thanks mate! I would like to start shipping to Mexico as a few people have requested it, I will look into it more!
Beautiful blades. I could watch stuff like this all day. Thanks for sharing your talent.
+insanepolarbear Thanks mate!
Thanks to you, I'm finishing my first knife at the moment. Your work has been and still is such a great inspiration. Thanks and all the best ...
Awesome mate! Best of luck!
Its been awesome seeing you build knives throughout the span of time, improving along the way, ever since the beginning it has been so clear the craftsmanship and care that goes into these. Amazing journey, and an amazing work of art. Thanks for sharing!
+david184351 Thanks very much for following along mate! It's very cool to talk to guys like yourself that have seen the whole journey!
Amazing progress. I watched your videos a couple years ago and did not expect all of this. Hat's off to you for making it happen.
Thanks very much mate! It's been a lot of work, but it's been worth it!
Outstanding work! This is by far the nicest workshop I have ever seen and your product comes out beautiful. Cheers Thomas
+IschRoque Thanks very much Thomas!
I admire the passion you have in doing those blades. They simply look beautiful. The process is also awesome. The day I'll have the money I'll buy one of those Resolute knives.
+polanskiman Thanks very much mate! I appreciate the support!
I am surprised and very pleased with the precision and quality!
+Chemistry, Films, and More Thanks mate!
This is great, very nice work, thanks for sharing. This is a good video to show customers who wonder why they are priced higher than a mass produced knife.
Thanks mate! Should have a new video coming soon showing my much-updated process!
You need to memorize the youtube URL for this video. Whenever anyone asks why the price is so high, simply reply with the URL. Amazingly thorough job.
+slackador Haha, thanks mate! I just might do that!
Holy cow... shop goals!
+Eagle Bird Knives Haha, thanks mate! Glad you like the shop!
Thanks for letting us into your shop again. It's neat to see all the equipment as you expand!
Great vid.
+entropy11 Thanks for following along mate!
you make it look seamless, incredible stuff
+ThunderCatsAreGo01 Thanks very much mate!
I want one. Looks like the pinnacle of quality in terms of heat treat.
You have come a long way since your hacksaw days. I remember your first videos; still high quality and intelligent design. Regards, DAM
+henry leroi thanks very much mate!
Yea, your shop is impressive as is your method. Much respect and I am extremely envious of the equipment in your shp. Fantastic work, really impressive stuff.
+Alm0stF4mous Thanks very much mate!
Great work, I haven't seen anything like this yet, thank you for working on this for so long, your knives look great! Can't wait to get one of my own ~GTC
+Gage Cooper Thanks very much Gage!
What a beautiful final result, thank you for sharing the process of making one of those beauties with us
+katana24 Thanks very much mate!
Man. Every step it self is a work of art. To impressive. So clean. Every step you can tell a lot of thought has gone into even catching small shavings , just every thing is so impressive. Thank you for Sharing your adventure with us. I hope you become very successful on both ends with knives and UA-cam. RIGHT ON RIGHT ON. ONE LOVE
+hairfarmer07 Thanks man! As you said every step takes a lot of time to get right... More so than even I though they would!
Awesome. All of the Instagram updates failed to prepare me for just how excellent your new methods truly are. Really, really impressive!
Thanks for the video, and keep grinding through the backlog, eh?
If you ever make it down to the States Bay Area, the first beer is on me.
+samwisekoi Thanks mate! Interesting that there was still a surprise even giving you keeping up on Instagram, good to know! Will do mate!
i love how even though you're small batch your supper professional production about it
+ncktbs Thanks mate! It definitely makes a huge difference to treat it as though I were planning to make a thousand knives... The production process is hugely complicated to setup and get right, so I have checklists and all sorts of other stuff to help ensure it goes smoothly... Still much more work to go on that front!
very well and you in very short time in my opinion to built a new shop and step up to this new way of making your knifes .well done
+elnikoleto Thanks very much mate! It has definitely been a whirlwind!
It is great to see how far you have come as a knife maker and to see your process. The Mill has come a long way and I love the vice you have on it. Keep up the great work.
+mwvanwyk Thanks very much mate, glad you liked the video!
-Wish the best for you your fans and keep that passion up ...
-Beautifull stuff you do .
+S1L3XEXTREME Thanks mate!
Just. Awesome.
From hand files to this, man you've come a ways! Fantastic work.
+SlvrChkn Thanks very much mate! Still a way to go as well!
Amazing facility! I find videos like this so relaxing for some reason. Thanks for giving us some insight into your workflow process!
+Frontier Thanks for watching mate! Glad you liked it!
What thousands of hours reveals, badassary! Thanks for another great video my friend.
+Gerald West Thanks Gerald! Glad you liked it mate!
Aaron ..... I like the way u doing professional technology knives jobs ... indeed I want one
+sharpshooter KSA thanks very much mate!
Now I want knife with DLC .. possible ? ...check ur email pls
Man, that was ART!
+Raouf Razak Thanks man!
Congrats on your new equipment man and great process you got there . Best of luck to you.
+webslinger67 Thanks mate! Much appreciated!
Them tools!!!
Wow! Awesome job as always.
+silver blotter Thanks mate! Glad you liked the video!
estimado gough su trabajo artesanal, es digno de destacar, y si me permite un comentario, con el mayor respeto, hoy al verlo tecnificado de esta forma, pienso en donde quedo quedo su trabajo artesanal, de todas maneras debo felicitarlo, por que ha conseguido la excelencia en su trabajo y eso esta a la vista, veo su crecimiento en las ganas que tiene de posicionarse en el mercado y la posibilidad de acceder a esa tecnologia, desde luego agradecido con su trabajo, le escribo desde Argentina, saludos Walter
+Walter Fabio Thanks very much Walter!
Gough Custom you are incredible knife maker and di very well, by the way my knife is sharp now becuse you showed me to do it
+Aron Ingi Asgeirsson Thanks mate! Glad the sharpening video was helpful!
Very impressive to see how far you have come in your knife making and your process. Props bro! Thanks for sharing!
+Jeff Davidson Thanks very much Jeff!
these knives are gorgeous.
+Jawad Ibrahim Thanks very much mate!
Gough Custom
You are very welcome mate!
Great video!
For the bevel of the blade, i would use a fixture which is rotated/or rotates/ so that this operation is done using the flat part of the bit.
+Boyan Silyavski I have some experimental fixtures that are working much better, it will be interesting to see what I end up using!
Thanks for posting, really like and appreciate the precision involved in your knife making.
+Charles Roberts Thanks Charles, glad you like it mate!
That was great! All of those machines take away a bit of the "custom" feel for knifes. But a very great video man. Keep it up.
+Lester Nan Hey Lester! Yeah I'm not trying to go for full-custom knives anymore, my main goal is to make some of the best working knives that you can buy anywhere!
Absolutely fascinating how you do your quality work! Thanks for sharing!
+Wurzelsepp Survival Thanks very much for watching mate, glad you liked the videos!
If you could release an uncut video of the VMC working, that would be very cool. It is so relaxing.
I will keep that in mind for the next video!
Beautiful. Thanks for sharing the journey.
+braxtonec Thanks very much for coming along mate!
beautiful knife, what a great video, so much attention to detail, so jealous of your work shop
+Greg SB Thanks very much mate! Glad you like the video!
You do such awesome work. I've been following you long enough to say its been neat watching your progression. Keep it up. I hope to pick up one of your blades one day.
+buetang Thanks very much mate! I watched one of my oldest videos the other day and it's pretty crazy to look backward... Like going through a time warp!
To get a process that adds a nice plunge line as well as a bevel, maybe try a bullnose end mill instead of the radius. You can do pass's at the blade to the spine at .1000 each cut, coming up .050 on you Z with each pass till you get to your desired thickness at the spine. Sorry, I machine for a living, and wording it seems harder then doing it lol. Keep it up, love the whole process
+Andrew Lang Hey Andrew! That is actually what I'm doing! The endmill doing the bevel has a 0.060" corner radius, and the last cut shown on the blade is the one that cuts the plunge line! Works very well!
now this is what I call "made to perfection". amazing job mate :)
+Alex Halsall thanks very much!
You are an inspiration Aaron!
+HavokTheorem Thanks man! Glad you like the video!
Very informative on your process, tooling and techniques. Thanks!
Thanks for watching Paul!
+Gough Custom how can i order one and how much will it cost me.great job
I always enjoy watching your videos, I feel like I've learned along with you (although not nearly as much, of course!). I really admire your attention to detail!
+aznelite325 Really glad you feel that way mate! Definitely one of my goals is to spread what I've learnt... I think it's better if we all learn stuff rather than just me!
crazy beautiful knife!
+TSG Thanks very much mate!
So awesome , I like the way your channel has started with everything done by hand and it just keeps progressing to these awesome time saving machines. Very cool and interesting videos. Cheers
+weighed11 Thanks mate! It will be interesting to see where it goes next!
Indeed I will be watching for sure. Cheers
Fantastic addition to How It's Made ;). Smashing stuff mate, appreciated.
+Kani Fuker Thanks mate! Glad you liked it!
you guys ( Trollskyy and Gough Custom) watch each other videos!? how cool is that! both legends in knife making!
+Zoly Beregszaszi Trollskyy is one of the reasons I started making videos in the first place!
Fantastic work!
Perhaps one day I will have the money to get some of these machines, I have had the good fortune of living in the middle of nowhere which means lots of farriers to teach me to forge (hooray rural NZ) so I have been able to avoid most of the tedious hand filing that you had to do in your early videos. Smithing can be frustrating though so I found a bench grinder from the stone age (like when my dad was a kid) with bearings that are miraculously intact which I am hoping will constitute a belt grind one day. Seeing how far you've come has given me hope that I could reach a point somewhat close to what I see here.
Thanks from Taupo, New Zealand.
+Callum Davidson Hey Callum! Sounds like a plan mate! I hope it works out for you!
Gough Custom Thanks man! She'll be a dinki di of a job but fingers crossed eh?
Such hard work but a wonderful result !
+shaihuld Thanks mate!
Very nice! Id never heard of the dry ice procedure before - interesting! 👍
Thanks mate! The sub-zero quench does not have a noticeable effect on all types of steels, but medium/high alloy steels and stainless steels can really benefit from it!
i have no words to describe how beautiful the work done is. i'm so jealous actually.
wish all the best for you.
i'd love to see a damuscus knife made by you.
Thanks very much mate!
Great workmanship loved it
Thanks very much Mark! You'll probably like one of my newer videos 'making a knife the high tech way' as well!
Great to see you making vids again!
+Mike Cirrincione Thanks Mike! Glad you like them!
I've been following you from way back and it's good to see your business taking off! The setup you have is very professional and the handwork that still goes in to the knives makes them a unique product.
Keep up the good work and keep those videos coming ;)
Greetings from Holland
+Brouw Thanks very much mate! I will do my best!
Daaamn G!!!!!! you've stepped your game up big time. I can't wait till the orders open again.I missed the last round. Gotta have one of these beauty's in my possession
+Phillip Torres (45Bandit) Thanks mate! Yeah things are coming along nicely, working on the 3rd generation of this CNC process at the moment! Should be doing the next pre-order in late July!
very clean working area
Thanks! I have to keep it that way otherwise I'd go crazy :D
I definitely want to buy one! The knives are so well made! Keep up the great work!
+Joshua Jacob Thanks very much Joshua!
Just being comical! Great work Aaron. Envious of your fantastic equipment!
+Jim M. No worries Jim I gotcha! Thanks mate, glad you like the new setup!
I truly love watching these clips your bringing out man, keep it up!
+undergroundblu Thanks very much mate! Will do!
Well done, Aaron!
+SugarcreekForge Thanks very much Tim!
My highest aspiration as a knife collector is to own one of your knives, and one by Trollsky. Gotta do a bit of serious saving up first, though.
I would love to own a knife made by Trollsky as well!