Over 1 Million views say otherwise. The fact that you haven't created a single video on your own channel, yet are trying to tear down those who do create, speaks volumes about you as well. Those who cant do, troll.
Excellent idea. I have currently marked off the body of the grinder motor with gradations in degrees - 0°, 15°, 22.5° and 25° so that I can do kitchen knives at 30° total angle and micro groove polished at 45° or outdoor knives at 45° with microgroove at 50°. I learned to use lathe and mill in tech school would love to do that again after 50 years! Today I start my welding course aged 65! All the best, Rob
I'm pleased you posted this in its entirety. The significant step is switching the base of the grinder around. If anyone is tempted to reverse the motor electrically, don't even think about it. Your wheels will come off.
You're an excellent craftsman, but I am surprised at all the negative comments. You did a good job and you're a good fella to take the time to film it so the world can see. I thank you
It’s so nice to see a skilled tradesman at work as skills like this are disappearing. Great idea too and the fastest most accurate way I have seen yet. I take my hat of to you!
Very nice Jermey! Loved the idea. Careful when using an expensive 4flute to drill, it's usually best to pre-drill because the center of the end mill is not very good a cutting and evacuating chips.
Very awesome my friend! I could not figure out where you were going with the design until the very end when you were demo-ing it. Really great idea, and it looks like it works really well.
Thanks buddy! I was wanting to build one of these ever since I got my paper wheels and finally decided I had to stop all other projects to do this little one. First few knives are very promising and super super consistent. Hopefully it proves as useful over the long haul it seems to be with the first few knives:)
Excellent work. Live your videos. So, what's the difference between the MDF wheel and leather stropping wheels or cloth buffing wheels? And what are the differences between this setup and a 1*30 power belt grinder with progressive belts and a leather stropping belt?
A brilliant idea has come from such a brilliant mind……….Well done Jeremy, you have given such a simple (excuse the pun) solution to us all in keeping a consistent angle when sharpening one’s knives using those Razor Sharp Wheels.
I begrudge you the patience (not the tools) it takes to do such nice work...I tend to settle for less, but I do see the value in doing a job that shines....especially that knife holder....wow. Thanks
Thank you very much. I appreciate it. I'm the same way but trying to force myself to have a little more patience with my projects. But, I still can't wait long enough to paint most of the stuff I build so I could probably use a little more patience for projects:) Cheers!
@@Simplelittlelife In Afrikaans we have a saying " 'n bietjie verf maak lelik reg" (a bit of paint makes ugly look right) Nothing like a flap wheel and a can of spray paint... 😉
Hey, would you be willing to test this setup you've made on ceramic knives? I've been wondering if a diamond-loaded paperwheel setup (actually, exactly like this) would work.
I was thinking of something like this. I have a Kme sharpene, but a really blunt kitchen knife can take a long time to sharpen. The worksharp belt sharpener is quite expensive, as are the tormek type wet grinders. What you made 7 years ago is pretty much what I had in mind.
Oh man!!!! I saw you video about the sharpening system. And straight away I thought…we need something that can hold the blade at a specific angle. Then, BAM! Here is the video. Instant gratification. lol. Ok, I want one. Will you sell me one? That is super cool!
I see you are a knife maker. do you know if using this wheel affects the temper of the steel, or create a large burr? I have a a few expensive knives & axes to sharpen. Cheers
Just out of curiosity the paper wheels when it turns is turning towards the blade right? Isnt it worrysome if the blade cut into the paper wheel? Would it be better if the machine was rotated 180 degrees and the rotation is away from the blade?
That's a pretty slick setup with just basic machining skills. you wouldn't need to use a mill for everything, it just looks better. what are those wheels made of on the grinder? what kind of compound do you use?
+Josh Koch thanks. Those are pressed paper wheels and they're sold as the razor sharp edge making system. One wheel uses some type of abrasive powder (people call it diamond dust) and the other wheel uses white polishing compound. It's a fantastic system.
Hi, the sharpener you built is very good. I like very much. I'd like to ask you two questions. 1. What kind of wheels does the grinder use, what are they called? 2. The Makita saw what kind of disk do you use? Thank you very much!
Question: If a blade steel is too brittle HRC 63-66...could the edge chip during sharpening? Have bits of metal shooting in any direction?? Making it sort of dangerous???
What mill are you using? That seems like a nice size for a home machine shop. I just finished restoring a Logan 10x24 lathe. Acquiring a mill is next on my list
I have a Craftex CX600. I found that and my lathe for $700 used and I just couldn't turn that down and it came with a bunch of material (loads of brass and aluminum), dial indicators, rotatary chuck for the mill. It was a hot deal and turns out the mill is okay. I've spent about 5 years machining full time on much larger machines and that's the biggest down fall of these small machines is that they just don't have the girth and rigidity. But other than that it is a fairly decent little machine. Cheers!
I made a knife sharpening system almost identical to yours, except I'm using a Tormek sharpening jig to hold the knife. Except, I'm getting a lot of chatter and vibration when the knife is in the jig, but when I remove it from the jig and sharpen a knife by hand, there is no chatter. Did you have any issues like this? I'm using a very nice Dewalt grinder, that doesn't vibrate much at all. Any ideas as to what the problem could be?
Amazing skills. Ive heard you say a few times that you originally trained in metal work, but I didnt fully appreciate how good you were with precision machining.
Awesome as usual Jeremy! Might have been nice to give a little talk at the end about the finished project. What you might have done differently, what was hard, what was easy, and some of the reasons for your choices in making this. :)
Thank you! I am going to do a follow up video showing exactly how it works, and I've already got a few changes I might make to the sharpener. I shot all the footage with me talking about it at the end but it was over 15 minutes all said and done so I just decided to scrap the end of the video. That way I can cover everything I want to in a little more detail on a separate video. Cheers!
Not sure I understand the reason. I’ve been using this carbide sharpening system since I was about 15 as I helped my Granddad sell and sharpen knives. I’m now 44, and not sure what the jigs for? It’s fairly easy to free hand and put that type edge on it. Is it a safety piece? I could see that for sure, my Granddad has a knife close on his finger once, got him pretty good.
My milling machine is a Craftex CX600 and my Lathe is a King. Both very mediocre at best but I got them used on the cheap so I'll use them until I need something better. Cheers!
Simple Little Life what would you charge to make one? Exactly the same. Complete with grinder. I have been using the same type of sharpener for years. However me edges aren't as straight as the ones you make. Nice job.
Thanks! I don' think I will be making anymore of these. They are just too labour intensive to be worth the money I would need to charge to pay for my time. Cheers!
Made one similar to this one when I saw Aaron Gough build (mine is one 325grit CBN wheel and one MDF) but my knife arm is not as nice as yours so I may adopt your design! Let me ask you a question: what's the purpose of the radial slots on the right wheel? Greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hey Thanks! The wheel with the slots is the fine wheel that uses only white jewellers rough, and the slots are for cooling. Greeting to you from Canada! Cheers!
That is beautiful, other youtube vids show people making stuff out of tiny, flimsy materials, which as a construction fitter doesn't speak to me. But it might be an idea to make a vid on making roughly the same thing but with tools most people have in their garage.
These are pressed paper wheels and one grit that you sprinkle on is around a 300 grit (It's like a silicon carbide powder that is glued onto the wheels) and the other is simply a paper wheel with slots cut in it for cooling and on that one I just use a white polishing compound. Cheers!
Razor Sharp Edge Making system. They're press paper. They work insanely good! I have them in my Amazon store here: simplelittlelife.ca/stuff-we-like/ Cheers!
Jeremy this is exactly what I have been looking for! I have the same wheels on my bench grinder and I hate free handing it. Serious question, would you be interested in making one of these for me?
I'm going to see what I can do to speed up the process a bit. The way I made this one would end up being more expensive than it's worth just to cover the time to make it. Like most things, the first one and one-off production are expensive. I've also had a few requests just to make the knife clamp part as that would be lighter and cheaper to ship. What I'm looking into is making this all laser cuts with tab and notch assembly so it's just a matter of a few welds and then drilling the hold to mount your particular grinder. That way it could ship all broken down and flat and it would be very quick to assemble. If you email me jeremy@homesteadknives.com I'll let you know what I come up with. I have a few others that have asked for an email once I have solid information to give. Cheers!
If I send you the motor, would you make me the ultimate knife sharpener that you made in your Dec 29, 2016 video. I've been researching knife sharpeners of all kinds for 6 months and yours is the only one that is Truly the Ultimate.
Thanks! I'm in Canada but shipping to the US is fairly cheap. I'm just looking into a few ways to speed up the build process and make these a little less time consuming. If you want you can email me jeremy@homesteadknives.com and if I get your email address I can let you know what I come up with. Cheers!
This is awesome! Great work! Out of curiosity why didn’t you just use the tormek knife jig instead of custom making one? Also, you should make the base and the stand on this. People would ABSOLUTELY buy this as a kit!
Nice. You built your own Tomek. What I would love to see some one do is to create (if they don't already exist...me, not being a tool guy) a version of the Tomek where the wheels spin E to W instead of N/S. This way we'd get the benefit of a flat plane...the benefits of using a traditional whetstone brick but with a motor and spinning stone. Faster. I think they DO exist...the JP knife makers use them...no idea what it's called. Should be a more compact version. Maybe the size of a Tomek. Surprised Tomek doesn't have a few already.
Nice to see how you got around the problem that most rod systems have with the angle varying. Now if you only had made the jig for your sander instead of your grind wheels, I would have been sold. The problem with grind wheels is that they always create a concave bevel. Which may be great for some knives, but will ruin the bevel for those that depend on a perfectly flat zero grind (like scandi grind and carving knives).
I read all the replies to this post and THIS ONE made me think the most. And then it made me wonder. I wondered enough that I did some research. Aaron Gough is mentioned several times so I used his Resolute MkIII as the research subject. He states on his website that his blade is ground to a 25 degree angle and that the thickness of the blade right above the edge is 0.014". I drew this out on a CAD system and found that the width of the edge from knife tip to the start of the edge is 0.015". I then figured out how many degrees on an 8" diameter wheel that 0.015" would represent. Turns out it's only about 0.21 degrees. So now we have a 0.015" long arc on the circumference at 8", but we need to know how "concave" the edge actually is. I drew a chord from the start and end of that 0.015" arc then checked to see how far it was from the center of the chord back out to the circumference. That would be the depth of the concavity. Are you ready...0.000007" which if you had a thread of that diameter and put 185 of them side by side, you would have the thickness of an average human hair (0.001"). How would this "ruin the bevel" of a flat grind knife?
Thanks I see it now. It starts at 2:10 . I missed it on the first watch. I'm not a big fan of sped up videos with no voice over. It's easy to miss some points and the personal interaction. I enjoy the audio as mush as the video.
+Brian Binns yup, the "T" section is height adjustable as well as the little collar I made for the bar is adjustable and will effect the angle. Cheers!
Nice piece of work but as some others have mentioned, not everyone has a handy vertical milling machine, (or even a fancy drill press) a bunch of end mills and so on. But it's an excellent design. I'm giving a lot of thought to a simpler blade holding tool. My first thought is a small vice grip. Weld a rod to the end of the plier adjustment finger bolt and maybe a flat plate to each face of the plier jaws. Maybe a copper face on the vice grip jaw plates to protect the knife finish. Hmmmm it's a good idea.
Yeah maybe I'll do up a drawing and put t on my website. I only ever build from in my head and I wish I were better at making drawings. Otherwise I'd do a drawing of everything I make and put it on my website. If I have time to get a drawing done I'll certainly put it for free download on my site. Cheers!
I just watched this entire video and realized I don’t know how to do shit! Nice set-up, and I’m envious!! ........ great video too and you are talented
Silent movies went out in the 1920's.
So at the end of your days, you get to look back on your life and say, “I was the asshole who made rude comments on UA-cam”.
@@Simplelittlelife Thin skinned huh?
Over 1 Million views say otherwise.
The fact that you haven't created a single video on your own channel, yet are trying to tear down those who do create, speaks volumes about you as well.
Those who cant do, troll.
@@Simplelittlelife I APPROVE of your comment and I APPRECIATE that you DON'T HAVE CRAPPY MUSIC. 😎🇺🇸
Excellent idea. I have currently marked off the body of the grinder motor with gradations in degrees - 0°, 15°, 22.5° and 25° so that I can do kitchen knives at 30° total angle and micro groove polished at 45° or outdoor knives at 45° with microgroove at 50°. I learned to use lathe and mill in tech school would love to do that again after 50 years! Today I start my welding course aged 65! All the best, Rob
I'm pleased you posted this in its entirety. The significant step is switching the base of the grinder around. If anyone is tempted to reverse the motor electrically, don't even think about it. Your wheels will come off.
Great job! This dwarfs and outperforms all those expensive & fancy sharpeners out there!
Wow,I was amazed at your expertise.Pure craftsmanship at work.
You're an excellent craftsman, but I am surprised at all the negative comments. You did a good job and you're a good fella to take the time to film it so the world can see. I thank you
It’s so nice to see a skilled tradesman at work as skills like this are disappearing. Great idea too and the fastest most accurate way I have seen yet. I take my hat of to you!
Very nice Jermey! Loved the idea. Careful when using an expensive 4flute to drill, it's usually best to pre-drill because the center of the end mill is not very good a cutting and evacuating chips.
Very awesome my friend! I could not figure out where you were going with the design until the very end when you were demo-ing it. Really great idea, and it looks like it works really well.
Thanks buddy! I was wanting to build one of these ever since I got my paper wheels and finally decided I had to stop all other projects to do this little one. First few knives are very promising and super super consistent. Hopefully it proves as useful over the long haul it seems to be with the first few knives:)
A very elegant solution. Using blue tape as a mixing board is genius.
Excellent work. Live your videos.
So, what's the difference between the MDF wheel and leather stropping wheels or cloth buffing wheels?
And what are the differences between this setup and a 1*30 power belt grinder with progressive belts and a leather stropping belt?
A brilliant idea has come from such a brilliant mind……….Well done Jeremy, you have given such a simple (excuse the pun) solution to us all in keeping a consistent angle when sharpening one’s knives using those Razor Sharp Wheels.
I begrudge you the patience (not the tools) it takes to do such nice work...I tend to settle for less, but I do see the value in doing a job that shines....especially that knife holder....wow. Thanks
Thank you very much. I appreciate it. I'm the same way but trying to force myself to have a little more patience with my projects. But, I still can't wait long enough to paint most of the stuff I build so I could probably use a little more patience for projects:) Cheers!
@@Simplelittlelife
In Afrikaans we have a saying
" 'n bietjie verf maak lelik reg"
(a bit of paint makes ugly look right)
Nothing like a flap wheel and a can of spray paint... 😉
I am quite envious of your shop, Jeremy. One day, soon, I too shall have a shop such as yours.
haha, thanks!
Knowledge, Time, and Tools. Nicely done!!
Thank you very much!
Hey, would you be willing to test this setup you've made on ceramic knives? I've been wondering if a diamond-loaded paperwheel setup (actually, exactly like this) would work.
I was thinking of something like this. I have a Kme sharpene, but a really blunt kitchen knife can take a long time to sharpen. The worksharp belt sharpener is quite expensive, as are the tormek type wet grinders. What you made 7 years ago is pretty much what I had in mind.
Oh man!!!! I saw you video about the sharpening system. And straight away I thought…we need something that can hold the blade at a specific angle. Then, BAM! Here is the video. Instant gratification. lol. Ok, I want one. Will you sell me one? That is super cool!
My goal is to have every tool you used in this video in my shop, and be as good with them as you are. Thanks for the video. I enjoyed it.
hahaha that's a great goal and I hope you reach it:) Thanks and I'm glad you enjoyed it. Cheers!
Can I get the directions from you.
Thanks?
Buck
Do you run your grinder backwards too? I’ve flipped mine but now the switch is on the back. Did you switch the base around?
Yeah I turned the grinder and switched the base around. 👍
I see you are a knife maker. do you know if using this wheel affects the temper of the steel, or create a large burr? I have a a few expensive knives & axes to sharpen. Cheers
Superbe vidéo.
C'est quoi comme meule que vous utilisez ? Merci
Ok... you dont need those machines to make this. Having them just make is easier, fairly simple design. Easy to follow....two thumbs up
Just out of curiosity the paper wheels when it turns is turning towards the blade right? Isnt it worrysome if the blade cut into the paper wheel? Would it be better if the machine was rotated 180 degrees and the rotation is away from the blade?
That's a sharp drill bit. What do you use to sharpen your bits?
usually my belt grinder. I learned to sharpen drill bits by free hand with a grinder when I did my Millwright apprenticeship. Cheers!
That's a pretty slick setup with just basic machining skills. you wouldn't need to use a mill for everything, it just looks better. what are those wheels made of on the grinder? what kind of compound do you use?
+Josh Koch thanks. Those are pressed paper wheels and they're sold as the razor sharp edge making system. One wheel uses some type of abrasive powder (people call it diamond dust) and the other wheel uses white polishing compound. It's a fantastic system.
Hi, the sharpener you built is very good. I like very much. I'd like to ask you two questions. 1. What kind of wheels does the grinder use, what are they called? 2. The Makita saw what kind of disk do you use? Thank you very much!
Question: If a blade steel is too brittle HRC 63-66...could the edge chip during sharpening? Have bits of metal shooting in any direction?? Making it sort of dangerous???
Do you have a video of how to make circles for this sharpener? Can you give a link where to look about circles? Thank you
That's nicely put together man. Your a skillful man with many talents. Impressive collections of machinery
Does that lil milling machine have a backlash eliminator? And what kind is it? Looks cool n compact
You should make that and sell them I need a set up like that
Good video, what do you use to make the grit adhere to your sharpening wheel?
What mill are you using? That seems like a nice size for a home machine shop. I just finished restoring a Logan 10x24 lathe. Acquiring a mill is next on my list
I have a Craftex CX600. I found that and my lathe for $700 used and I just couldn't turn that down and it came with a bunch of material (loads of brass and aluminum), dial indicators, rotatary chuck for the mill. It was a hot deal and turns out the mill is okay. I've spent about 5 years machining full time on much larger machines and that's the biggest down fall of these small machines is that they just don't have the girth and rigidity. But other than that it is a fairly decent little machine. Cheers!
I made a knife sharpening system almost identical to yours, except I'm using a Tormek sharpening jig to hold the knife. Except, I'm getting a lot of chatter and vibration when the knife is in the jig, but when I remove it from the jig and sharpen a knife by hand, there is no chatter. Did you have any issues like this? I'm using a very nice Dewalt grinder, that doesn't vibrate much at all. Any ideas as to what the problem could be?
Amazing skills. Ive heard you say a few times that you originally trained in metal work, but I didnt fully appreciate how good you were with precision machining.
Thanks a lot buddy! Much appreciated:) Cheers!
Awesome as usual Jeremy! Might have been nice to give a little talk at the end about the finished project. What you might have done differently, what was hard, what was easy, and some of the reasons for your choices in making this. :)
Outside & Stuff sounds like youre his teacher for a school assignment lol!
Thank you! I am going to do a follow up video showing exactly how it works, and I've already got a few changes I might make to the sharpener. I shot all the footage with me talking about it at the end but it was over 15 minutes all said and done so I just decided to scrap the end of the video. That way I can cover everything I want to in a little more detail on a separate video. Cheers!
Not sure I understand the reason. I’ve been using this carbide sharpening system since I was about 15 as I helped my Granddad sell and sharpen knives. I’m now 44, and not sure what the jigs for? It’s fairly easy to free hand and put that type edge on it. Is it a safety piece? I could see that for sure, my Granddad has a knife close on his finger once, got him pretty good.
What brand of milling machine do you have ? And what brand of lathe do you have ?
My milling machine is a Craftex CX600 and my Lathe is a King. Both very mediocre at best but I got them used on the cheap so I'll use them until I need something better. Cheers!
Your video had me mesmerized, very cool setup you have!
Thank you very much. Really appreciate that. Cheers!
Simple Little Life what would you charge to make one? Exactly the same. Complete with grinder. I have been using the same type of sharpener for years. However me edges aren't as straight as the ones you make. Nice job.
Thanks! I don' think I will be making anymore of these. They are just too labour intensive to be worth the money I would need to charge to pay for my time. Cheers!
Made one similar to this one when I saw Aaron Gough build (mine is one 325grit CBN wheel and one MDF) but my knife arm is not as nice as yours so I may adopt your design!
Let me ask you a question: what's the purpose of the radial slots on the right wheel?
Greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hey Thanks! The wheel with the slots is the fine wheel that uses only white jewellers rough, and the slots are for cooling. Greeting to you from Canada! Cheers!
nice work, awesome shop.. Thanks.
Are those stones or MDF wheels on the grinder?
You got the skills (and equipment) to pay the bills man. Awesome work and an awesome shop.
Thank you very much!
Great vid. What are the wheels made from bought or home built ?
Do you have a suggestion for a cheap alternative to a Trayco clipper blade machine?
how much would you charge to make just the clamping head for the knife?
How about an mdf wheel on a grinder turned around backwards. Would that substitute
You sir are a genius ! Best video ive ever seen,Man i would love to have a workshop like that..
Thank you very much! I appreciate the compliment. Cheers!
Well, it looks very close to the Tormek sharpening system of jigs and holders. But, a nice idea. Spent any money on tools lately?
Seriously impressive design and machining skills Jeremy! Keep the great vids coming mate, John.
Thanks John! Much appreciated!
Elegant simplicity at its best. 👍
Thanks!
That is beautiful, other youtube vids show people making stuff out of tiny, flimsy materials, which as a construction fitter doesn't speak to me. But it might be an idea to make a vid on making roughly the same thing but with tools most people have in their garage.
Hey I have a question :how would I go about measuring the exact angle I'm sharpening at?
why don't you put your angle adjusting part behind the cross pipe when you are sharpening ? hello from switzerland.....
What grits of grinding wheels do you use on the bench grinder?
Robert Casados mdf wheels and buffing compound
These are pressed paper wheels and one grit that you sprinkle on is around a 300 grit (It's like a silicon carbide powder that is glued onto the wheels) and the other is simply a paper wheel with slots cut in it for cooling and on that one I just use a white polishing compound. Cheers!
Cool. Thx for the correct info.
How tall is the parallel bar above the plate that’s holding the bench grinder.
Can u do a knife bevel with that milling bit?
+Matthew Paisley maybe but it wouldn't be very nice and I'd probably want to touch it up on the grinder anyway.
Nice shop, that milling machine is bad ass
It looks great and I see it makes knives super sharp. It reminds me of a giant Lansky sharpener. Great work. You should sell this.
Thank you very much! I'd have to come up with an efficient way to produce these first as they are quite time consuming:) Cheers!
What wheels were you using for your grinder?
Razor Sharp Edge Making system. They're press paper. They work insanely good! I have them in my Amazon store here: simplelittlelife.ca/stuff-we-like/
Cheers!
Simple Little Life thankyou much! I'll be checking them out
Are those 8" paper wheels?
Cool! It's kind of like a paper wheel Tormek.
+David Schiedler thanks!
Jeremy this is exactly what I have been looking for! I have the same wheels on my bench grinder and I hate free handing it. Serious question, would you be interested in making one of these for me?
+Brian Sandoval yeah possibly. Where are you located? The biggest issue I could see would be shipping.
Simple Little Life I live in Washington state.
I'm going to see what I can do to speed up the process a bit. The way I made this one would end up being more expensive than it's worth just to cover the time to make it. Like most things, the first one and one-off production are expensive. I've also had a few requests just to make the knife clamp part as that would be lighter and cheaper to ship. What I'm looking into is making this all laser cuts with tab and notch assembly so it's just a matter of a few welds and then drilling the hold to mount your particular grinder. That way it could ship all broken down and flat and it would be very quick to assemble. If you email me jeremy@homesteadknives.com I'll let you know what I come up with. I have a few others that have asked for an email once I have solid information to give. Cheers!
@@Simplelittlelife i am also interested in this machine what would you charge for one ?
Excellent vid, well produced. Nice clamp!
Thanks!
If I send you the motor, would you make me the ultimate knife sharpener that you made in your Dec 29, 2016 video. I've been researching knife sharpeners of all kinds for 6 months and yours is the only one that is Truly the Ultimate.
Man that is a handy gadget you have built there. I'd be interested in buying just the clamp, rod and stopper. Are you in the states?
Thanks! I'm in Canada but shipping to the US is fairly cheap. I'm just looking into a few ways to speed up the build process and make these a little less time consuming. If you want you can email me jeremy@homesteadknives.com and if I get your email address I can let you know what I come up with. Cheers!
This is awesome! Great work! Out of curiosity why didn’t you just use the tormek knife jig instead of custom making one?
Also, you should make the base and the stand on this. People would ABSOLUTELY buy this as a kit!
I would buy one but dont need the knife holder
Nice. You built your own Tomek. What I would love to see some one do is to create (if they don't already exist...me, not being a tool guy) a version of the Tomek where the wheels spin E to W instead of N/S. This way we'd get the benefit of a flat plane...the benefits of using a traditional whetstone brick but with a motor and spinning stone. Faster. I think they DO exist...the JP knife makers use them...no idea what it's called. Should be a more compact version. Maybe the size of a Tomek. Surprised Tomek doesn't have a few already.
What material is the wheels on the grinder? MDF?
Kind of got an idea of why they are so expensive to buy. You got mad skills.
That's some sharp work you did man! Great job.
Nice to see how you got around the problem that most rod systems have with the angle varying.
Now if you only had made the jig for your sander instead of your grind wheels, I would have been sold. The problem with grind wheels is that they always create a concave bevel. Which may be great for some knives, but will ruin the bevel for those that depend on a perfectly flat zero grind (like scandi grind and carving knives).
I read all the replies to this post and THIS ONE made me think the most. And then it made me wonder. I wondered enough that I did some research. Aaron Gough is mentioned several times so I used his Resolute MkIII as the research subject. He states on his website that his blade is ground to a 25 degree angle and that the thickness of the blade right above the edge is 0.014". I drew this out on a CAD system and found that the width of the edge from knife tip to the start of the edge is 0.015". I then figured out how many degrees on an 8" diameter wheel that 0.015" would represent. Turns out it's only about 0.21 degrees. So now we have a 0.015" long arc on the circumference at 8", but we need to know how "concave" the edge actually is. I drew a chord from the start and end of that 0.015" arc then checked to see how far it was from the center of the chord back out to the circumference. That would be the depth of the concavity. Are you ready...0.000007" which if you had a thread of that diameter and put 185 of them side by side, you would have the thickness of an average human hair (0.001"). How would this "ruin the bevel" of a flat grind knife?
I was wondering this as well. I'm glad someone did the footwork and showed how it's a non issue
Are you sell it? I wanna buy it
Nice shop you got there. Makes me a lil envy lol
Thanks:)
Awesome!
Man this guy has tools which is half the battle, the other half... He has mad skills
How do you adjust the angle of the grind or sharpen?
Brian Binns Adjusting the height of the tubular rest
Brian Binns at 2:19 it looks like he setup the guide to be able to go up and down.
Thanks I see it now. It starts at 2:10 . I missed it on the first watch. I'm not a big fan of sped up videos with no voice over. It's easy to miss some points and the personal interaction. I enjoy the audio as mush as the video.
+Brian Binns yup, the "T" section is height adjustable as well as the little collar I made for the bar is adjustable and will effect the angle. Cheers!
Awesome machine work. Should make and sell them.
How much was that huge end mill!
Nicely done! very innovative.
Thank you!
Looks easy!
It is
Nice piece of work but as some others have mentioned, not everyone has a handy vertical milling machine, (or even a fancy drill press) a bunch of end mills and so on. But it's an excellent design. I'm giving a lot of thought to a simpler blade holding tool. My first thought is a small vice grip. Weld a rod to the end of the plier adjustment finger bolt and maybe a flat plate to each face of the plier jaws. Maybe a copper face on the vice grip jaw plates to protect the knife finish. Hmmmm it's a good idea.
I would be eternally grateful if u dropped the plans to this!!!
Yeah maybe I'll do up a drawing and put t on my website. I only ever build from in my head and I wish I were better at making drawings. Otherwise I'd do a drawing of everything I make and put it on my website. If I have time to get a drawing done I'll certainly put it for free download on my site. Cheers!
How do you make your arms move so fast?
😂
What kind of mill is that?
What was the drill press that went side to side called
❤😮Awesome, God willing, you have a knife
what kind of mill is that you are using
It's a Craftex sold by Busy Bee. I think it's the CX600 if I remember correctly.
How much for such a system? Do u sell?
Awesome shop! Nice work.
Awesome work!
The heck with the knife sharpener wish I had your machining skills. Great job!
I just watched this entire video and realized I don’t know how to do shit! Nice set-up, and I’m envious!! ........ great video too and you are talented
Thank you very much!
Hello, What kind of Stones use? Please tell me
Jeremy... that ROCKS man! Nice set-up.
Thank you very much. I really appreciate that.
good idea you're the best
+Petar Vujic haha, thank you very much! Cheers!
is that a busybee/ craftex mill??? If so how do you like it?
Love it!!!!!!, a joy to watch and I bet it saves time and money, very clever 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you very much!