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jamoni:
Blade, the idea for the scissors jack is pretty awesome. I have a scissors jack in my car, and a two ton bottle jack collecting dust in the shed... SWITCHEROO!
As for the belt grinder, that's going in during phase two. :)
And yep, it's Kiridashis.
Once a couple runs of those are out the door, I'll be doing some puukkos and camp knives.

Blade:
I would use the scissor jack, I think the bottle jack would be too hard to make adjustments.

The belt grinder with good belts will make a huge difference.

I am curious as to how you are going to grind the puukkos and camp knives on this grinder, or are you planing to grind them some other way? Maybe some kind of cams to push the blades over so the grinder hits the point as you move it would work.

jamoni:
I meant I'm going to put the bottle jack in the car, and use the scissors jack.
For the puukkos, I'm going to make up a cam plate with two slots in it, and some small pegs that clamp onto the back of the blade. The pegs ride in the slot, guiding the knife. I'll only be able to do one at a time, but it'll still be faster and more accurate than by hand.
The cam plate can then be flipped over and used for the other side.
I can just make up new cam plates for new designs. The adjustable angle table will help with this.
For the camp knives, I intend to cheat a little and use quality premade blades, but do the handles, sheaths, and final finishing work.

Divided he ad:
Mike, Sounds like you have it all figured out (bar the cash!) just get some sold and advance.... Sounds like a little business :thumbup:

Eddie.. How's it going? Good call on the jack thread, got all the parts in one :smart:

I'm definitely liking this thread :proj:

Ralph.

Blade:
Jamoni, got you :hammer: somtimes I am a bit dense. Sound like you have the cams all figured out.

Hi Ralph, I am well thanks, hope everything is good for you. Those jacks are a good source of some decent screws, I used a screw from a broken jack to make the belt tension adjustment on one of the grinders that I built.

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