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The Newbies Arena Are you new to knife making? Here is all the help you will need.

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Old 08-24-2001, 06:46 PM
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compliments and questions


hats off to the webmasters of this site! it is my favorite spot on the web and is well maintained -easy to use- and i just love the way i can move around in here. for example---i went to texas knife maker supply and could not find accraglass. i searched the "back pages" and found ed's comments on page seven under epoxy. i should have written brownell's down back then but didn't. THANK's for keeping the pages.

questions-- while at texas knife supply site i saw a grinding wheel with slots--anyone ever use one? i sure have not - what is the deal? cooler metal when grinding?

i have put a choil on the fixed blade i'm working on--i agree that cosmetically it looks like a flaw-- but i can also see the purpose and since the blade is thick i chose to add one. how do you determine correctly the depth and width of a choil. i tried using calipers to figure out a % of size by length - then i tried to figure out a % by thickness of the blade. the thickness seemed closer --so to make a short story long i just "eyeballed" it. seems to work on most things anyway.
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Old 08-25-2001, 11:08 AM
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The serrated wheel is for hogging metal.
That gives the belt a more aggressive bite for quick metal removal.
Used for roughing opperations only.
Not recommended for finish work.

The finger groove should be less than 1/2 as deep as the blade is tall.Do not go over 50% in depth or you will loose strength and create a week spot there.
Asthetics and balance are the governing factors of how deep the knotch is made for the finger groove.
Hope it helps.
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