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Welcome Glad to have you here! Another Knifedog I can learn from! Rick

Hi Gusval Nice knives, Welcome to KnifeDogs!! Rick

I like it, a really nice little knife I got some old industrial hacksaw / bandsaw blades a few weeks back and you have given me an idea for a project. Thanks Rick

Very Nice!! Good Work Rick

WOW - Love it - beautiful blade profile and I like the Skulls!! Rick

Very nice - I LIKE IT Rick

Hi Rick (Scott) Thanks - I'm really enjoying myself, it's inspiring creating things!! I look forward to finishing it, hopefully it will not be too much longer!! Rick

Hi Everyone After a couple of weeks of work related traveling I was finally able to get back into the shop and get some more done on the KMG today, I fitted the drive shaft, chamfered the corners of the pivot arm mount and finished off the pivot mount itself, I also stared work on the flat...

Hi Guys I was finally able to get back in the shop today after a couple of weeks away. I took a closer look at the blades and they definitely appear to be one type of steel throughout - there is no evidence of hard teeth welded to a softer spine. I don't think these are hacksaw blades, they...

My condolences to Mr Dennehy's family May he Rest in Peace Rick

Hi AR Thanks for the advice, I think I will go with the 10" wheel. I found out today that I can get the VFD (1.1KW) for 1/3 of the price of a new one - and it is in virtually new condition - excellent news. I might be able to get the contact wheel, drive and tracking wheels and the motor next...

Hi Everyone Sorry for not updating the WIP recently, I just came back from a business trip for 10 days in Italy so have not had time to do any more work on the grinder. I may have struck it lucky with a VFD - one of the guys at our knife club mentioned on Saturday that he knows someone who is...

Hi There I am a newbie too and from your description it seems that you want to do, just what I did with my first one (http://knifedogs.com/showthread.php?14706-My-1st-knife-built-from-scratch). As explained by Doug, it is fairly easy. I think the instructions are fairly explanatory...

Hi Guys Thanks for the all the feedback, I will try the quenching and see what I get, I will see if I am able to drill them too. Will have to wait a week, as I am off to Italy this evening on business, so I won't be able to do any knife stuff for a week. Thanks again Rick

I agree too, nice looking knife, and the leather box - looks really cool!! Nice work Rick

Hi Brian Thanks for the info - I have been using some known steel (Bohler N690 ~ 440C), but I thought that these saw blades may be fun to mess around with. The steel is really only thick and wide enough to make smaller kitchen knives out of. I was wondering about the steel type to figure out...

Hi everyone While fetching some steel for my KMG grinder build last week, I saw a bunch of broken power hacksaw blades at the steel supplier. He said I was welcome to take them, so I did. I have seen quite a few guys have used circular saw blades to make knives, i think that the steel in...

Hi Pieter Thanks for that - I will probably order from KMTS if I can't find them here. I made some more progress yesterday and managed to drill the bearing mounts with my small drill press - 10mm mounting holes and a 22mm hole saw for the drive shaft. - Even though the spindle speed was a...

Very nice - I like the hollow ground one's profile. Rick

Hi Keith I am about ready to see it finished myself - but it will still take a bit more work yet. Thanks God Bless you too Rick