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German Metalworker here .. sry Dude, but insted of welding, may consider some JB-Weld Epoxy .. 80% of the Weld is close but not hitting it 😆 .. but i guess for what it is, it is enough

where can I purchase the grey merry-go-rounds you are using for your dental wheels?

The parts look zinc quoted. Are they safe to weld?

I saw a video where a knife maker purposely abused & burnt up a motor on one these. If you are concerned about burning any electric motor up, attach a temperature sensor & monitor the temperature. Be cautious & take a break if it starts getting hot. Unless you are doing heavy stock removal quickly I sincerely doubt these motors will give-up.

I would not use Windex on Acrylic/plexiglass. Or at the very least I would test it before using it. Windex is known to haze plexiglass and could ruin the piece.

You are an excellent teacher (as well as sharpener) ! I love that you show us your process of adjusting a tool to make it "right" and work for you! Lots to learn here from you! Thank you!

I'm curious to see if you end up doing the coarsest grit on the 2x42 & then refine on the 1x30's, that was my initial thought anyways. Looking forward to part 3!

The Grizzly sits much higher than the other two units on the downdraft table. The knife is right at eye level. Does that create any issues for you? I have an unrelated question. Could one use the slack portion of the 1x30 to re-convex salon shears? I’m trying to use my TSPROF 03 Pro Hunter to sharpen a pair. I bought the ultra convex attachment but am afraid to try it on the shears. I think it’s made for knives primarily. Your thoughts. Merry Christmas!

Minisplit is looking good!

How do you get spare/replaceable parts?

Nice work, Paul! That's looks pretty good for your first weld! I love 2" belts for sharpening. Once you get used to it, you may want to try doing your initial work on the 2x42 and your refining work on the 1x30. The 2x42 should give you a straighter profile and speed up the rough work. One question: What camera do you recommend for recording sharpening videos?

Great job. That knife was not worth the time and effort but great video anyway.

Does that machine have reverse? `away’

Great video! I see a bunch of guys have replaced the hinge pin on the tracking wheel with a cut-off drill bit to improve the fit and snug it up, I'm looking forward to seeing how you end up using this machine.

If you have something new to say, get on with it !!

You just know the wife is looking out shaking her head. 😂

Thankyou

So you’re going to leave the magnets on there?

"It doesn't have to be pretty, it just has to WORK."

Interesting! Maybe the aftermarket will address this if the grinder proves to be popular enough.

Can't say I'm a welder but I think the hammer is for like a slag that forms over the weld that you chip off as generally they are referred to as a chipping hammer and then you brush it to clean it and can grind / sand it to make it smooth.

Good luck! I'm not a welder either, so I'd have to drill a couple 1/4 holes, counter sink the heads, bolt the back and then JB weld and ginr the edge next to the belt. btw, I am impressed by your welding skills!

What’s the best TSPROF if I want to sharpen mostly fillet knives..?? The most popular are 7” but some offshore guys use at least 12” fillet knives. Our family’s EDCs are Spyderco Salts, Benchmade & old Rat Ontarios V-10 steel.

Excellent video. I have a set of ~15 year old Wüsthof Classic knives, which I’m keen to repair if possible. Do you think having the knives close to a range, or other heat source degrades the plastic faster, with the rapid change of temperature? Also, is there a specific prep you do to the stainless to improve the bonding or would a good scrub with Barkeeper’s Friend be good?

I wish I would have been able to see this unit before I bought the other stationary one you also gave high marks. I have already found I don’t use it as often as I thought I would. The downside I see with this one is you have to have a monitor to use it.

That grinder is really well balanced, I have a friend with a laser cutter would that work for engraving or do you need something specialized for graving?

Hard to see honing, shoulder blocked view. Possibly a camera relocation might help

Hard to see the honing, shoulder blocked view.

Paul, thank you for the great video and for our ongoing collaboration! Your feedback is one of the primary reasons I have improved as a maker. One clarification, I am proud to be a Marine but I didn't retire from the Marine Corps. Thank you again for the great video!

If you cut a 10º bevel in behind that 17º bevel it should lower the cutting force in by 30% on high density bevels.

Those are beautiful custom made knives which require a lot more time & effort than most people could imagine. Working with metal for over 50 years I have turned my focus to culinary knives. For the best cutting culinary knives thin precision ground blades are optimal. These thin blades are very flexible which It is super easy to end up with humps & hollows. The best way to alleviate these issues is to support the length of the blade when grinding the bevels. You are absolutely correct, it can take hours to fix these blade grinds.

Could be a stupid question but do you ever run the CBN wheel through the water trough? Or is that completely null with this method?

I know this is old, but the music is waaaay too loud😂. Great channel, great content!

I sharpen for my friends and neighbors as a hobby. I do it for free. Early on I purchased the multi pack of the generic sleeves. I always return knives in a sleeve. I just cut them to size and put the remainder in my bench drawer. I have also had knives come back for the next sharpening with the sleeve on. I tell my customers if they throw their knives in a drawer to keep the sleeve on them to protect the edge and their fingers when reaching into the drawer.

Wonderful Video! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I am very new to knife sharpening and I'm going to get the HF 1x30 to sharpen my carving knives. I'm planning on purchasing the angle guide, but it got mixed reviews when using with smaller carving knives. Just wondering if you have experienced any issues when using it on a smaller knife (2 1/4 or less)? Some of my carving knives are flat grinds, but with Helvie knives, you are supposed to strop at a slight angle. Most of the videos I watch where people are power stropping just freehand it. Do you think the angle guide is needed? Thanks for any info you can provide!

The sharpie method works as long as your bevel is the same on each side. However sometimes from the factory they are not the same.

Paul, I know I’m coming late to this party, since this vid is a year old by now, but doesn’t the type of steel also determine what sort of compound you use on the strop? Looking at some of the exotic pocket knife steels, such as Maxamet: do the diamond emulsions work better than other abrasives in your experience? Thanks.

Just a pro tip. Film your videos in 16:9 format and don't use music that loud when you're trying to talk at the same time. Too much noise :)

Great video, Thank you! I

thank you

hi there , i am a new sub for ya here n i am a blade bro n i am a u.s. military/marine vet - active 93' to 97' ! n i only have email here though but i would love to talk more n PLEASE send all vets n military my way to become battle buddies n such , i love talking military n gear n blades , thanks n we'll talk soon > tom !

Got through the vid, loved it! Question: I’ve never sharpened before but I recently bought a mk1 ken onion work sharp. I picked up some goodwill knives. Which of your videos would be ideal to get me confident to sharpen a knife or 5?

I am 5 minutes in, and both your audio and video look great and make paying attention easy, no distractions. How does the camera move and follow your face as you move? That seems like a cool option. Or is your cameraman just that responsive?

Just out of curiosity, would using a heat gun on a low setting work by opening the pores of the wood allowing the oil to saturate the wood. Just a rookie question, thank you.

This was a smart video. Love good ideas on how to upsell in ways customers love vs resent.

As far as training your competition, I just got in with one of the oldest groomers in the area (sharpening) and she said that she would be a great reference for me and said she's trained all the local groomers, meaning they all worked for her until they got good enough to leave and they left. She left her big building and transformed her garage into a small, one person salon to cut the overhead and to stop training the competition.

Did get mine yesterday. While it has the same actual microscope (cable, lens, housing and focus wheel) as another version I have, this wa cheaper and comes with the screen, holder and more. Really happy with it.

I think this may have been your best video yet. I have watched it a couple of times now. Your sharpening and tool reviews have really helped me, but you have given me just what I was looking for in this video. I am in the process of starting a Sharpening Service here in Southeast England, about 1 mile from Bisley Shooting ground. My existing business (shooting related) is seasonal and I needed to come up with something that would work over the winter to even cash out flow, yet still give me the ability to work from home and look after the kids (wife works full time). I cook a lot and get about 2 weeks of good edge from my Henckels. I use wet stones so my process is dead slow. I started researching and found the Tormek T8. This machine is overkill for my personal knives so I decided I would sharpen for 'friends and family'. Then I came up with the idea of sharpening for local families that I have contact with through school pick up and drop off. There is a large 'Housing Estate' (subdivision) about 500 meters from me so I thought I would start there. I am waiting for my Toolker 1 x 30 to arrive from China (stuck in Netherlands). I received Kaplan's book for my birthday last week and have read it a few times. I validated some of my ideas which was nice, but has really started me thinking. There are a few sharpening services near me and they do mostly garden tools, fix mowers, and seem to do knives on the side. They are really cheap. There is a business in a different part of the UK started run by an American (Great Edge Ltd). The guy is really nice and very technical. He has a great web site that I was thinking about copying. He is on youtube as well. He offers 2 tier pricing, basic and premium, but doesn't explain the difference on the website. I suspect he uses a Ken Onion for the basic and a Tormek for the premium. I was planning to do the same thing, but after reading Kaplan's book I think I will just offer a single price point. Why make the customer choose? I should choose for them as they are paying me to do what is best for them. Here in the UK, the post office will not handle knives. There are just 2 courier services that will accept them and they are both expensive. I was planning to offer free pick up and drop off just like another local sharpening service (Surrey Sharpening). They have a 'minimum spend' that varies by distance on their web site which is really complex as they list each village and have a different spend for each. My local village is really poor. Young military families and retired people. Your are either under 30 or over 90 in Bisley. There is a village a few miles away where the minimum rent for a house is around $6000 per month. It is about 10 minutes away but I was thinking that I would start with my local village to get references and then advertise on the well off village down the road, offering a free pick up and drop off service. There are lots of restaurants and hair dressers near me, but after watching your video I think I will focus on families. Like you, I am retired and like to work alone. I had 16 staff in my Canadian business and millions of dollars in liability. Leasing 3000 sq ft of prime office space, etc. Living with that for years took a toll on my family. I don't want to go back to that. I am still trying to decide on pricing. I think I just want to make customers happy (like I do with my existing business). A simple price model has its advantages that will probably be more successful in the long run through customer retention, but I can't prove this. Thanks again!

How bout a link to that video

Really interesting Paul! Great to hear some more in depth stuff about the business side of things. Big help for someone like me just starting their side hustle.