Loved the 50 Rand price tag on the glue! Just returned from a long weekend in Cape Town. Some great ideas! I am going to play with laser cutting the 18x1 strips pn a laser then using a carbon fibre backing or similar to see if I can get and edge to edge fit on a long diagonal, easy to do on the laser. I do cut very accurate self adhesive disks of 80 grit for use on grinding tools for scuba tanks. So this will be a piece of cake! Cheers! Bob
I am trying to do this with 80 grit sandpaper and it keeps snapping at the joint even after the glue is completely dried. I've tried super glue and gorilla glue. Do you have any recommendations?
The bigger the grit: -The more space the glue has to fill. -The longer the glue takes to dry. -The more likely the joint did not set properly. On the part of the sandpaper where you put the superglue: -Wear down the grit (where you intend to place glue) by scraping a brick or something. -This will flatten the surface of the sandpaper -So the superglue can be spread thinner. -Dry faster -Have a better chance of success Also I must ask, are you making sure that the belts are placed in the right orientation. 2:57
I still use these belts, my favorite combo is 180 grit for apexing and 2000 grit for finishing and minimizing the burr. They create a lot of dust as the softer abrasive material wears down (but the default ones also make a mess) If you don't glue the joint properly and you get a loose flap, that abrasive flap is going to hit the side of your knife and mess up the finish. The lower the grit the harder it is to glue it properly. If you construct the belt properly it will last until all the grit is gone.
The grinding shown at 4:22 was what I did to create the previous image at 4:00. The image was to try and show the effectiveness of these belts that cost +50x less. The WorkSharp Combo Knife Sharpener only comes with 1 type belt and the belts are expensive and a pain to get if you dont like ordering stuff.
It would probably work better on a ken onion. but The ken onion requires 12inch belts. The combo knife sharpener requires 10inch belts. So for the ken onion if you can't find sandpaper long enough (12.5inch +) to make the belts. What you can do is put 2 joints per belt using 2 (6 & 1/3inch long by 3/4inch wide) strips of auto motive sandpaper. Where I am a 9 x 11 inch piece of 2000 grit automotive sandpaper is $0.5.
@@wessonliam7423 Indeed, I can't find abrasive paper long enough for the Ken Onion, so I have to do it in two steps. By the way, what yellow paper do you use to glue them together? I know you use glue, but what is the yellow paper you cut afterward? Sorry for my English; I am French.
Loved the 50 Rand price tag on the glue! Just returned from a long weekend in Cape Town. Some great ideas! I am going to play with laser cutting the 18x1 strips pn a laser then using a carbon fibre backing or similar to see if I can get and edge to edge fit on a long diagonal, easy to do on the laser. I do cut very accurate self adhesive disks of 80 grit for use on grinding tools for scuba tanks. So this will be a piece of cake!
Cheers!
Bob
great idea 💡
Genius
I am trying to do this with 80 grit sandpaper and it keeps snapping at the joint even after the glue is completely dried. I've tried super glue and gorilla glue. Do you have any recommendations?
The bigger the grit:
-The more space the glue has to fill.
-The longer the glue takes to dry.
-The more likely the joint did not set properly.
On the part of the sandpaper where you put the superglue:
-Wear down the grit (where you intend to place glue) by scraping a brick or something.
-This will flatten the surface of the sandpaper
-So the superglue can be spread thinner.
-Dry faster
-Have a better chance of success
Also I must ask, are you making sure that the belts are placed in the right orientation. 2:57
Wearing it down is a good idea, I'll try that. And yes I'm making sure it's the right way. Thank you
Intersting. Now the video is 2 years old , can you let me know if you have had issues with belts breaking or any other issues like chatter ?
I still use these belts, my favorite combo is 180 grit for apexing and 2000 grit for finishing and minimizing the burr.
They create a lot of dust as the softer abrasive material wears down (but the default ones also make a mess)
If you don't glue the joint properly and you get a loose flap, that abrasive flap is going to hit the side of your knife and mess up the finish.
The lower the grit the harder it is to glue it properly.
If you construct the belt properly it will last until all the grit is gone.
This is works ? You did not show how you move the blade with the sharpener turned on.
The grinding shown at 4:22 was what I did to create the previous image at 4:00.
The image was to try and show the effectiveness of these belts that cost +50x less.
The WorkSharp Combo Knife Sharpener only comes with 1 type belt and the belts are expensive and a pain to get if you dont like ordering stuff.
It's possible with work sharp ken onion wsk1 ?
It would probably work better on a ken onion.
but
The ken onion requires 12inch belts.
The combo knife sharpener requires 10inch belts.
So for the ken onion if you can't find sandpaper long enough (12.5inch +) to make the belts.
What you can do is put 2 joints per belt using 2 (6 & 1/3inch long by 3/4inch wide) strips of auto motive sandpaper.
Where I am a 9 x 11 inch piece of 2000 grit automotive sandpaper is $0.5.
@@wessonliam7423 Indeed, I can't find abrasive paper long enough for the Ken Onion, so I have to do it in two steps. By the way, what yellow paper do you use to glue them together? I know you use glue, but what is the yellow paper you cut afterward? Sorry for my English; I am French.
@@SHORTYFRUS Its masking tape, but what tape you use does not matter.
Its just to hold the pieces together long enough for the glue to dry.
@@wessonliam7423 oooh okay!