you're a good man. for making that blade for that boy. Prayers to all of you. And it keeps me and my moral compass in check with my career. knowing they're are still good people out there.
I use a double cut for the majority of the filing, I do have a finer single cut that I have used to remove the deeper scratches before sanding however I have found that a small and cheap wet stone is the easiest way to clean up the deep scratches on the bevel. You can run it the whole length of the bevel or just use it like a pencil eraser in smaller areas.
At 1:53 of the video you can see the small piece of wet stone sitting by the Sharpe. I don't have any current plans to make any knives or videos, hoping life will allow hobbies to resume next year.
No one else on RUclips has been very much help, so I'll try asking you. I built a filing jig and bought a few files for doing different things. The one I got for my filing jig doesn't have any teeth going down along side of the file. my question is, will I still get a good plunge without teeth on the side of the file, or do I need to buy one with teeth going down the side? Thank you for your time.
Thomas Starkey you will still be able to get a plunge line. Not having teeth on the edge of the file may be to your advantage, it will assist in keeping you from walking your plunge line back while you are filing. If all else fails trial and error on a scrap of metal and see how it works for you.
So when you flip to the other side. Do you just grind from the final height of your first bevel all the way down? I want to get into this hobby but I can't find a video or explanation of getting eat side even after the flip.
Cody Maasen I raise the eyebolt back up to a steep angle and gradually lower it for each side. Once I am at the center line and pretty even on both sides I lower the eyebolt one turn and file each side at that height. With a homemade jig it will never be 100% even but it is close enough you can't tell.
Scott Hutchinson So you start from the top on side one. Move down. File. Move down. File. Till you are at the right spot. Flip Then go all the way to the top and repeat back down making roughly the same adjustments on the way down. Just trying to summarize.
Cody Maasen pretty much, file side one until I am at the center line, flip it and file side two until I am at the center line, then lower the eyebolt one turn and file both sides at that height.
you're a good man. for making that blade for that boy. Prayers to all of you. And it keeps me and my moral compass in check with my career. knowing they're are still good people out there.
Best hand file jig on youtube - thanks on my way to the hardware store
Great video. Would have been nice to see the actual filing.
Sorry, one handed camera operations is not my specialty. If I can answer any questions about that process I would be glad to.
@@lagnafaff do you plan to make any more videos? I get a lot of deep scratches when filling. As you go up the bevels do you switch to a finer file?
I use a double cut for the majority of the filing, I do have a finer single cut that I have used to remove the deeper scratches before sanding however I have found that a small and cheap wet stone is the easiest way to clean up the deep scratches on the bevel. You can run it the whole length of the bevel or just use it like a pencil eraser in smaller areas.
At 1:53 of the video you can see the small piece of wet stone sitting by the Sharpe. I don't have any current plans to make any knives or videos, hoping life will allow hobbies to resume next year.
No one else on RUclips has been very much help, so I'll try asking you. I built a filing jig and bought a few files for doing different things. The one I got for my filing jig doesn't have any teeth going down along side of the file. my question is, will I still get a good plunge without teeth on the side of the file, or do I need to buy one with teeth going down the side? Thank you for your time.
Thomas Starkey you will still be able to get a plunge line. Not having teeth on the edge of the file may be to your advantage, it will assist in keeping you from walking your plunge line back while you are filing. If all else fails trial and error on a scrap of metal and see how it works for you.
Scott Hutchinson Thank you sir. it's much appreciated.
So when you flip to the other side. Do you just grind from the final height of your first bevel all the way down? I want to get into this hobby but I can't find a video or explanation of getting eat side even after the flip.
Cody Maasen I raise the eyebolt back up to a steep angle and gradually lower it for each side. Once I am at the center line and pretty even on both sides I lower the eyebolt one turn and file each side at that height. With a homemade jig it will never be 100% even but it is close enough you can't tell.
Scott Hutchinson
So you start from the top on side one. Move down. File. Move down. File. Till you are at the right spot.
Flip
Then go all the way to the top and repeat back down making roughly the same adjustments on the way down.
Just trying to summarize.
Cody Maasen pretty much, file side one until I am at the center line, flip it and file side two until I am at the center line, then lower the eyebolt one turn and file both sides at that height.
3:25 its a plunge line my dude