Shop Tour- Just Finished Cleaning My Shop

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I thought I'd give you guys a tour of my little knifemaking shop. I just finished cleaning it out and rearranging everything. I filled two dumpsters full of old trash and hauled off a truck load of stuff that belonged to other people. For now it's nice and neat!

On this wall I have my drill presses, mini mill, workbench where I do my folder work, and my old workbench for bigger stuff.
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Here in the middle I have various sanders, 4x24, 4x36, and 2x72 KMG and Kalamazoo
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On this side I do my blasting work. There's the old home made cabinet and a new Harbor Freight one. I need a bigger compressor! You can also see here my bandsaws and an old drill that I don't use.
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Here's a closer look at my mini mill and stuff
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Back here is my heat treat area and a table full of Mike's mid-tech blades ready for blasting and tumbling. The folders are all Mikes and the fixed blade is our first collaboration.
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Here's a Blast flipper I finished and another one in the works.
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Wow looks great! Lots if time and money invested. Where did you get the heat treat oven?
 
Hey Paul thanks. I've been meaning to call you. Just been extremely busy lately getting ready for the vegas show next week. Talk to you soon.
 
I'm shocked! Where is the CNC mill? That little one can't be automated, can it? Not even a DRO? But your finished product is so clean....my respect for your skill just went up a few notches. Now I really must obtain some of your work.
 
I'm shocked! Where is the CNC mill? That little one can't be automated, can it? Not even a DRO? But your finished product is so clean....my respect for your skill just went up a few notches. Now I really must obtain some of your work.

CNC mill would be nice but not a necessity for making knives. In fact all you really need is a drill press, bandsaw and grinder.

Mike and I did just get a CNC router but we haven't figured out how to use it yet. When we do We will have to come up with some cool handle scale designs.
 
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