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- Oct 16, 2012
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Hi guys,
New maker here.. I tried doing flat grinds my first two knives yesterday and had a couple challenges. Based on what I've seen people suggest I tried to first scribe two center lines, 20 thousandths apart. I ground roughly 45 degree bevels to those scribe lines. I then tried to "walk the grind" up the sides.
Can anyone give me any additional fine detail tips? In the end both sides were fairly even, but I ended up with darn near a zero grind. I tried to keep pressure off the edge.. But still managed to slowly lose that 20 thou thickness I wanted. When you are bringing the grind up the knife.. When bringing the knife into contact with the belt, do you try to just make the whole bevel hit the belt flat instantly, and then shift pressure toward the spine? Or let the edge end of the grind make first contact? Drop the top of the grind against the belt and then lean into the bevel?
Hope that makes sense.. Just looking for additional insight.
Thanks,
DH
New maker here.. I tried doing flat grinds my first two knives yesterday and had a couple challenges. Based on what I've seen people suggest I tried to first scribe two center lines, 20 thousandths apart. I ground roughly 45 degree bevels to those scribe lines. I then tried to "walk the grind" up the sides.
Can anyone give me any additional fine detail tips? In the end both sides were fairly even, but I ended up with darn near a zero grind. I tried to keep pressure off the edge.. But still managed to slowly lose that 20 thou thickness I wanted. When you are bringing the grind up the knife.. When bringing the knife into contact with the belt, do you try to just make the whole bevel hit the belt flat instantly, and then shift pressure toward the spine? Or let the edge end of the grind make first contact? Drop the top of the grind against the belt and then lean into the bevel?
Hope that makes sense.. Just looking for additional insight.
Thanks,
DH