Good evening all,
Long time lurker, decided to register to join you all on this epic journey called knives. I own a lot of knives, usually they end up broken, worn out or in my sons room behind glass. He collects knives, after longtime thinking and thinking I decided to make my own knife. The fire started with a lot of youtube howto videos. Amazing what you can learn from Youtube. So I started my journey and bought some stuff but most things where already in my house. So starting was pretty cheap, the cheap isn't going to stick though.
So I bought a big piece of O1 steel, which I can harden at home, people say the hardening is pretty straight forward with O1. I can buy O1 just around the corner for the right amount of money, so that's nice. I still need to make a forge, but that is well explained on Youtube and easy to make, waiting for the white bricks as I type.
I am following RBO's video 'Cheap Amazon build' but with my own drawing/design. I kept the design fairly simple, I watch, learn and enjoy
Rinse and repeat. Working on those punchlines at the moment, working with a file is harder then I thought. Keeping it square with beautiful 90 degrees on the back of the knife is really a delicate job. But I have all the time of the world
Working the steel is kind of Zen, time flies by
A few days ago, I stumbled upon an AC motor. I call that destiny, my wife said it was coincidence. I think not. After some discussion she agreed, one of my unique argument was: we can use it for so many things
And basically I didn't lie
So I took a picture of the specs, in the evening I was googling the motor. The darn thing is actually a pretty good one. Some things to consider but hey you can't have it all.
Brand: Simotop NV
Build year: 2020 (freaking new, I know
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Motor type: MYT 90L-2
Single fase so it runs on 230V which is what I have at home, pretty awsome.
Dust/waterproof protection IP55
2.2 Kw (2.95 HP) which is great reading all the info online
Running mode: continues
RPM: 2765
A saw this youtube video
at around 4 minutes in he shows his pulley gear and tension system, quitte clever. I'm going to build something similar, looks workable. My assigned workspace (thanks to the misses) is 1 square meter. My current dedicated hobby room is full
I have to go vertical with the grinder, I work standing so that's not an issue. I'm going for beltsize 50x2000mm. These belts are affordable where I live and always on the shelf of a couple of stores.
Motor at the bottom, snare goes up to a pully which shares the same axle as the drivewheel. That way I can put the motor in a closed compartment for dust and stuff with only the V snare coming out. He is not totally dust proof, I wonder if some magnets below the grinder will help with the dust and steel pieces that fly off the belt and steel.
So motor in, preparing the built. I'm trying to figure out the wheel and pulley sizes and which speed they provide. Maybe I need some help with that, but not at this moment
Will search first.
Anyways, glad I found this forum
T.