A knifemakers best friend

[shing]

If you make knives and want to do it cheaply, then an angle grinder is for you. It's quicker than hand filing, it saves on expensive belts and its quick to master. Even a quality 115mm grinder from Bosch or Makita is inexpensive and the discs are economical, just remember to use the edge rather than the flat and buy them from an engineers supplier like Screwfix or Axminster rather than the exorbitant prices at Focus or most other DIY stores.

You need to clamp the blade very tightly and remember the blade can get very hot and also bend so be prepared to straighten it out. You can grind the bevels and profile with it. You can rough out a lot of blades quickly then spend time learning to refined the bevels on the belt grinder or file. Its a great tool to speed up your learning and production.

[Lord Farquhar]

I use a angle grinder for chopping. chopping flat stock and cutting to very course shape. Also i use it for cutting brass and other metalsfor rivets etc.

I have sharpened my lawmower with one but never made a knife with one..

[Kevin]

I agree with Shing..I made all my first knives with an angle grinder..profile, bevels, tang...then hand finish with draw files and paper........

[ZDP-189]

I made my first scandi handle with one.

[Edgehog]

Sounds like a good investment for me perhaps. I'll have to wait till I have somewhere more workshoplike than the spare room in our flat though, I guess it would chuck sparks onto the carpet & fine dust all over me puter :yikes:

[Underhay]

I guess it would chuck sparks onto the carpet & fine dust all over me puter

Quite right Edgehog, you don't know the meaning of dust 'till you've used an angle grinder!

I have used one regularly for very rough grinding out, and I have also set my overalls on fire with one :yikes:

[Edgehog]

set my overalls on fire

:lol: :C

I hope you noticed quickly!

I don't think my girlfriend could manage a human tourch tearing down the hallway to the bathroom.