Knifemaking Tuesdays Week 46 - Tor prototypes and prepping for Tormach Workshop Media
Published: 11 years ago
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This week was spent preparing for our upcoming Tormach workshop about CNC knifemaking. I made 2 more fixed blade knives and was able to fine tune my process and G-code to the point where I'm happy with it and there are no mistakes.
At 7:40 I start facemilling the blades to the proper thickness. When I buy the raw material it's a lot thicker than I want so this was my solution, it works quite well! Obviously, surface grinding is a much more common solution, but I don't have one, and I wanted to show this process in the class.
At 8:42 I flipped the blade, faced the other side, then started milling the edge bevel.
At 9:35 Erik and I started machining a pair if green G10 handles, including profiling the outside shape and then 3D milling the contour. This process is fun to watch in the shop, seeing a chunk of raw material turn into an intricate 3D shape.
At 10:22 until the end is a wrap up and an explanation of what tools I'll be bringing with me to the workshop. We're really excited!
https://www.facebook.com/johngrimsmo.knives
http://www.johngrimsmo.com/newsletter.htm
This week was spent preparing for our upcoming Tormach workshop about CNC knifemaking. I made 2 more fixed blade knives and was able to fine tune my process and G-code to the point where I'm happy with it and there are no mistakes.
At 7:40 I start facemilling the blades to the proper thickness. When I buy the raw material it's a lot thicker than I want so this was my solution, it works quite well! Obviously, surface grinding is a much more common solution, but I don't have one, and I wanted to show this process in the class.
At 8:42 I flipped the blade, faced the other side, then started milling the edge bevel.
At 9:35 Erik and I started machining a pair if green G10 handles, including profiling the outside shape and then 3D milling the contour. This process is fun to watch in the shop, seeing a chunk of raw material turn into an intricate 3D shape.
At 10:22 until the end is a wrap up and an explanation of what tools I'll be bringing with me to the workshop. We're really excited!