Knifemaking Tuesday Week 29 - blade and handle machining Media

This week (sorry it's posted late!) was spent finishing up our run of 42 Norseman blades in RWL34 so that we could get them off to heat treat as soon as possible. Remember these blades are 100% CNC machined on my Tormach, so this video shows some of that process. We're using a toroid endmill that uses 2 button inserts, which works extraordinarily well for the edge grind area. Previously I was using a 1/4" ballmill, but this new tool rocks. This was my first test at playing with subroutines, that's writing code which repeats itself in different a different location. My first try I got it backwards. After machining all these blades and showing the various problems we were having, I was able to take them to the heat treating place. Erik then picked up our first Norseman prototype and sharpened it on the Wicked Edge knife sharpening system, it's awesomely sharp now, very cool to see. I've been carrying it and using it daily, I LOVE this knife!! Shortly thereafter I started working on the titanium handles for this knife, getting the g-code perfect and kink-free, which takes a long time and lots of trial and error.

Blade Show is just a week away, and there is still a TON of work to do. With any luck we'll get at least a few knives finished, with lots of luck we'll get them all done! Thanks for watching.

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