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Title: After many years of making knives,
Post by: Pine on March 29, 2024, 08:15:22 PM

I finally got myself a knife grinder for my garage.
I've always used equipment at the Tool Room where I worked.
It got here today, in a crate that had to be off loaded with a fork truck.
Well I got one now but I'm gonna need two guys that have strong backs.

Title: Re: After many years of making knives,
Post by: tippit on March 30, 2024, 09:05:05 AM

Which one did you get? I've been using my KMG for about 20 years. It comes in handy for more than just grinding knives,

Title: Re: After many years of making knives,
Post by: Pine on March 30, 2024, 12:39:19 PM

Vevor 2 horses power 84" belt
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Title: Re: After many years of making knives,
Post by: Captain*Kirk on March 30, 2024, 07:16:57 PM

Quote from: Pine on March 29, 2024, 08:15:22 PM

I've always used equipment at the Tool Room where I worked.

"Worked"?
Did you retire, Dale?
Your knives are still the sharpest me and my son both own, bar none.

Title: Re: After many years of making knives,
Post by: Pine on March 30, 2024, 11:50:33 PM

Yeah,  I have a couple of my apprentices that worked with me that want to learn about making knives so I'm going to continue teaching how to make knives.

Title: Re: After many years of making knives,
Post by: Pine on March 31, 2024, 05:23:59 PM

Good news, bad news, I got the grinder all assembled and bolted down on the heavy cart.
Bad news is, it blows the 15 Amp breaker and I checked all of them in the garage.
I'm thinking I might need a 20 Amp breaker.
Any electrician on here have an opinion about the breaker size?
2 HP single phase motor with a phase converter.

Title: Re: After many years of making knives,
Post by: wood carver 2 on March 31, 2024, 08:01:14 PM

All of my 220 volt motors are plugged into 20 amp circuits. I’m not an electrician, but I had my garage wired by one when we moved in here.
Dave.

Title: Re: After many years of making knives,
Post by: wood carver 2 on March 31, 2024, 08:08:33 PM

I was thinking of getting a grinder like yours, but along came a wood lathe that I had been looking at with a really good price…. 🤔😁
Now I’m gathering together odds and ends to build one. A good friend gave me a motor to run it with. All I need now is a controller and time to get to work on it.
Dave.
Btw, that lathe has a 3 horse motor and is on a 30amp circuit. 20 would have been enough, but to get power to it, I disconnected an electric heater and that left me a space with a 30 amp breaker.

Title: Re: After many years of making knives,
Post by: Pine on April 04, 2024, 06:34:05 PM

Well,  I  added a  band saw to the garage today so I can make my Antler buttons at home now too.