Show Info

Sponsor

VODKA – Dogwood Custom Knives (Yeah, Dan had a good day!)

Show Notes

Our supper secret, extra awesome, saving the world, maybe batman guest had to postpone for a week.  You get to hear us answer questions people have been asking us about knife making tips and tricks.

Questions form the audience 

• Is dan really as awesome as the seem on the show?
• Kyle mentioned kids, does that mean a real life women married him?
• How do y’all get inspiration from your designs?
• Can you make a living as a knife maker?

Most Important Tools in the Shop

• Dan 
  • Micrometer 
  • Dial Height Gage 
  • Carbide Scribe 
  • Good Square 
  • Flat Granite Slab
  • Knife Vise 
• Kyle
  • Caliper
  • Granite Slab 
  • Dial Height Gage
  • Disk Grinder
  • Files
  • INCRA Ruler 
  • Carbide Scribe 

Types of grinders 

• Entry Level
  • Harbor Freight 1X30
  • Pheer Grinders
  • Grizzly G1015
  • Polar Bear Forge – Grinder in a box
    • Grinder designed from Bader III and the Wilmont free grinder
• Professional – 2″ X 72″
  • KMG
    • Classic
    • KMG-TX
  • Bader III
  • Black Fox One
  • Travis Wuertz Grinder TW-90
  • Hardcore Grinders
• Disk Grinder
  • KMG
  • Hardcore
  • Tru Grit
  • Nielsen Disk
  • Harbor Freight
  • 9” vs other diameters
    • 9″ disks have many more PSA options and can use all 9″ X 11″ paper as well

Belts 

• Types of Belts
  • Aluminum Oxide
    • Cheapest
    • Wears out quick on metal
  • Silicon Carbide
    • Wears better than aluminum oxide
    • Much higher grits available than Zirconium / Ceramic
  • Zirconium
    • Greater performance than AO and SC
    • Not as expensive as Ceramic
  • Ceramic
    • Longest lasting of all abrasives
    • Requires lots of force to break down abrasive grains. This is why you don’t see it in high grits
• Popular Belt Brands 
  • Norton – Blaze / Norax
  • 3M – gator / scotch bright 

Safety Stuff 

• Dan 
  • 3M 7800 Series Respirator
  • Dans mask trick 
    • Nato surplus gass mask to 3m respirator conversion 
    • Gives full face protection and respirator for about $30
    • Will need 3M Part #701 and #6895
      • 3M PN 701
        • #701 has 40mm threads and will screw into the receptacle for the filter on the gas mask this will allow the mask to except 3m 6000 series filters part #6895 is a gasket.  One can get these parts from Amazon or airbags 
        • Amazon
        • Airgas
      • 3M #6895
        • Amazon
• Kyle
  • 3M 6900 Series 
  • 3M 60926 Pink/Gold – Multi Gas / Vapor and P100
  • Safety Glasses

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