NGD: North Ridge Tools 2x72

[Sp8ctre]

No...this is NOT a new Guitar Day, it's a New Grinder Day! This thing is a beast and it cost me as much as a CS Les Paul!

I will be grinding away in the coming weeks and try to get some knives started before I have surgery.

Here are some pics. If you are a tool guy it should have a great drool factor!

 

[steveb63]

Nice grinder.

Should be fun.

 

[RVA]

Wow, that is an impressive piece of hardware. I am excited to see what is born from that baby!

 

[SG John]

Nice! HNGD!

 

[Cadorman]

That's a whole lot of fancy CNC'd metal there.

 

[Sp8ctre]

Wow, that is an impressive piece of hardware. I am excited to see what is born from that baby!

Here ya go Ray, I was able to cut these out and the grind them down to rough shape today.

Next I have to grind in bevels and such before heat treat. After heat treat I will use high grit
belts in the 2000+ range to polish them, add handles and sharpen...

 

[Cadorman]

What temp do you heat treat at?

 

[Amp Mad Scientist]

No...this is NOT a new Guitar Day, it's a New Grinder Day! This thing is a beast and it cost me as much as a CS Les Paul!

I will be grinding away in the coming weeks and try to get some knives started before I have surgery.

Here are some pics. If you are a tool guy it should have a great drool factor!

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[Sp8ctre]

What temp do you heat treat at?

I don't have an oven yet and my forge is to unstable. Heat treat depends on the steel as well. If I'm using 1080 I can
oil quench at around 1500 degrees and then temper the blades in a cheap toaster oven. Two, two hour cycles at 400.

The stuff I posted is all stainless and I'll send those out to a pro. They charge very reasonable fees and the more you
send in the cheaper it is per blade.

I'll be buying a heat treat oven when I sell the last of my spare guitars, but it's going to run me $1700!

 

[Sp8ctre]

I don't know if I've posted this before, but here is a knife I made back around 2011 or so...

 

[Amp Mad Scientist]

Nice grinder.

Should be fun.

I never saw a grinder that nice before.
It's like a whole new world of abrasives come to life.

 

[Sp8ctre]

I never saw a grinder that nice before.

The latest and greatest. Quite a few people are making high quality machines these days!

Here is a little neck knife I made. Needs cleaning up, I use it a lot...

 

[Cadorman]

I have an oven big enough to put Adrian in. It's only rated to 600 degrees F though. I got it to heat treat aluminum bicycle frames.

 

[Cadorman]

I need something in the range of 5-6 feet long. Preferably with lots of magical runes on the blade.

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

Amazing, Chris, Good luck with all the projects. AND of course surgery.

 

[steveb63]

I never saw a grinder that nice before.
It's like a whole new world of abrasives come to life.

Def can't call it a "bench grinder"

 

[Sp8ctre]

I need something in the range of 5-6 feet long. Preferably with lots of magical runes on the blade.

No way can I do something that big! Maybe a Bowie someday...

 

[Don O]

That thing come with a blower . Damn that’s impressive looking.

 

[Cadorman]

I have an oven big enough to put Adrian in. It's only rated to 600 degrees F though. I got it to heat treat aluminum bicycle frames.

I bet I could roast guitar bodies and necks in there.

Hey, I just quoted myself.

 

[steveb63]

That thing come with a blower . Damn that’s impressive looking.

In shop air exchanger...... with fuel injection.