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If you are set on purchasing one, I would reccomend the economy forge from diamond back for a venturi and the forge from riverside machine if you want a blown forge. I have one of each and they both work great. The diamondback is for general forging and the blown vertical forge is for damascus...

Stainless or High Carbon?

If the forge will be primarily for welding damascus, I would opt for a vertical forge with one blown burner. The flux dripping off and dropping to the bottom is a great feature of the vertical forge but needing a handle on everything can be a pain for regular forging. If it is your primary forge...

very cool collection!

I bought a new dc controller from surplus supply for 150 dollars and was given a used dc motor that needed a 100 dollar rebuild. After hooking them up I have a variable speed buffer and a variable speed disc grinder that goes in both directions. That may be an option if you can find a cheap...

Have a Hobart Handler 140. I used it with flux core for a year and a half and recently upgraded to using CO2. I have not felt I needed more machine for damascus prep. However I would not trust my welds with it on somthing structural or that was going on the road, like a trailer. For those things...

If you are doing simple steel like 1084 for you folder blades the manual will probably be fine, but if you are doing stainless with long soaks, it seems like it would be pain to baby sit if for long periods of time.

I make damascus and mono steel Japanese style kitchen knives. I have not tried san mai, yet. I forge them to start with but heat treat when they are still fairly thick and then grind them down from there. If I had steel at the thickness you are going to be starting with, I would just heat treat...

I have had a kmg with pulleys for two and a half years. I do 95% of my grinding on the highest speed. I find that most speed changes are needed when a different grit belt or different attachment are needed too, so you are turning the grinder off for that anyway so to switch the belt on the...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6Dq3bGBlDQ This video shows the mod at about 1:20. IF the belt is moving away from him, I think that it would be a great modification. I cannot tell what the direction of the belt is but if it is going in the normal direction there is a very big safety issue...

Very impressive work.

My latest.

How did you get the contact wheel off the 1/3 motor. I am trying to convert my craftsman to use in the surface grinder conversion to belts. Thanks John

I am really hoping to refine my knife making process and gain confidence in it. Now I spend way to much time fiddeling and fixing little mistakes and second guessing myself.

I believe I am taking a class with the same teacher (Howard Clark??) later this year, can t wait. That long of a blade pointing off the bench with that many people around looks Dangerous. As for the hamon, I am no expert, but would try to be around 1475. For the outer wash, I make mine...

Here is a damascus chef knife I made a few months ago.

Has anyone found one that works online? HF is not even in my state.

Great work

I have that machine. The weight is about right. The G0619 is a bigger machine. This is my first mill and there is a learning curve. I have melted some gears and blown the speed control and main control unit. Griz replaced all components for free but the machine has been down alot of the time. I...

I have read about cupped wheels coming apart during this type of grinding. I woud not want to me close by if it did. Be careful.