New is no excuse for dumb.
Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 10:49 pm
I have found out a couple things the last few days that I am sure most folks know but this newbie to any type of metal work is jumping in and not afraid to try. Thank goodness for pawn shop junkers.
I fired up the dremel and went to experimenting on a broken Schrade 8OT. Let me expound a bit. Polishing with the 414 or 429 with the 421 polishing compound and a light touch just lets you know how rusted, pitted and scratched your blades are. The 425 polishing wheel should be called a scratching wheel instead. The 240 grit sanding drum is nothing but a grinder on a knife blade. A felt wheel at 15,000 rpm will take a pretty good knife tip and turn it into a knife hook if you catch the tip in the wheel.
I am back to the sanding block and wet sandpaper for a while. Oh! sanding drum grinding can start all kind of explosions on your ammo loading bench if you do your knife restoration there.
I fired up the dremel and went to experimenting on a broken Schrade 8OT. Let me expound a bit. Polishing with the 414 or 429 with the 421 polishing compound and a light touch just lets you know how rusted, pitted and scratched your blades are. The 425 polishing wheel should be called a scratching wheel instead. The 240 grit sanding drum is nothing but a grinder on a knife blade. A felt wheel at 15,000 rpm will take a pretty good knife tip and turn it into a knife hook if you catch the tip in the wheel.
I am back to the sanding block and wet sandpaper for a while. Oh! sanding drum grinding can start all kind of explosions on your ammo loading bench if you do your knife restoration there.
