Man just had to pause and say this is one of the most fun machining videos I’ve watched in a while. Great job explaining everything and keeping it interesting!
Thank you for showing your process, im a beginner to fusion and would love to see your toolpath details for finish surf more specifically what options you using so fusion dont generate toolpath on the holes already drilled. If you could explain that would be greatly appreciated. T
Thank you for the great videos! You have shared so much information about how you make your knives which makes me even more excited to receive the Confidante I ordered today!
Super fun videos we really appreciate all the effort man! I’m learning a lot. Subscribed to your channel and will look at purchasing one of your blades to support!
I would use a vacuum plate. This way you can eliminate the vice. The vice might be causing the chatter because the lack of stability in the canter of the g10. If you use a vacuum plate you don't have to worry about tabs. You'll be able to cut the full profile of the part out.
With the big open area beneath the parts being machined, how is it holding up with tolerances and probably more importantly in this case with tooling chatter and surface finish?
Thanks TJ, great video. I have a couple questions. I thought on your CAD it showed some micro milling on the handles? No? Also did you say you grind your bevels after heat treat? Before your Tormach what were you using? Knowing what you know now in the industry and had 5k to start over as a newbie what equipment would you buy? Sorry for drilling you but I'm asking because your work speaks volumes. Thanks
On the Overland it is machined with such a fine stepover that the result is a smooth surface. We then sand blast the g10 resulting in a nice matte grippy texture. We mill our bevels prior to heat treat. Before CNC I did the bevel grinding by hand. Honestly the first thing to purchase is going to be a 2x72 belt grinder and a drill press!
What cutting tool are you using for the g-10? Supplier and part number if you don’t mind. Are you using the same cutting tool for Micarta as well? Thanks!
I do not have that problem, fortunately. The coarse filter in the chip tray is doing a good enough job and the fine particulate is picked up by the in line filter.
@@tj.schwarz I came to the comments to ask the same question. After doing this for a while did you ever see any issues with the G10 dust mixing with coolant. No issues with finish problems on metal parts? Awesome videos TJ!
New at Fusion here. So you did the complete modeling of the scale with all the holes and tabs or did you add the tabs and hole on your NC setup in Fusion? Thanks
At what point did you feel conferrable buying the MX? I have a RF45 mill that I converted to CNC. I have been making money with it but it is about 1/3 the speed of a tormach. A tormach would allow me to keep up with the parts I make while leaving time to work on other products. How did you justify buying yours?
Nice job dude.. Pretty much how i would do it if had to. I use a tab configuration all the time , in the router or the Haas . and I always do all i can in one sitting before removing. But I think doing the g10 like that is ok if your doing it. But if you become BAD ASS and you have Billy bob running the g10 opp they will be bowed and a fixture will be required. later
Could you not just, mount the G10 sheet to a piece of plywood, then the plywood to your milling machine. Run one OP to do the holes then hold down each handle with some screws in the handle holes straight into the ply(no moving parts for second OP). Then run the profile and contour and you don't need to cut any tabs either.
That's what I do. With his way there is no waste board and no tape and glue method to mount the initial G10 sheet to the plywood, so in that regard his way is less fuss.
I think the main drawback of that method is the setup time making it not so great for production, you also have to be careful not to hit the screws if you’re machining close to them, also with the plywood you may run into some tolerance issues
Man just had to pause and say this is one of the most fun machining videos I’ve watched in a while. Great job explaining everything and keeping it interesting!
Wow, thanks!
Just ordered the Overland in jade. Of course, I came back to this video to get my fix until mine comes in. Keep up the amazing work!!!
I just ordered a overland sport yesterday. I can't wait to get it!
Thanks a lot for posting! I really love your Overland design!
Thank you for the video, I’ve been strongly considering getting into aftermarket folder scale making. I appreciate the information.
Just found out about the Overland and ordered one today. Great video!
Thank you very much!
Thank you for showing your process, im a beginner to fusion and would love to see your toolpath details for finish surf more specifically what options you using so fusion dont generate toolpath on the holes already drilled. If you could explain that would be greatly appreciated. T
Thank you for the great videos! You have shared so much information about how you make your knives which makes me even more excited to receive the Confidante I ordered today!
Fantastic TJ. Thank you. I’ll be ordering one of these this year. Probably the jade G-10 or a micarta.
Super fun videos we really appreciate all the effort man! I’m learning a lot. Subscribed to your channel and will look at purchasing one of your blades to support!
first time seeing a video of this stuff, love it! so satisfying and your talking points answered a lot of curious questions i had. thanks!
I you turn around one of those scales, you can save a lot of material. :)
Thanks for the video! I ordered an Overland earlier today. It's my first Magnacut knife and I'm super excited. Thanks again for the content:)
I would use a vacuum plate. This way you can eliminate the vice. The vice might be causing the chatter because the lack of stability in the canter of the g10. If you use a vacuum plate you don't have to worry about tabs. You'll be able to cut the full profile of the part out.
With the big open area beneath the parts being machined, how is it holding up with tolerances and probably more importantly in this case with tooling chatter and surface finish?
I enjoy watching your videos, you are doing a great job, keep it up 👍
Thanks, will do!
Thanks TJ, great video. I have a couple questions. I thought on your CAD it showed some micro milling on the handles? No? Also did you say you grind your bevels after heat treat? Before your Tormach what were you using?
Knowing what you know now in the industry and had 5k to start over as a newbie what equipment would you buy?
Sorry for drilling you but I'm asking because your work speaks volumes.
Thanks
On the Overland it is machined with such a fine stepover that the result is a smooth surface. We then sand blast the g10 resulting in a nice matte grippy texture. We mill our bevels prior to heat treat. Before CNC I did the bevel grinding by hand. Honestly the first thing to purchase is going to be a 2x72 belt grinder and a drill press!
Do you use splines in your fusion sketches or line and arc only? Great videos.
Love your knives man, keep at it!
Nice video. You could shift the stock to the Left in the vice to prevent part overhang.
Amazing vdo man!
Do you use a diamond coated end mill for G10?
Good job. I'm milling micarta now.))) What soft do you use for control CNC?
What cutting tool are you using for the g-10? Supplier and part number if you don’t mind. Are you using the same cutting tool for Micarta as well? Thanks!
How did you configure fusion to ignore the holes in 19:38?
Use the "patch" feature in the surface modeling tab to fill the hole and then select those patches in the CAM operation.
I understand using the coolant to keep the dust down, but does the G-10 clog the coolant pump?
I do not have that problem, fortunately. The coarse filter in the chip tray is doing a good enough job and the fine particulate is picked up by the in line filter.
@@tj.schwarz I came to the comments to ask the same question. After doing this for a while did you ever see any issues with the G10 dust mixing with coolant. No issues with finish problems on metal parts? Awesome videos TJ!
Good job!
New at Fusion here.
So you did the complete modeling of the scale with all the holes and tabs or did you add the tabs and hole on your NC setup in Fusion?
Thanks
The tabs are added in the CAM (Manufacture) environment. All holes in the scale are added in the Design environment.
Nice video, TJ, very educational. I also liked the website. Any plans to sell the Perpetua?.
The Perpetua is discontinued unfortunately :(
At what point did you feel conferrable buying the MX? I have a RF45 mill that I converted to CNC. I have been making money with it but it is about 1/3 the speed of a tormach. A tormach would allow me to keep up with the parts I make while leaving time to work on other products. How did you justify buying yours?
I've was working towards getting a cnc for many years. Have you looked into Syil?
as a total nubie what is the advantage of a CNC machine as compared to using regular beltsander?
More repeatable and efficient when doing larger volumes of knives.
Are you able to supplement your income making knives or do you still have to work another job as well?
I am a full timer in the knife industry!
Nice job dude.. Pretty much how i would do it if had to. I use a tab configuration all the time , in the router or the Haas . and I always do all i can in one sitting before removing. But I think doing the g10 like that is ok if your doing it. But if you become BAD ASS and you have Billy bob running the g10 opp they will be bowed and a fixture will be required. later
Why not just use parallels under your stock instead of milling soft jaws to replicate the same step feature that a parallel creates?
If you're getting that resonance from the G10 flip it 90 degrees and mill parallel edges along your Y, then flip it back
Could you not just, mount the G10 sheet to a piece of plywood, then the plywood to your milling machine. Run one OP to do the holes then hold down each handle with some screws in the handle holes straight into the ply(no moving parts for second OP). Then run the profile and contour and you don't need to cut any tabs either.
That's what I do. With his way there is no waste board and no tape and glue method to mount the initial G10 sheet to the plywood, so in that regard his way is less fuss.
I think the main drawback of that method is the setup time making it not so great for production, you also have to be careful not to hit the screws if you’re machining close to them, also with the plywood you may run into some tolerance issues