Guys, I thought I might give an update on two little things. First, make your inner tube a little longer than I did. Your T-bolts need to be able to rotate 360 deg without interference with the base. My knobs hit the base sometimes. Second, at about the 11 minute mark, I discussed rotating the outer tube to 45 degrees, thinking it would be nice to have the knobs offset. It worked ok, but I'd advise to go ahead and put it straight up, not at an angle. With it at an angle, as it tightens down it tends to lift or roll the inner tube a tad. Not a big deal, but you might as well let gravity help you by just pushing straight down.
Very impressed Self ! Really enjoyed watching this and thank you for sharing. I'm saving this to my American folder things like this keeps hope alive and well.
Man, you are my new DIY hero! I love making useful things out of scrap material myself, I Macguyver things out of stuff I got laying around just cause I like doing it.... Taking old bits of leftover or broken stuff and making somethings that works really well out it takes away my bad thoughts. Great video, cheers
I was looking for videos for inspiration on a different mechanism for tightening, but lo and behold you just showed me how to make my original design work! Not only that, but you answered a bunch of unrelated questions as well. Thanks for making such an informative video. Definitely won me over as a subscriber, so I hope you're able to make some more videos.
My Man; You're not being cheap - it's called being smart , and FRUGAL ! Love that word , 'cause I am also , Frugal ... And please ; for those of us who do keep discarded things to work with - keep making Vids like this - Thanks .
Andrew Beverly lol my wife gives me a hard time always. The other day she wanted a better floor for the chicken coop so it didn't freeze in winter. Took some broken pallets, covered it in tin flashing. it was a little slick with saw dust and hay. so I dug up some rubber roof from years ago project and she remembered how long ago we got it. You know it was exactly enough to cover the floor with no extra, not even small cuts. it was meant to be. Now, she's grabbing stuff from her job for me. I got about 5 pieces of acrylic 8 inches wide 8 foot long. she says you can't figure this huh. Yep I'm making hanging bibs to clean.up the rest of my smaller saved stuffs. lmao
About the base of vice I have a 90 degree bend of a half inch that if I sat on bench and I clamps it to stay put and that bent "lip " prevent the vice from walking back as I sand or file.thanks for showing me how to safely
Very creative idea from scrap! Im planning on making my own and ive been studying knife vises and urs is great, it came out very good and pretty easy to build. Thanks for the ideas and tips in the video! If I wasn't already a subscriber I'd be one after watching this!👍🏻
Being new to knife making, only made three so far and on my forth one, this would be so handy for sanding the blade after heat treating and tempering just like you showed. Then once the scales are on, sanding them. So far that is been the toughest part for me right now is sanding the scales since I don't have a proper knife vise. Thanks for sharing you design!! Juddie
You definitely need to build or buy a knife makers vise! I spend more time at the vise than any other knife making tool. If you want to step up you game and make your stuff stand out, it will require a lot hand work. Check out my last video, about putting new scales on an old knife. There's a new vise in it that I'm testing out for a guy. It's pretty cool.
This build is awesome. Sorry but I'm gonna have to steal this version. This is the more realistic version I have seen. Except for the stainless steel lol. I'm sure you wil get should have could have comments but you hit the mark with this one. Thank you for this version.
Hey, Nice build. Scrap box build is my style as well. Just finished a couple classes at New England school of metal work on knives. I have been thinking about building some of the shop tools. Thanks for sharing, great job.
+Stan Tilton Thanks, there are dozens of knife vice styles out there, some easier than this one. But just about any of them can built very cheap. Be careful, this knife making thing can become an addiction!
Thanks. The hopper at the bottom funnels the media back to the gun that is connected at the bottom. Everything falls down through a grate into the hopper and is re-used in a loop. Sandblasting produces a lot of dust in the cabinet making it hard to see what you're doing, so the shopvac keeps the air clean. There's an intake vent on one side, vac on the other to keep your sight line clear.
I don't really have any plans to sell these, but there a lot of guys out there selling similar vises. There are probably even simpler ways of making one, this was just my line of thinking. Give it a try, make it yourself!
wel done sir,i like the way your thinking i have a video of a simple jig thats solve my problem with round things,mayby you can use it also,or make it in iron,with a bolt to screw it even tighter very wel made your clamp,i like it allot thanks for sharing btw nice knife blanks to atb steve
+Self Made hi,i have a question i really like recurve blades like the one you show in the video,but i can't draw one properly no matter how many times i try do you have a template or some tips to draw one? i really like that style of blade
+Gabriele Ciciriello I do almost all of my design work in a cad program. I use Draftsite for 2d and Fusion 360 for 3d stuff. The arc function makes it a lot easier to get flowing curves for me. I usually start with a vague general knife like shape and just keep tweaking it until it looks like something. I struggle with designs sometimes too, I think everybody probably does. There are a lot of free templates on the web, you could start with one of those and personalize it to make it your own.
This one is pretty good: dcknives.blogspot.com/p/knife-profiles.html and do a google search for Lloyd Harding free knife patterns, there's a big collection of his work available. I think I save it as a pdf, but can't remember where I found it.
Hi, I saw your video a few years back and it helped me a great deal, i thought i would share with you, I made another tube that fits inside of the tube that holds the knife, this tube is similar to that tube but is longer and can be used to hold on one end and has a slot cut into it towards the middle, the bolt from the now middle tube fits into that slotand acts as a guide , the blade is held the same way , exept now it can slide backwards and forwards and adjusted to any angle you want , enabling you to grind bevels , thanks once again
Cool idea, innovative! Getting double use out of the same tool is great. On a side note, I started out in knife making using jigs, but got lectured by the more experience guys so much I gave it up. I grind everything freehand now, but grinding with a jig does have it's place sometimes. You'll find it can be a little limiting on some designs, but in the end, it's really whatever works for you. Sounds like you found a good way to get it done, thanks for the comment.
+Frank Yanez I'm not really interested in making these to sell. There are already a lot guys out there selling them. The only thing I make to sell are knives and that's takes up all the time I can spare. But, hey, look at some other videos too, make a plan and build it yourself.
Guys, I thought I might give an update on two little things. First, make your inner tube a little longer than I did. Your T-bolts need to be able to rotate 360 deg without interference with the base. My knobs hit the base sometimes. Second, at about the 11 minute mark, I discussed rotating the outer tube to 45 degrees, thinking it would be nice to have the knobs offset. It worked ok, but I'd advise to go ahead and put it straight up, not at an angle. With it at an angle, as it tightens down it tends to lift or roll the inner tube a tad. Not a big deal, but you might as well let gravity help you by just pushing straight down.
+Self Made Good one mate and truly thanks.
Great idea and marvelous execution! Very clever. Thanks for the fun video!
Very impressed Self ! Really enjoyed watching this and thank you for sharing. I'm saving this to my American folder things like this keeps hope alive and well.
Man, you are my new DIY hero! I love making useful things out of scrap material myself, I Macguyver things out of stuff I got laying around just cause I like doing it.... Taking old bits of leftover or broken stuff and making somethings that works really well out it takes away my bad thoughts.
Great video, cheers
+Robert Deskins Thanks!
I was looking for videos for inspiration on a different mechanism for tightening, but lo and behold you just showed me how to make my original design work! Not only that, but you answered a bunch of unrelated questions as well. Thanks for making such an informative video. Definitely won me over as a subscriber, so I hope you're able to make some more videos.
You not a cheapskate, i save a lot of scrap parts myself. I find that each piece can be used for something else. love the video by the way.
This is way cool. Saved this video link for future reference! I like your sandblast cabinet too.
very cool! You seem to be an extremely handy man :) Thanks for sharing!
My Man; You're not being cheap - it's called being smart , and FRUGAL ! Love that word , 'cause I am also , Frugal ... And please ; for those of us who do keep discarded things to work with - keep making Vids like this - Thanks .
Andrew Beverly lol my wife gives me a hard time always. The other day she wanted a better floor for the chicken coop so it didn't freeze in winter. Took some broken pallets, covered it in tin flashing. it was a little slick with saw dust and hay. so I dug up some rubber roof from years ago project and she remembered how long ago we got it. You know it was exactly enough to cover the floor with no extra, not even small cuts. it was meant to be. Now, she's grabbing stuff from her job for me. I got about 5 pieces of acrylic 8 inches wide 8 foot long. she says you can't figure this huh. Yep I'm making hanging bibs to clean.up the rest of my smaller saved stuffs. lmao
Like me , I recycle /use just about everything I get my hands on ...for something or another.
i built mine pretty much the same as yours, but i used poly sheets about a 1/4in for the jaws from a old cutting board to hold the knife
Great job! nice engineering, thanks for sharing.
Very well done. sure do like your way of working. And this is a good presentation. Thank you for sharing.
+Glenn Felpel Thanks!
About the base of vice I have a 90 degree bend of a half inch that if I sat on bench and I clamps it to stay put and that bent "lip " prevent the vice from walking back as I sand or file.thanks for showing me how to safely
Great video and terrific clamp!! Nice to see the care you took in making this tool; booyah!
Thanks for watching!
I like it ,ive seen them with groves in the inner wall so you can turn the blade sideways
Very creative idea from scrap! Im planning on making my own and ive been studying knife vises and urs is great, it came out very good and pretty easy to build. Thanks for the ideas and tips in the video! If I wasn't already a subscriber I'd be one after watching this!👍🏻
Being new to knife making, only made three so far and on my forth one, this would be so handy for sanding the blade after heat treating and tempering just like you showed. Then once the scales are on, sanding them. So far that is been the toughest part for me right now is sanding the scales since I don't have a proper knife vise. Thanks for sharing you design!! Juddie
You definitely need to build or buy a knife makers vise! I spend more time at the vise than any other knife making tool. If you want to step up you game and make your stuff stand out, it will require a lot hand work. Check out my last video, about putting new scales on an old knife. There's a new vise in it that I'm testing out for a guy. It's pretty cool.
This build is awesome. Sorry but I'm gonna have to steal this version. This is the more realistic version I have seen. Except for the stainless steel lol. I'm sure you wil get should have could have comments but you hit the mark with this one. Thank you for this version.
Great job really well done
Great Job!
I want one! Great job!
Hey, Nice build. Scrap box build is my style as well. Just finished a couple classes at New England school of metal work on knives. I have been thinking about building some of the shop tools. Thanks for sharing, great job.
+Stan Tilton Thanks, there are dozens of knife vice styles out there, some easier than this one. But just about any of them can built very cheap. Be careful, this knife making thing can become an addiction!
Ahh! C'mon.. you're not a cheap-sake! You're a re-purposer! Nice vice, and sandblaster!
very nice. watching these so i can make one. like yours
Great vise, well done
+ron newton Thanks!
tubing goes by out side diameter pipe goes by inside diameter so get a pipe and tube with the same denomination and you got perfect fit
Well done with just enough explenations ,you deserve a nice aristic point
Thanks!
Best 23:03 I have spent in some time.
Nice work.
Thanks Tim
Thanks! Hope it gave you some ideas.
Great job
Kindred spirits brother I hate to throw anything away and everything can be repurposed
Whats the ID diameter of inner tube ?
One of my favorite sayings in life: "If it's free it's for me"
I'm guilty of that too, lol. Thanks for checking it out.
@@SelfMadeProject well thank you for creating some content that's actually worth the time it takes to watch! Keep at it!
Came out really good
Hi great vid,simple but very affective vise.for your sandblaster why shopvac if you have a collection box at the bottom?
Thanks. The hopper at the bottom funnels the media back to the gun that is connected at the bottom. Everything falls down through a grate into the hopper and is re-used in a loop. Sandblasting produces a lot of dust in the cabinet making it hard to see what you're doing, so the shopvac keeps the air clean. There's an intake vent on one side, vac on the other to keep your sight line clear.
Freaking awesome man, would you make one just like it for sale, and if so how much?
I don't really have any plans to sell these, but there a lot of guys out there selling similar vises. There are probably even simpler ways of making one, this was just my line of thinking. Give it a try, make it yourself!
Nice
Great video. I am enjoying your channel
+Belnap Custom Knives Thanks. I'm not a great videographer or speaker, so I'm still amazed anybody is watching.
Masterful!
Awesome! :O
Now that is simple and cheap thanx
Thanks for checking it out!
that's cool, thanks for sharing.
wel done sir,i like the way your thinking
i have a video of a simple jig
thats solve my problem with round things,mayby you can use it also,or make it in iron,with a bolt to screw it even tighter
very wel made your clamp,i like it allot
thanks for sharing
btw nice knife blanks to
atb
steve
+so steve Thanks.
+Self Made hi,i have a question
i really like recurve blades like the one you show in the video,but i can't draw one properly no matter how many times i try
do you have a template or some tips to draw one? i really like that style of blade
+Gabriele Ciciriello I do almost all of my design work in a cad program. I use Draftsite for 2d and Fusion 360 for 3d stuff. The arc function makes it a lot easier to get flowing curves for me. I usually start with a vague general knife like shape and just keep tweaking it until it looks like something. I struggle with designs sometimes too, I think everybody probably does. There are a lot of free templates on the web, you could start with one of those and personalize it to make it your own.
Thanks
I usually draw my designs by hand
Do you know some sites where i can find some templates?
This one is pretty good:
dcknives.blogspot.com/p/knife-profiles.html and do a google search for Lloyd Harding free knife patterns, there's a big collection of his work available. I think I save it as a pdf, but can't remember where I found it.
Self Made thanks for your help
Wonderful amazing
Thanks!
Cool video got a new sub my man
Just clamp the handle into the wood blocks in the vise.
Hi, I saw your video a few years back and it helped me a great deal, i thought i would share with you, I made another tube that fits inside of the tube that holds the knife, this tube is similar to that tube but is longer and can be used to hold on one end and has a slot cut into it towards the middle, the bolt from the now middle tube fits into that slotand acts as a guide , the blade is held the same way , exept now it can slide backwards and forwards and adjusted to any angle you want , enabling you to grind bevels , thanks once again
Cool idea, innovative! Getting double use out of the same tool is great. On a side note, I started out in knife making using jigs, but got lectured by the more experience guys so much I gave it up. I grind everything freehand now, but grinding with a jig does have it's place sometimes. You'll find it can be a little limiting on some designs, but in the end, it's really whatever works for you. Sounds like you found a good way to get it done, thanks for the comment.
I’m going to make one myself, I just have to find all the materials
One of the most used tools in a knife shop. Lots of designs out there, hope this gave you some ideas.
how much would you charge to make me one?
+Frank Yanez I'm not really interested in making these to sell. There are already a lot guys out there selling them. The only thing I make to sell are knives and that's takes up all the time I can spare. But, hey, look at some other videos too, make a plan and build it yourself.
Waste not want not....and I actually have quite a few of those snap rings...for automotive applications..lol
Guy's I just build me a 8 dollar dodge charger. I had the whole car laying around and just had to buy a knob for the gear shifter.
Yep Now I'm Lost in TH-cam
you didnt show what the taxes were ! LOL