BK Gemini Getting a Flat Grind in the Bevel Jig | 5 Down 65 to Go | GET THE JIG PLANS HD

GET THE JIG PLANS HERE http://www.belnapcustomknives.com/index.php/product/hollowflat-grind-bevel-jig-plans/ BK Neck Knife Getting a Flat Grind in the Jig Ground up 5 of the neck knives today. The flat grind jig worked great and I am getting faster with each one I do. Currently it takes about 10 minutes to get to the preheat treat grind. I start with a 50 grit 3M Ceramic Gold belt then switch to the same type of belt in 80 grit. After heat treatment I will hit them with a 120 grit then sandblast them with 120 grit sand to prepare them for the Cerekote H. I started Knife making as a project to make a personal gift for each of my children. The first three knives that I made with hand files to do the shaping of the bevels. This is a long labor intensive process. I did make a wooden bevel filing jig which helped me keep the bevels at the desired angles. After make the first three knives I decided that for the rest of the knives I would get an inexpensive grinder to speed the process along. I found a Delta 1" x 42" sander on craigslist for $100.00 and bought it. Using this grinding I was able to shave 18 hours off of the time it was taking me to make a knife. I used the small belt sander to make the rest of the knives. When I was done I realized that I had really enjoyed learning how to make knives and the work involved in making them. But I was not too interested in spending very long times to make them. So I determined to upgrade my equipment. The cost of purchasing the desired equipment was more than I was willing to spend. The other choice available was to build it myself. I already had the skills to build it and had several of the key components sitting around the garage unused. I researched for a while to see what level of performance I wanted from my 2" x 72" sander build. It needed to have plenty of power for heavy stock removal tasks, I wanted it to have speed so I could build knifes quickly and finally it must be versatile so I could use it to do all of the specific types of grinding that may be required in knife making. It turned out fantastic. I have a series of the sander build on my channel if you care to see the design and build. Next I felt I needed to improve my skills in the area of knife design and production so I could control the cost of my knives to a point that would be affordable to a larger group of potential customers. This meant that for some of my designs I would use CNC machines to do work that I could not do at a comparable price. In order for this to be possible I would need to learn how to get my ideas into CNC compatible format. To make this happen I started learning CAD with DraftSight. It was not nearly as hard as I thought it would be and I kick myself for not learning it much sooner. The CAD use has opened up an entirely new universe of creative options for me as a knife maker. I am not an expert with it by any means but I have been able to use it well enough to come up with some fan