Tool Time Tuesday - Buffer Machine (of doom?)

[@OFFGRIDwithDOUGSTACY]

good tips and always enjoy the viewer knives

[@Simplelittlelife]

+OFF GRID with DOUG & STACY thanks buddy!

[@lenpal94]

I'm working for a bigger knife manifactury in Solingen Germany. The blade industry in Solingen exist for a couple of hundred years and we are grinding and polishing with the machines on knee heigth. You put your underarms onto your legs and it really improves the controllability of the blade or whatever you are polishing. When polishing on knee heigth the risk of a blade bumping through your shop decreases as well. Greets, Lennart 😊🖒

[@jadedblackpill5009]

I appreciate the time you take to make your vids to share with the community! Thanks! Thumbed up!

[@rogervaillant8406]

thanks for the great video and hi5 to all the knife makers sending there knife pictures and story... i will start making knifes in the near future... i'm getting ideas,tricks and knowledge from various sources. thanks again from northern Ontario

[@de1mystery]

Thank you very much for the video Jeremy. Keep up the great work.

[@Simplelittlelife]

+Keith Mitchell thank you so much Keith! I really appreciate your encouragement in your comments. Really I do. Cheers my friend👍

[@de1mystery]

Your welcome, greatly deserved.

[@Steelwolfknives]

I'm just about to get a polishing wheel so that I can get those nice polishes. What good timing!

[@cfair009]

thanks for featuring my knife. keep up the great work!

[@ernhrtus]

Almost the same setup I have. My final (fourth) polisher is from an old bowling alley, no compound added.

[@Simplelittlelife]

+ernhrtus that's a really cool idea. I never thought of that. Do they polish bowling balls? I suppose they would. Thanks for sharing that!

[@jacobusjohannes7267]

this is cool ... south africa!!!

[@pjculbertson55]

Yeah, buffers scare me. I use mine all the time but I have thrown things all over my shop with them. The angle of attack is the thing. There is a very fine line sometimes between terrific and tragedy. I use a product called SimiChrome for final buffing. I suspect it is a lot like the Autosol. I have even used toothpaste at times for less robust material.

[@misterdeluxia5948]

100k is coming! Cant wait! ^_^

[@Simplelittlelife]

+MisterDeluxia 👍

[@skipsargent]

Very coarse sandpaper, 40-60 grit ceramic works good for "dressing" your buffing wheels too.

[@LeberwurstBrot34]

why don't you turn the buffer machine 180 degree? that it rotate upwards, away from you and the edge. Cool Video:)i have found you 2 weeks ago.....already addicted to your videos😂 Greetings from Germany

[@ShelleyRaskin]

Yeah, I actually turned my machine around so it spins the other way, that way hopefully if it grans it will toss it away from me...might still bounce back though, you are right about its uses on kydex though, makes Fantastic Edges!

[@dalekidd420]

Unless you are polishing on the TOP of the wheel, be REALLY careful with that. You may just be setting it up to throw the knife INTO you instead of AWAY from you. Dunno about you, but I'd rather take one in the foot than under the chin...

[@dannymaciejewski]

I run mine in reverse too. I also tie a steel lanyard to the knife attached to my ball sack just in case it takes off. Its totally safe

[@jefferybiddix1096]

I was a jeweler for 11 years. Dressing the buff helps to clean up between polishing compounds. A lot of times the compounds will cake up and build a hard layer on the surface. It also helps to knock out the loose threads as you work down the buffer.😀

[@Simplelittlelife]

+jeffery biddix oh sweet. I was hoping someone could enlighten me. Thank you so much! I'm going to have to make one of those little dressing brushes now. Cheers👍

[@stefanodogg280]

Harbor Freight has a nice litttle 3 inch buffer/wheel/Big but very wieldy Dremel tool combo that I scored for $22 on sale + 25% off coupon. They sell replacement wheels. It runs up to 10,000 RPM

[@ThePandemicFlu]

It's a little sunny up there in Alberta this week, eh?

[@skylerbiggane5407]

HI, I'm wondering if you could give me any tips on how to make a handle for a old carbon steel blade?

[@landonwest4701]

Jeremy, I would like to see how the leather pouch style sheaths look on you knives. I have been wanting to order a knife from you but was just curious about the leather sheath on the kiridashi knife as well as the sheep foot edc.

[@jimpatterson7129]

Alaskan knife maker Gordon Dempsey was killed in a workshop accident. Apparently he lost control of a blade he was buffing and it pierced his heart.

[@Keith_the_knife_freak]

nice

[@palomino13]

there was a bladesmith that the buffer threw the blade into his heart. not long ago

[@kevinkorthuis6365]

Great video one again! Did you get hit with that big storm yesterday?

[@gurindersingh4539]

Hello I just started to get into forgoing knives I live in Edmonton but don't know much about the tools that I need and how to make a proper brick forge can you please help me. Thanks

[@rcarvalhocutelariaartesana7087]

How are you brother? What's the HP on your buff machine? Thank you!

[@jefflowery7308]

Is your buffer machine 1800rpm or 3600rpm? I'm looking to get a 1/4hp 1800 rpm buffer since I've heard they are a bit safer. Great video!!

[@Simplelittlelife]

+Jeff Lowery 3600. I do think slower would be safer. My furnace motor is slow, not sure on the speed, but it has never grabbed on my yet and my big one has a few times. Glad you liked the video! Cheers👍

[@hardrock1826]

Most furnace, single speed blower motors are 1725 RPM.

[@havstovanfilmar5426]

can you google `Grinda knívar`it is a knife that we use in the Faroe Islands I have also made a `Grinda knív`when I was 11 years old it took about 100 hours to make

[@Simplelittlelife]

+Havstovan Filmar I just googled that and a bunch of random images come up. Is there another name that might be more specific to search for?

[@mikejanzer6696]

Simple Little Life is there a way to Private Message you please ?

[@Luiz_Alberto.P.K]

Hey Jeremy, How are you? Can you make a TTT talking about a Knife Maker's Vise? Maybe a "How to build" video with a simple, but useful, project. Thanks. Great video, by the way.

[@Simplelittlelife]

+Luiz Alberto Kohler I'm great how are you? I am actually just sourcing materials to make one! The one I have in mind is going to be pretty decent and maybe not the simplest to build, but I should also throw in a few easier options too. Thanks for the great idea! Much appreciated👍

[@Luiz_Alberto.P.K]

Hello Jeremy. I am very well. hahaha I'm sorry it took me so long to respond your previous comment. My College is driving me crazy in the last days. I just watched your video making the vise. You were right, it isn't the simplest one to build but I liked it. Good job. In a few weeks I will start making my own. I will send you, maybe, some pictures to a "Viewer's Vises" video. hahaha Thank you for the help. Greetings from Brazil

[@zproducts6080]

A lot of other knife-makers I have seen and know, call their polishing wheels the "widow-maker." I've also had a few knives get yanked out of my hand... very dangerous.

[@Simplelittlelife]

+Pikkauhn indeed. They always deserve respect and full attention👍

[@tomasoscalzo1999]

So i just want to get one wheel and one comound to clean steel and handle materials like micarta resin... what should i get black compound an yellow wheel?

[@Simplelittlelife]

+Tomaso Scalzo I do both of those tasks with just that setup so I'd say yes👍

[@snugglytuna]

You can dress the buffing wheels using an old grinder belt.

[@Simplelittlelife]

+snugglytuna great tip, thansk! Also, great KZbin name😀 it cracked me up👍

[@toddparnaby5799]

Hey man thanks for the info !! Also what's the email address to send pics to please ?

[@evolutionglitch4739]

You're giveaways are never for just KZbinrs. I don't have Facebook or Instagram so I can't win. That sucks, but oh well. Your channel is still great.

[@Simplelittlelife]

+Evolution Glitch no no no! This one is just for KZbinr's! Actually all of mine so far have been done only on KZbin. You're good to go when the contest comes out😀 I appreciate the compliment! Cheers👍

[@evolutionglitch4739]

Simple Little Life Awesome! I thought it was linked to other outlets. My bad. That's great news, thanks!

[@mcdanielr88]

do me and your family a favor and build a plexiglass shield in front of your buffer so there's 0 chance of a knife coming back on you...I love your channel and am feeling selfish I'd like u to be around for a while...cheers!!!

[@zripster]

On your store are the prices in CAD or USD?

[@Simplelittlelife]

+Zane Ripley USD.

[@havstovanfilmar5426]

simple little life I don`t think so

[@Simplelittlelife]

Havstovan Filmar don't think so what?

[@havstovanfilmar5426]

simple little life I don´t think that you can find `Grinda knívar`in google but one time when I googled `Grinda knívar`it shoved up

[@Simplelittlelife]

+Havstovan Filmar I see. Thanks👍

[@ldpenn06]

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