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What I'm Working On
Topic Started: Sep 9 2011, 11:19 AM (809 Views)
stephanfowler
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one of the things I'm working on right now it getting a traditionally sized/shaped Yanagiba figured out

I sent my first attempt to JBroida for some input and after a good discussion of all the stuff I messed up on that one I forged out this one.


just over 300mm blade, W2 with Hamon

35mm tall at the heel
right now it's 5.2mm thick but I will thin it a little
16.75mm Machi


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JBroida
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looks good so far
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stephanfowler
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JBroida
Sep 9 2011, 11:50 AM
looks good so far
Thanks

i just need to finish the 24" Radius platen I'm doing for Urasaki
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rockbox
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How are you making the platen? I want to make one also but in the opposite direction for a more precise convex grind.
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stephanfowler
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here is the platen I made

it's a scrap piece of .75x2 bar about 5" long

I ground the face to a 24" radius. tapped two holes and bolted it to a piece of angle that was set up to install in the KMG platen position

A concave platen would not work as the tension of the belt will cause it to ride on the high points of the radius face.


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rockbox
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Actually, Hoss has a concave platen to do his convex grinds and it works pretty well. However he made his with a mill which I don't have. I guess I could build a convex platen like this and then use it hollow out a concave platen. The other way I was thinking of doing it to bend a piece a metal to the radius I want and then grind one side flat.
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Aphex
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You've really taken on a challenge with this one, yanagiba's must be a compleat killer to get right.
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Aphex
Sep 9 2011, 09:27 PM
You've really taken on a challenge with this one, yanagiba's must be a compleat killer to get right.
gotta start learning sometime right???
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