Colby Webre

[Colby Webre]

Thank you both for the information! Good to be here.

[Colby Webre]

Anyone tried using zinc rods? A bit more malleable.

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When I go back tomorrow I’ll discuss the price of cutting the stones in half. this would yield me 6 (!) 143mm x 23mm x 7 mm out of each stone!

Im going to use gorilla glue epoxy instead of standard gorilla glue. It shouldn’t have that massive expansion factor.

I think longer rods are on my ASAP list. Knives such as my scimitar. I want to create and edge that tapers from the hilt to the tip of the blade without having to unclamp it.

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yikes. The platens came directly from wicked edge. I think they will be a bit large but not overly heavy once they are affixed with the stones. I’m more interested in the use life of the platens than a profit margin, so I’m gonna skip sashimi the stones ( although abrasive WJ would makes this almost too easy- 1mm kerf no burs no cleanup)

As for the gorilla glue. oh god i’ve been there lmao. that being said its nothing a die grinder cant zip off in a second! just dont breathe the dust.

Three of those knives are gerber balance plus 1401 from the 80’s that i dont think have ever been sharpened. Incredible knives, i have no idea what steel is in them but they’re tuff as hell. I could feel the diamonds breaking in just putting the basic profile on them.\ Unfortunately they were doing a big job at the WJ shop today so im gonna try again tomorrow with that.

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Everything came in today.

Apparently the platens ship with aluminum glued into them?

I scratched them up a bit. They are, it seems, not perfectly level but that’s kinda a moot point. I think lapping them flat, then scoring the surface with the D8XX as Phil suggested will be the best course of action.

My primary concern is how thick the whole setup is going to be once glued together… Especially doubled sided! Maybe i should glue stones to one side of each pair?

Also, im going to cut them to the size of outer edges of the platens. This will leave an inset groove around the aluminum (sandwiched between the plastic platen and the ceramic stone) which i can also fill with gorilla glue in an attempt to reinforce the bond. (I’ll have pictures of this later)

Anyways.. Tomorrow im going to build a base for the unit, have the stones cut, glue it all up and begin to reprofile all these knives with the diamond handles.

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[Colby Webre]

Fantastic! Would also love if you’d share some specs on the baseboard!

Also im curious, you stripped the anodized finish on the base and had it…
CHROME PLATED?

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Jeez back in the day I had access to a machine shop and could easily of spot welded something like that together in a second, but i’ve already got the extra stock handles and without a tig welder thats three times the adhesive bonds. Looks great though, im curious to know what adhesives others have been using!

Everyone mounting to aluminum backing!? Is there a particular reason for this? AWJ leaves a perfectly clean edge when it cuts, so it should fit square into the ridges, im worried if i try to sand them down i will un-parallel the stones from the axis of the rod.

The system should arrive sometime in the next 7 hours. I was planning on going to cut the stones today so i can get the glue curing asap, but im not sure what the exact dimensions between the ridges are!? can someone help me out!? (Edit: With a caliper lol)

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My mistake its actually a 240 of the TKC line.

Its a great knife.
For working in a kitchen prefer I smaller blades, thats why i actually just ordered a 170mm. One day when i have a really big kitchen lol i might consider switchin to footlongs.

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I’m pretty sure its a horse 😉 lol

As far as the unlocking comment. I had just gotten my Kikuichi 270 gyuto and the shitty paring knife wasn’t cutting it (literally), so i walked the big ass knife around the watermelon with two hands. I never was really able to get the edge I know that steel should hold with my shapton (lack of experience, technique time etc). I’m hoping the WEPS will achieve this for me.

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Thanks guys, I fired off a PM to Jende. Next time the fever bites I’m sure another set of handles and his 8k and 15k cut shaptons will be arriving at my doorstep shortly after lol, though I immagine its going to take some time for my finances to recover (I also just acquired a Takeda Banno Bunka AS 170mm.. WHOOPS) What? I needed something to shave with lmao

As far as the water jet goes… It’s not going to not cut through the stones (lol) If anything, I’m only worried that the process might crack stones as they sheer free from one another. I noticed Tom mounts his to an aluminum plate, Im wondering if this is before hand to prevent such disasters, or just a precaution to keep them flat throughout their life; although I didn’t think ceramic stones had problems bowing. I have zero commercial intrest in producing more stones, i just would HATE to have to invest $400 in the same stones, rather than advancing my kit.

The picture was taking a while ago during a Garde Manger course at JWU North Miami. I’m decent enough with a moderately sharp knife, I can’t wait to see what the WEPS will unlock.

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