How To Make A Knife Grinding Jig

I cut a slot in the middle of a piece of 50x50x5mm aluminium angle corresponding to the size of the bar knife holder and drilled and tapped a M8 hole for the angle grind adjustment.
How to make a knife grinding jig. Everbilt 45 adjustable spring hinge - 1x. - BRILLIANT DIY A sharp knife is a safe knife and sometimes its as important as figuring out a safe way to sharpen. Edited January 1 2013 by Cody James.
Freehand grinding is a skill only learned by trial and error. Making a knife grinding jig the easy way thats easy to use and get consistent grinds every-time on both sides of the knife I used 50mm aluminium angle as t. Or knife making in general Ive seen a lot of guys using jigs like the pic I posted.
Metal angle bracket sturdy - 1x. It is made from 2 14. These are the parts I bought for the project.
Second photo of the knife blank fitted in the slot. I was recently looking for a knife grinding jig so that I didnt have to free hand it if I didnt want to but they were all in the 70 to 150 range and there was no way I was going to pay that when I knew I could make one myself. Currently in the traditional shop craft community making spoons and knives seems to be all the rage.
I at least want to try one out like that. Once you have the design and in particular the grind geometric cross section on paper - start to work your way down and draw straight lines how you want to get there with the grinding jig. Using a jig like this will help knife makers especially newbies get a nice even bevel on both sides of their blades.
This jig could also work for with a bench grinder with a hard wheel. Angle grinder or hack saw. In this video Graz of Graz Makes shows you how how he fashioned a bevel grinder for knife making using basic hardware store hardware and some aluminum stock.