Christopher Gillian | American Knife Maker Welcome to the Gillian Knives RU-vid Channel. Christopher is an independent knife maker, who as a one-man shop designs, crafts, and creates custom folding knives of the highest quality possible. Gillian designs his own knives using a light box and CAD/CAM software Fusion360; allowing rapid prototypes, and improvements to the knives until the design becomes perfection. Although a small business, Gillian Knives are made utilizing CNC, 21st century technology, and down right long hours of hand craftsmanship. Using the highest grade materials, with a unique combination of Gillian’s designs, and customer’s desires, the final result is a built to last, beloved cutlery tool. EDC Knives, Designed and Made in the USA. Available Knives are listed on my online store. American Custom Knife Maker Gillian. Custom Knife Maker in the US.
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Hola.quisiera saber si a esa Sierra se le puede poner una cinta de 42" para poder ampliar la distancia y poder cortar así botellas de vidrio de mayor grosor o si solo admite la de 37" que viene con este modelo.Gracias de antemano.
Thats a great question that I don't have the answer for. I have two different collet sizes for my model 30x, with those two collets (I did not show the collets in the video btw), I know it can tap #80-00, #1-72, #2-56, and #4-40. But I don't know the full extent (read: range) of what it is capable of tapping. As for the #4-40 they break more often that the other sizes. I don't know if that is the limit of the tool, or if my clutch is just incorrectly adjusted. As for the different collet sizes, they are now difficult to find, that increases the range of the tool.
Hello Friend, I'm glad that I found your channel, I'm from Russia, I recently bought a tabletop CNC and made my first folding knife on it, it will be very interesting to hear about the subtleties and nuances! Thank you!
OGP high precison measurring system, common tool used in industrial manufacturing. Companies replace equipment every so oftern, look on the used market for an older system.
When I tried the website on the back of the disc, it said that my iPhone has been hacked. I’ll check the spelling, but it kept going to that error page.
For anyone watching this nice video, PLEASE NEVER HOLD ANYTHING WITH YOUR HAND WHILE USING A DRILL PRESS...ANYTHING. use a clamp, unless you don't mind a broken or missing hand.
Strange coming across this video in my feed now. I have this setup and I wish more people knew about Rod’s design, I tell as many people as I can, it’s an absolute game changer for your flats, your bevels, your plunges and not to mention what you can do with handle materials. I think what the knife making community is confused by is the 1 degree bevel disc. Great information you gave on the bevel disk and long blades , but genuinely the point at which the tip passes the point where it’s no longer in contact with friction is about 3” give or take so you can do smaller blades. The other thing that makes this a ‘knife makers,’ disk sander is a VFD, being able to switch sides and sand in the same direction in relation to the side you’re working on is key. Great video 👌👍🍻🍻
wtf!, i didn't even know these things had a clutch in them been breaking taps at work left and right for 6 years now, guess that's what happens when they offer basically no training and i have to youtube how to do my job. lol, just this week i've broken 4 1/4-20 and 2 10-24.
Google sent me here in response to my "damasteel heat treat" inquiry, and I thank you for posting this. I've only worked with high carbon steels and damascus I've made, and damasteel makes my heat treat process look simple by comparison! This video has convinced me to stick with what I know for now, so thanks again for the information.
Yes 10 weight nano oil from St. Claire, is what I use in my own custom knives. While by design the lubricant is not necessary, and it does cut the spin time on the stop watch when testing exactly in half. It does provide the additional benefit of making the bearings more quiet.
Hi thank you for the very valuable video I wonder how many more people should be injured before someone will think about reducing the speed of these bloody machines I would like to buy one but I will buy a drill with variable speed instead Imho the better jobs are always done slowly
Thanks for watching. Burr King makes a very nice variable speed buffer. I want one, but it’s difficult to justify purchasing a buffer when I already own one.
@@GillianKnives hi thank you for the very kind and valuable reply I have just retired and I have free time to spend I am looking for a small place that i could transform in a diy workshop I have seen videos on restoring old metal objects and i have been impressed And of course i like knives of any kind a lot Thank you very much again for your excellent video Kind regards Gino
curious...why not make a 25 degree left and right soft jaw/jig and mill the bevels on the blade flat? This would cut out the need to sand the bevels I would think....
Sure you’ve found a way to measure by now. But I use deltonic gauge pins in tenth increments. There expensive but you probably don’t need too many just .2490 to .2500
Question...will carbidizing add material making the lockup earlier? A Ti Framelock I have has about 99% lockup, and I was wondering if carbidizing ONLY adds material and will make the lockup a bit earlier instead of taking away and making it even later. Hope you can get back to me, thanks! Great video and nice knives
It adds a layer of Tungsten Carbide. The Bebe Carbidizer that I use does not change the amount of lock up. I have never measured before and after, to see how thick the layer is. Having said that there is another carbidizer built by Rocklin, that I have read about that is powerful enough to change the lock up on knives. I forget if the forums was blade or USN, but there was a thread by Mick S. describing how the Rocklinizer would change lockup.
@@christophergillian9095 interesting. I just have a 130v dc power supply, 1amp I believe. And a drenel engraver. I'm guessing the 1amp aspect means it's not super powerful but enough to get the job done
It should work, I used a similar setup for years before purchasing the bebe. I just used my anodizing setup, dremel, and old carbide end mills. My Variac, bridge rectifier works on 3 Amps., @@PaulK390S90V
1:45 would material influence this? 86 thou screw, could you use thinner material if it’s hardened, or thicker on softer materials like titanium? This is such a great technique. Super elegant solution. Especially with the counting the revolutions to determine depth. This could in theory be used to make an angle adjust grinding jig. To the drawing board!
Hey bro . What’s happening ? I figured out sharpening finally . I had t get a magnifying glass to make sure I had an even apex before continuing and once that was done the leather wheel and steel was all it needed to cut paper decent but I noticed different steels sharpen better than others and my favorite blade steel is 14c . Don’t even care really but I can tell the 14 c is sharp and stays pretty good . Well
It is a greater challenge to make a knife with a blind detent hole, and requires more skill by the knife maker. The through hole has the advantage of being able to knock the ball back out, for multiple attempts by increasing the diameter, something I discuss in detail here: gillianknives.com/knife-making-video-detent-ball-information/ It is a one shot attempt with a blind hole. These is also a challenge of how to locate the receiving hole in the blade. These are minor things that only another knife maker will appreciate, or a collector.
