The World's Easiest Grinding Jig for Knife Making

Grinding jigs are used tools used by knife makers to aid in grinding the bevels on knives. By setting a specific angle on the jig and then attaching a knife blade to a jig, you can grind quickly and accurately without the high level of skill required in so-called "freehand" grinding. In this video, knife maker Walter Sorrells shows an extremely cheap and simple jig, yet also effective for use in grinding. One of the handiest tools in the knife maker's shop!

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[experienceprecision]

My dad is a knife maker and he free hands all his blades. Drives me crazy how he does it so well. Thank you I will be building this!

[michaelfoster]

I just wanted to say thank you. Thank you for all your effort all these years to bring relevant helpful information to the masses about knife making and related topics. You have been there and literally ground it out all these years and didn’t have to but wanted to. Thank you so much and I Hope you never stop. You’ve been there at the beginning of my journey and I hope your there at the end. God bless you sir.

[RedBeardOps]

Very cool sir! I made a jig tutorial a while back with a very similar design. Still use it all the time! Thanks for showing it doesn’t take bags of money to get into knifemaking! Just some desire and ingenuity.

[Woodzy-]

I made a jig exactly like this before watching this video. It was built solely on intuition and educated guesses. Thank you for breaking down the why in more intelligible terms. Keep the content coming

[daveh]

Made a lot of knives using these jigs now. I found that adding some weight to the jig makes it work better. A simple binder clip holds the workpiece on there just fine.

[jonenglish]

When tool shops are closed on holidays, the chance of breaking a drill goes up to 92%

[poolman]

Walter I can not tell you how helpful you have been

[marvinbrock]

Your willingness to share the arts of metal working is awesome.. I’ve learned quite a bit over the years from watching your videos. 🇺🇸

[gordonhood]

Awesome video, Thank You. To start a tap I chuck it in my drill press and turn the chuck by hand to start the tap at 90 degrees, then finish with then handle. TY again.

[lacanian_lifter]

Gonna make this piece today with a few small changes for someone who doesn’t have a tap for screws. Still very helpful and masterfully clear. Thanks!

[tr]

One tiny addition. The spine of a knife is often curved. Where the spine hits the support screws is very important to keep the blade at the same angle from tip to tush. I made a notch in the center of my jig along the top edge of the angle so I can locate the blade properly when I flip it over to grind the second side.

[kurtbilinski]

Thanks for pointing out the issue with having two screws. Everyone seems to build them that way yet it's over-constrained. An analogy is that it's like having a four-legged table and assuming it won't rock.

[daveh]

Just made one and it works as it should. This will really take my knives to the next level.
Thank you!!!!

[zekeabercrombie]

Just made one from scrap from the shop. No cost. Works really good.

[guitarzarfun]

I like the consistency a jig provides..plus time saving.

[ifell]

This is what everyone wanted and this is what you have given, absolutely fantastic video.

[jonputnam]

Whenever we had to tap something when I worked at the small engine shop, we would chuck the tap into a 20V Dewalt drill. Fast and easy. Used straight flute taps as well.

[althesmith]

Good idea. Some of us getting older are finding that our body parts including hands, shoulders and eyes ain't exactly aging like fine wine but turning into bad vinegar. Mechanical advantage helps.

[georgeyoung]

Outstanding video. It was very well put together and the editing was right on. I found you video to be full of great information. Your video was enformitive as it was entertaining. I also very much appreciate you showing what not to do and the consequences of disregarding your warning. I look forward to goung through your video catalog. So again thank you very much for making and posting this video. Freely giving away things you have leard over your many years is beyond words. I very much appreciate you and your work. Much respect 🙏 👏

[austinsmith]

I love how simple you make your videos I use them to teach me how to be a better teacher