DIY File Guide With Ikea Ceramic Inserts
Last month while trying to modify an ikea ceramic blade I realized how hard this ceramic material actually is. Sand paper, files and even the belt grinder do nothing at all to this kind of hard ceramic! So, since I had another blade from the three set I bought at Ikea I decided to take advantage of this hardess to make something useful, a file guide! Very handy to square up materials, true up tang transition in hidden tang blades and also grinding accurate plunge line and bevels.
Having something that is so abrasive resistant on the face of this tool helps to keep it accurate for loner period of time compared to just steel that would inevitably be scratched by abrasive even if hardened to high degrees.
The design of this tool is inspired by Bill Behnke:
www.billbehnkeknives.com/avail...
I used scrap mild steel stock, 6mm stainless steel pins and M6 bolts. Ended up being a bit beefy, might be a bit more comfortable if it was ligher while holding it in hands but it's super solid to work on in a vise. I'll try to make another one, just way ligher to use on the grinder only.
While grinding the bevel at the end I also realized that my 2x72 does not work with this kind of thick jig, on the right side the frame does not leave enough clearance for the guide. Tha'ts why for this first experiment I ground a single bevel. Might be time for a new belt grinder build? We'll see!
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List of products and operations:
0:20 Cut ceramic blade with diamond wheel on the angle grinder (off camera I cleaned the edges very carefully with that same diamond wheel, it's the only tool I have that can cut this stuff)
1:12 Scrap mild steel plate
1:25 Cut two strips with metal cutting band saw
1:53 Clean inside face of the jig nice and flat with 2x72 belt grinder
2:30 Tack weld the edges so ensure perfect match drilling
2:45 Center punch necessary holes
2:55 So nice to have a precise drill press. Locking materials in the vise with a steel ball to keep everything nice and straight (one side of the material is not even at this point, the ball helps the holes to stay square with the good face)
4:10 Separate the two parts by grinding off tack welds
4:30 Start the tapping process on the drill press to keep the tap square to the piece
5:00 Easier to finish the tapping by hand
5:22 Cut to size two steel pins
6:10 With the two parts locked with bolts I square up all other faces
6:35 Weld pins in one side so they don't fall
7:00 Clean with solvent
7:12 Glue with superglue (epoxy would be better, I'm not sure if I want to use longer pieces of ceramic yet to cover more of the guide, superglue is easy to remove with heat)
8:15 This is how it's used to clean the tang transition
9:20 This is how it's used to get clean plunge lines
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Fantastic idea, I remember you trying to cut the ceramic knife and nothing would do, perfect for the guide! Now let's see how many people take that idea and run with it.
Thanks for posting this video. Please read my entire response. It is the first video of yours that I've watched. Most of my files are older than me and I'm 57. Some were my grandfathers. I'm very protective of these files and take meticulous care of them. I would never want anything but the plain face of a safe file to touch ceramic. After all for me using a good sharp file makes metal removal a pleasurable almost rhythmically therapeutic task. I do however have some junk files that I keep on hand for tasks I know could damage a file. So I would use one of them near ceramic or any material hard enough to damage file teeth. That being said, your video opened my eyes to an inexpensive source of ceramic material to fashion into special shaped sharpening and polishing stones for tight or odd shapes. Thanks again for posting.
Yet another "Why didn't I think of that?!" I guess that's about the 90,000th time I've asked myself that question in my life... Bloody brilliant, dude! 👍
I just wanted to say that I really like to watch your videos and your work from my perspective is just amazing. The things you do with your skill as I said from my point of view is just amazing. I have never done the things you do and just find it great.
Это называется по простому "слесарные паралельки" или более правильно "опиловочная рамка"!!! Как правило она имеет закалку около 70 единиц твердости! Хорошая работа!!! It called on the simple "locksmith paralelki" or more correctly "opilovochnaya frame" !!! Usually it has hardened, about 70 units of hardness! Good job!!!
Max Pla let me speak from my heart! In English!
@@mgcrp Ну уж извиняйте ))) как могу!!! До Мутко мне далеко!!! (надеюсь) )))
parallels или machinist parallels в переводе
@@voldmar Спасибо!!!
I made a similar fixture using tungsten carbide inserts (luckily I've had some pieces, from I don't know where, hanging around for years). In the U.S., Harbor Freight sells inexpensive ceramic knives which should work. You can also use ceramic tile pieces (they also work as platen backing to keep it from getting worn unevenly).
Nice. Love that you kept the logo!
Thanks so much for this video. Great idea with the ceramic facings 👍
Thank you for sharing, good job and Idea. In my case I am fortunate to have access to temper glass, and that is what I used, and yes I see some wear on the files, however, in life always something has to give. Have a good day.
That's going to be a game changer for your maintenance brother
Very Cool tool you made Sir !!!!!!!!!!!
I think I might have to try and make this. Thanks for sharing a great idea. FYI, Ikea now has the ceramic blades in black.
Very nice. Alec Steele & Will Stelter would be proud.
Nice work, clever idea 👍
Nice tool, great design. Thanks for sharing Cheers
Great as usual, mate!
Great idea using the ceramic knife
Very nice even though I haven't had any proper tools to make anything with steel or metal yet but I love making simple projects with fine Oak Plywood like wooden swords or weapons that I get the materials I need from The Home Depot and make them which is really fun and I love art so much which is my passion 😁💕
Nicely done 👍👍👍Thanks for sharing
Really cool! Thank you for sharing this.
Very thoughtfully conceived and executed. I wonder if the ceramic knife blade would be easier to cut if you score it with a glass cutter first?
Enjoyed your video and gave it a Thumbs Up
I know u spent dome time repainting your drill press but, did you inspect the individual bearings for roundness? The sound of your drill press, when sped up, clearing indicates a surface that us out of round, possibly a flat spot. You cant go wrong completely inspecting your bearings during a repainting.
Very neat sir!
Is there a video that shows the upgraded bandsaw table? Looks different and looks way awesome!
Very nice idea with the ceramic knife from ikea. I would be interested to know how you smoothed the edges of the ceramic?
That's a sick idea
Neat idea and ikea hacks, but I'm not so sure of the durability of the superglue. Maybe you could make sockets to embed the pieces of ceramics ?
Yea, curious how much that heats up. The CA glue won’t hold under heat. Maybe a two-part epoxy would do better, not sure. Also, I don’t want the be in the room when that little piece of ceramic comes off and gets whipped by the belt!
Hi, did you ever try to use a glas cutter instead of the angel grinder to cut this ceramic blades?
It would work much the same. (as glass)
Nice video bro keep it up
this was a smart and cheap idea and i don't understand why some viewers put thumbs down, they had or have a better idea? well for me is thumbs up, for shure, i don't comment a loot but this is a nice project :)
...great job of repurposing, good idea and job..
You clever ingenious man😎
Single bevel knives are my weak point :) Thanks for the pleasure ^^
now that it's been over a year, how is this tool holding up?
Thanks for an interesting idea, I might have to give that a try it's a rainy day anyways
One more beautiful and useful project! But I need to be honest, "destroy" the ceramic knife hurts my heart 😂 Tks for sharing!
Dig the freehand straight line that actually turned out straight!
Молодец! Спасибо за идею.
Can you give us an update on how it's holding up??
You are a GENIUS! Thank you for the great vid! Sub'd!!
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I watched this without sound. Did you consider using UHMWPE instead of ceramic? The ceramic is tough, but maybe it would cause too much wear on your tools? You'd have to affix the UHMWPE mechanically, but that would allow you to replace when it eventually wore out (and it's not expensive).
Saludos desde argentina , soy sub hace 1 año me encantan tus videos
Somos dos jaa, un genio el tano
ya somos tres
tres argentinos se columpiaban sobre la tela de una araña.......
Jaja
I relly love you videos🤙🤙🤙🤙
sooo clever🍀👍
Cosa dire???? Ennesimo bel progettino molto ben realizzato. Ti faccio i miei piu' sinceri complimenti per il tuo canale....alla prossima-
Полезное приспособление! Спасибо, что поделились!
Fantastic idea! Thanks for showing!
Fantastic 😁
Aaah, capito! Forte!!😁
Good thought
What was the purpose of the last two tack welds that you just sanded off. The last thing you used your welder for. Cool project. I’ve already bought one last year though.
E.T. Preppin to hold the alignment pins in
WHY? That's a lot of trouble...I get the same thing from using two 45lb. triangle welding magnets?
Neat idea, I'd never thought to use knives as a source of ceramic.
Nice u hold on to the Ikea emblem😇
that's a killer idea
I’m curious whether using ceramic makes the file guides too hard? Ultimately one will wear down the other. Perhaps because in normal use you only contact the guides when you have finished filing to size it won’t wear your files faster than normal?
Jonathan It will wear the files a bit. Not so much from the hardness but from the grit. If they were hard but smooth as glass the file would skate. The large surface area will reduce pressure on any one part of the file and thus, wear Nice thing about knife making is worn files make good knives.
Saludos desde México
Nice!
Hiya BB, I'm confused what exactly does the ceramic knife blade do here?
The ikea blade was very hard that can't grind it and can't drill a hole to it
The ceramic is extremely resilient to sandpaper and files, that lets him work on the blade using a guide
So you made a "file-and-grindingbelt-desharpening" tool?
I didnt know you can flat grind with a belt sander how flat was the piece atter sanding
"I don't get it, what's the point?" 8:05 - "Ohhh."
He is truing up the shoulders on the tang so to get a clean fit up when he installs the handle
I'm sorry but I didn't understand what do seramic layer do? I mean if there was no ceramic in this insert, what would it be?
@Oscar Lewis now I get it bro thank you
Well, He finally found the way to cut that ceramic
What teeth per inch is the bandsaw blade
Would this not destroy the cutting properties of the abrasive or file being used?
Damage to abrasive tape from contacting ceramics. Also damage to a file from brushing against a ceramic. During usage superglue will melt and ceramics will fall off. + for metal work on the hand-held grip.
Nice
Ceramic can be used to sharpen knives so i would imagine it would dull a metal file running against it. Cool ass idea though!
muito bom
Die Idee mit dem Keramikmesser ist ja nicht schlecht... Aber deine Feilen und Schleifbänder nutzen sich schneller ab ansonsten die Führungsbolzen sehr gute idee. Hält des mit Sekundekleber? O_o
Не ожиданное применение ножика)
Would be nicer without that IKEA Trademark. Otherwise very good idea! 👍
a tile wet-saw might have been able to cut it easier and with less chance of breakage
A cosa servono gli inserti in ceramica?
brillante :)
Qual a função disso, não entendi.
Good Thinking! Sure is gonna be ruff on files. LOL!!! KnifeMaker
That was it? A complicated way to wreck the edges of your expensive belt?
Молодец!
I challenge you to make a battle axe from only IKEA products.
10 mins I'll never get back
Scusa, ma.... A che serve?
Y para que la cerámica ????
thats not an insert....thats a glue on....
its an outsert then...
hand vise???
YDo you have it on backwards and you’re using it wrong
VERY NICE. Some glass hard tool steel would have done the same - as long as you use files only, of course :)
Wouldn’t those ceramic things destroy a file?
The file just slides over it because of low surface roughness. Yess in the long run the teeth on the file will wear out, but not like i once destroyed a bastard file on the sharp corner of a soft steel block.
Cool and lol
I thought he was going to use the ceramic as an angle guide to sharpen the knife.
And the ceramic is for what?
For protection of the metal
To keep the file guide surface flat so your file and sanding is straight. The soft metal would be ground off by the file or sander after a very short time.
This video hurts my Swedish soul
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Great if you have all the tools needed. There’s got to be an easier way with out all the tools you used.
Uruguayo like
Загубить хороший нож и наждачную ленту чтобы сделать другой нож сомнительного качества.
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Two pieces of glass will do the thing