sharpening a machette or axe?

[j-top paj]

just wondering how to sharpen a machette? just on the grinder? or should i do it like a knife on a stone?
i dont want to hit it with the grinder and stuff it so if there is another way id prefer to do it properly.

[pongo]

STONE for machete , or if ya wann abe rough use a file

grinder for axe then file then stone

depends on who/what ya wanna cut up, also a machette is illegal these days

cheers

[j-top paj]

also a machette is illegal these days

it is? i just wana use it out on the overgrown tracks n stuff.
im going to get a small chainsaw for the bigger stuff later

[j-top paj]

a file would work? like a fine one?
or what about a orbital sander? do you think that would do the trick?

[familybus]

also a machette is illegal these days

it is? i just wana use it out on the overgrown tracks n stuff.
im going to get a small chainsaw for the bigger stuff later

just walk through the bush swinging a chainsaw thats not running!

[j-top paj]

also a machette is illegal these days

it is? i just wana use it out on the overgrown tracks n stuff.
im going to get a small chainsaw for the bigger stuff later

just walk through the bush swinging a chainsaw thats not running!

i could just imagine if someone saw me

[RockyF75]

I've done mine with a bench belt grinder(?), belt sander maybe? dunno the 'technical name for it, but has a belt on on side, for fine stuff, and a big grinding block on the other side, spins fast, makes lotsa noise, and looks great in any shed

[j-top paj]

i was thinking that, but i dont have a workshop anymore

[toaddog]

STONE for machete , or if ya wann abe rough use a file

grinder for axe then file then stone

depends on who/what ya wanna cut up, also a machette is illegal these days

cheers

No its not

[RockyF75]

i was thinking that, but i dont have a workshop anymore

well, to be honest, i never had one.....

it was in my nanna's garden shed

but sshhh don't tell anyone

[pongo]

STONE for machete , or if ya wann abe rough use a file

grinder for axe then file then stone

depends on who/what ya wanna cut up, also a machette is illegal these days

cheers

No its not

ah well, buy one and show a copper next time you get pulled for RBT

[RockyF75]

hey, hang on a sec, how do you get 4x4 Tech, from, I want to sharpen my rather over-sized hacking knife?

[j-top paj]

i didnt think it was a gen shit chat topic so tech was the closest it could think off.
if we can talk about fridges in here then i thought weapons would be ok too

[pongo]

hey, hang on a sec, how do you get 4x4 Tech, from, I want to sharpen my rather over-sized hacking knife?

he plans on going wheeling with toyotas and id say will need it to cut away the shrub when they roll off the side of the track after they break something at the wrong time

[j-top paj]

STONE for machete , or if ya wann abe rough use a file

grinder for axe then file then stone

depends on who/what ya wanna cut up, also a machette is illegal these days

cheers

No its not

ah well, buy one and show a copper next time you get pulled for RBT

i had it under the seat on the way home this arvo, i thought wtf will i do if i get pulled over

[j-top paj]

i was thinking that, but i dont have a workshop anymore

well, to be honest, i never had one.....

it was in my nanna's garden shed

but sshhh don't tell anyone

its ok, i just have a angle grinder that i stick into the vice thats not attached to the bench yet

[RockyF75]

hey, hang on a sec, how do you get 4x4 Tech, from, I want to sharpen my rather over-sized hacking knife?

he plans on going wheeling with toyotas and id say will need it to cut away the shrub when they roll off the side of the track after they break something at the wrong time

I thought it might have been to chase greenies away with..... or jeep drivers

[j-top paj]

.... or jeep drivers

thats what the fire extinguisher is for

[Dozoor]

chase the jeep drivers you'll never catch us

Buy a good stone they last forever ,

clean the niks up with a grinder or file , sharpen with the stone ,

[j-top paj]

il probably give it a go tomorrow, thanks

[toaddog]

STONE for machete , or if ya wann abe rough use a file

grinder for axe then file then stone

depends on who/what ya wanna cut up, also a machette is illegal these days

cheers

No its not

ah well, buy one and show a copper next time you get pulled for RBT

i had it under the seat on the way home this arvo, i thought wtf will i do if i get pulled over

You would do absolutely nothing because you were not committing any offence.

Hansard quote "in New South Wales it is illegal to carry a knife in a public place or school without a lawful reason. "
Having it in your posession (knowledge and control) nside your vehicle is not being in possession in a public place.

If your silly enough to pull it out on the coppers you will probably get a darwin award....

[RockyF75]

STONE for machete , or if ya wann abe rough use a file

grinder for axe then file then stone

depends on who/what ya wanna cut up, also a machette is illegal these days

cheers

No its not

ah well, buy one and show a copper next time you get pulled for RBT

i had it under the seat on the way home this arvo, i thought wtf will i do if i get pulled over

You would do absolutely nothing because you were not committing any offence.

Hansard quote "in New South Wales it is illegal to carry a knife in a public place or school without a lawful reason. "
Having it in your posession (knowledge and control) nside your vehicle is not being in possession in a public place.

If your silly enough to pull it out on the coppers you will probably get a darwin award....

I'm pretty sure you will find that your car on a public road is classified as being in a public place.
When I had a cop come and dust my car for prints (cause some @*&#^@stolemy CDplayer) she saw my small, folding pocket knife on themound between the drivers and passengers seat, it always rides there cause I used to use it for work, but anyway, she said "don't let a traffic officer see that when they pull you up"

EDIT: But of course, under your seat, out of view, its still illegal, technically, but if they have no reason to search your car you have no reason to worry.

[Guy]

I have a couple of "bush knives" (they have a king of hooked blade, so as your swinging it against light brush it catches in the hook bit, great for clearing small stands of blackberries and gause bush) As well as my rough blockspitting axe's.
I use a fine flap disk on the angle grinder, with the disk always rotating away from the sharp edge, and keep it moving so as to not heat up the metal (if it is to warm to touch afterward you are taking to long the bush kvives tkae less than 10 seconds per pass)


You want to keep the sharp bit more like a cold chisel, using quite a sharp taper toward the cutting edge as you are using it more to hack than cut stuff. The edge will be far more durable and less likely to wind up cracking from a stress fracture due to a small dent in the blade area. .. My other one is made from an old bi-metal powered hacksaw blade its about 3mm thick and the cutting area is tungsten carbide ... it never needs sharpening ... even after hacking a chain off an illegally locked gate on my cousins farm..

[toaddog]

No its not

ah well, buy one and show a copper next time you get pulled for RBT

i had it under the seat on the way home this arvo, i thought wtf will i do if i get pulled over

You would do absolutely nothing because you were not committing any offence.

Hansard quote "in New South Wales it is illegal to carry a knife in a public place or school without a lawful reason. "
Having it in your posession (knowledge and control) nside your vehicle is not being in possession in a public place.

If your silly enough to pull it out on the coppers you will probably get a darwin award....

I'm pretty sure you will find that your car on a public road is classified as being in a public place.
When I had a cop come and dust my car for prints (cause some @*&#^@stolemy CDplayer) she saw my small, folding pocket knife on themound between the drivers and passengers seat, it always rides there cause I used to use it for work, but anyway, she said "don't let a traffic officer see that when they pull you up"

EDIT: But of course, under your seat, out of view, its still illegal, technically, but if they have no reason to search your car you have no reason to worry.

No your vehicle is not a public place.
"public place" means:

(a) a place (whether or not covered by water), or

(b) a part of premises,

that is open to the public, or is used by the public whether or not on payment of money or other consideration, whether or not the place or part is ordinarily so open or used and whether or not the public to whom it is open consists only of a limited class of persons, but does not include a school. "

[j-top paj]

You want to keep the sharp bit more like a cold chisel, using quite a sharp taper toward the cutting edge as you are using it more to hack than cut stuff

thats the plan

[cloughy]

No its not

ah well, buy one and show a copper next time you get pulled for RBT

i had it under the seat on the way home this arvo, i thought wtf will i do if i get pulled over

You would do absolutely nothing because you were not committing any offence.

Hansard quote "in New South Wales it is illegal to carry a knife in a public place or school without a lawful reason. "
Having it in your posession (knowledge and control) nside your vehicle is not being in possession in a public place.

If your silly enough to pull it out on the coppers you will probably get a darwin award....

I'm pretty sure you will find that your car on a public road is classified as being in a public place.
When I had a cop come and dust my car for prints (cause some @*&#^@stolemy CDplayer) she saw my small, folding pocket knife on themound between the drivers and passengers seat, it always rides there cause I used to use it for work, but anyway, she said "don't let a traffic officer see that when they pull you up"

EDIT: But of course, under your seat, out of view, its still illegal, technically, but if they have no reason to search your car you have no reason to worry.

Yea and you were going to start your car with a snatch strap

Yet it is illegal to carry a weapon inside your vehicle, You can a machete in your vehicle so long as its in the boot/tray or locked away, even carrying a steering wheel lock in 2 pieces is a weopon

[Tiny]

Yet it is illegal to carry a weapon inside your vehicle, You can a machete in your vehicle so long as its in the boot/tray or locked away, even carrying a steering wheel lock in 2 pieces is a weopon

so the trailing arm (great weapon ) is classed as a weapon even though it is a car part

[cloughy]

Yet it is illegal to carry a weapon inside your vehicle, You can a machete in your vehicle so long as its in the boot/tray or locked away, even carrying a steering wheel lock in 2 pieces is a weopon

so the trailing arm (great weapon ) is classed as a weapon even though it is a car part

Basically yes, gotta piss the copper of first but

[familybus]

ah well, buy one and show a copper next time you get pulled for RBT

i had it under the seat on the way home this arvo, i thought wtf will i do if i get pulled over

You would do absolutely nothing because you were not committing any offence.

Hansard quote "in New South Wales it is illegal to carry a knife in a public place or school without a lawful reason. "
Having it in your posession (knowledge and control) nside your vehicle is not being in possession in a public place.

If your silly enough to pull it out on the coppers you will probably get a darwin award....

I'm pretty sure you will find that your car on a public road is classified as being in a public place.
When I had a cop come and dust my car for prints (cause some @*&#^@stolemy CDplayer) she saw my small, folding pocket knife on themound between the drivers and passengers seat, it always rides there cause I used to use it for work, but anyway, she said "don't let a traffic officer see that when they pull you up"

EDIT: But of course, under your seat, out of view, its still illegal, technically, but if they have no reason to search your car you have no reason to worry.

Yea and you were going to start your car with a snatch strap

Yet it is illegal to carry a weapon inside your vehicle, You can a machete in your vehicle so long as its in the boot/tray or locked away, even carrying a steering wheel lock in 2 pieces is a weopon

hey J-top just use one of those electric knife sharpeners that plug into the wall!

[j-top paj]

have you got one i could borrow?