We think Carbon Fiber is AWESOME!

Dec 7, 2023 | Carbon Fiber, Materials

Material: Carbon Fiber is awesome! Let’s talk about carbon fiber! I am super thrilled with how this one turned out. We’ve been making carbon fiber inlay Norseman for 10 years 12 years so it’s nothing new for us, but what is new is the processes...

Replacing the spindle wiring on the Willemin 408MT

Dec 7, 2023 | Willemin

How we replaced the spindle wiring on the Willemin 408MT This is our Willemin 408 MT. It’s a 2004 model and I bought it almost a year ago, and then it came a few months after that.We were all excited and we ordered the bar feeder as well. To get it all put...

Operating A Swiss Lathe at Grimsmo Knives

Dec 7, 2023 | Swiss Lathe

John explains how we operate our Swiss Lathe My name is John Grimsmo and I have a problem. I love lathes! I love lathes so much I bought the Swiss lathe several more. Today we are going to focus on the Tornos Swiss Lathe. I want to give a quick overview of how it...

Getting To Know The Okamoto ACC SA1 Surface Grinder

Nov 27, 2023 | Okamoto, Processes

John explains the Okamoto ACC SA1 Surface Grinder John Grimsmo talks about the Okamoto surface grinders. We have had this surface grinder in the shop now for a couple weeks and in this video we are going to deep dive into it. What we’ve learned in the past few...

How to Install and Set Up the Nakamura Tome CNC Lathe

Nov 27, 2023 | Nakamura, Processes

John Grimsmo discusses how to install and set up the Nakamura Tome CNC Lathe Our new Nakamura Tome CNC machine came yesterday. I want to see this thing get plugged in, it is wired up, it just needs to be kind of levelled and him go through all this stuff make sure it...