hi everyone I guess it's popular to show the work area or workshop that you make
your knives with so in this video I'm gonna cover two topics my work area and
where I edit my videos my office so I cannot call it a workshop because I
don't have a workshop it's a basically a little work area in my back yard in my
patio with a plastic roof over myself and that's it it's not a workshop I
wanted to make this video a long time ago but the reason I did not make it is
because I rent an apartment and the fence that's in my back yard it was
falling apart so they were gonna replace it and I didn't want to have people ask
me questions oh did you move did you upgrade to a new workplace or workshop
so now that the fence is fixed I want to show you what my workshop or the work
area looks like but before I do that I'd like to start from the very beginning I
get a lot of comments people saying that if they had the tools that I have they
would make the same knives or better you gotta remember this it took me four
years to get all these tools so just by seeing what I have it doesn't mean I had
it from the very beginning use whatever tools you have laying around to start
making knives don't wait until you have all the tools I have to start making
knives in the beginning of my knife making hobby I didn't have all the tools
I have right now I used hacksaw and tin snips to cut a Kydex sheath to shape I
started out with a vise a couple of files angle grinder a battery operated
drill as you can see in a video 70% of the work is done on a vise when making a
second knife I saved up money and purchased the drill press and a
Milwaukee bandsaw later on I had Mr. Barnhart make a table for the bandsaw I
bought a 2x42 belt grinder when I was making my eighth knife look
at how shiny and new it is I remember how nice it was watching steel
disappear under the spinning belt no more files no more filing jig I thought
but it takes time to get good at grinding bevels so I went back to the
filing jig to fine-tune my knives I altered my belt grinder and cut out a
bunch of parts away from it to make it suitable for my workflow
I bought a forge when I was making my ninth knife it made a difference in the
heat treating process no more map torches to heat up the steel this is my
old workspace once again I'm working using a file in a vise plastic roof to
protect me from the rain and when the rain stops I would remove the roof so I
could stand up straight when it's cold I use a heater but when it's hot there's
nothing I could do about it our temperatures go up as high as 108
degrees Fahrenheit in summer now that you have seen my old workspace here's
the new workspace that I've made I had my fence replaced therefore I had to
take everything apart and wait until they finish installing the fence after
was it complete I applied stain and began making my workbench I used 2x3
and 2x4 to build a workbench now keep in mind I'm not a
carpenter and never built a workbench in my life all of you folks are carpenters
please don't judge me too harshly I bought a 3/4 inch plywood from Lowe's
and cut it up to fit the shape I need it for my workbench oh yeah I bet knife
makers can't do that with their 2x72 grinders I used the bolt as a height
adjustment on the bottom of the leg a 2x3 frame was used to structurally
secure my workbench I secured my workbench with screws they have a
coating used to protect against rust and corrosion
finally this was the last time I had to drag my drill press out of the shed I
made a slot in the table for the neck to fit in a table on the bottom as a base
support from now on it'll be very comfortable for me to sit and drill
I installed a total of three LED lights to light up all my workstations
next I installed the pegboard for two reasons
first one is to organize my tools on the wall and second to cover all the
crevices in the fence and here's a final somewhat finished work area
my Bessey vise my extra-large workbench that served me previously in all of my
knife making videos here's an overview of the tools wall mount Milwaukee
bandsaw with pedal switch fan to cool me down in the heat air compressor hose
right below the compressor Dewalt vacuum drill press with miscellaneous things
below it and a fire extinguisher
a wall cabinet that will be filled up once I take all the tools from the shed
I don't know if I'll be using a belt grinder here where it's at because I
don't want to put metal dust all over my workbench and here's a view of some of
the clamps I carry after finished in my workbench I had to check make sure
everything feels comfortable at each station once I started
organizing everything you know at each workstation the idea came to my mind why
not just start making knives and then while I'm working I'll see exactly where
to place each tool so I stopped organizing and I stopped bringing out
all my tools now that you have seen my work area where I make knives I would
like to show you the other part where I edit videos edit pictures where I store
other all materials used for knife making this was my old setup I was
slowly running out of room I stored knife blanks on a furniture
I had Kydex by the side of the table see knife steel and unfinished Jagdkommando
knife in the left corner after I would finish the knife I would place it on top
of the printer so nobody would mess with it and that was my storage area for the
knives finally had enough and I wanted a bigger table where I could sketch my
knives and just for more storage space my old computer desk went outside and
became a workbench I watched a couple of videos on YouTube where people showed
their gaming setups and there was one in particular that I liked I went to the
IKEA and bought two white cabinets and two tabletops I left one piece six feet long
and the other one I cut to four and a half feet long
during Christmas time I bought a lg 38 inch curved monitor from B&H photo
located in New York now keep in mind with this big monitor all it does is
make it easier for me to edit videos because the size of the screen now I can
have multiple programs running at once and here's a before-and-after
so at the top of the shelf I keep all the finished knives I don't have to use
a printer no more this is a view of below the desk it's still not enough
room but it's better than what it was so at the top shelf I keep all my external
hard drives camera a couple of tools here
clamps
at the third drawer I keep all my knife material handles rivets decorative pins
clips and the bottom one is just miscellaneous knife sharpening wheel
glue tape height gauge
right across is all where I keep all my pens
I use Sony camcorder to record all the videos I also Sony nex-7 to take
pictures I also don't forget to use your smartphone's they come in handy I store
everything on an external hard drive it's a four terabyte I used two tripods
to record my videos. When I want to edit the videos and I want to be quiet I use the
headphones I use Adobe Premiere to edit the videos and Adobe Lightroom to edit
the pictures everything is edited on Asus laptop and 38 inch LG monitor
thanks for watching I hope you found this video interesting I tried my best
to include all the details about two of my work work areas the shop or the it's
not a shop it's a work area and the where I edit my pictures and videos for
you guys to watch on YouTube and I'd like to remind you that just by having
all the tools I have all the editing computer and monitor and you know it's
not gonna make you any better you have to go out and do it on yourself you got
to go practice I mean just for example that 38 inch wide angle screen did it
make me a better editing person no I still added the same way as I used to
all I did was make it easier on my eyes make it easier for having multiple
programs open on the same screen so I have reference when I edit my videos oh
that's all it does if you think you're magically gonna become an expert by
buying all the fancy tools then that that's not true you still got to go out
and practice practice practice if you have any questions everything I talked
about will be below the video so check it out I know I will not get a lot of
views on these videos but I make these videos for you guys the ones that truly
follow my channel so you could have a better understanding what the workflow
is you know how how everything is done and where it's done also I make these
videos kind of for myself to document how I started and who knows where I'll
end up also I think it will be interesting for my grandkids to watch
these videos when I'm long gone I think that is it for me
and I will see what a different video next time take care guys