I have previously made a knife and ground the bevels by hand using a file jig which took far too long! So I decided to buy a 4x36" sander, I have seen a few people use these for knife making and I figure that it'll be useful for woodwork as well. I did look at 2x72" grinders but making one didn't appeal to me currently and buying one didn't appeal to my budget.

This is the 4x36" Belt and Disc sander from Allwin, but it appears to be almost identical to the Porter Cable. I bought this as it has a bit more power than some of the other cheaper sanders.

I do need to make a pretty simple modification to the belt grinder; to make it suitable for grinding knife bevels I need to add a platen which is the same width as the belt so I can get in to plunge lines and just makes it easier for bevel grinding in general. I'm working on making a knife currently and so far it's working out well.

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