Where are you located? I could try a steel yard, a local machine shop, Or the scrap yard

Is it a specialized task that requires such a large tool rest? The one on my main grinder is 3" and I grind everything from little capers to 37"+ swords on it. My Hardcore grinder has a tool rest that is 4" wide and I rarely use it because it is too big and thus always in the way of the operations I want to do with it. But the real problem is its depth, it is around 4" deep as well and thus it is good for profiling odd pieces but just way too awkward for grinding bevels.

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Where are you located? I could try a steel yard, a local machine shop, Or the scrap yard

I'm in Berkeley, CA. I can find a couple of places that seem to recycle steel near me, would they also sell it?

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Is it a specialized task that requires such a large tool rest? The one on my main grinder is 3" and I grind everything from little capers to 37"+ swords on it. My Hardcore grinder has a tool rest that is 4" wide and I rarely use it because it is to big and thus always in the way of the operations I want to do with it. But the real problem is its depth, it is around 4" deep as well and thus it is good for profiling odd pieces but just way too awkward for grinding bevels.

I'm planning to start on a couple of kitchen knives and want to use a jig to grind them, so I need to have at least 4 inches sticking out on both sides of the belt. I'm not so worried about the depth of it, a couple of inches would be fine. Just curious, what do you use a 3" toolrest for on a 37" sword? Just rest your hands on it and just shift the part that you are working on?