wood hacker
2nd January 2011, 09:13 PM
Hi All
When my father gave me his old lathe 12 months ago he also included a bench grinder to keep the tools sharp. Its a 6" grinder which he had fitted with a BLU-MAX wheel. While this wheel is great for shaping at 54 grit it doesn't give the kind of edge that I'm after to improve the quality of my turnings off the chisel. What I do like about it is the width. So I'm looking to replace it with a 120grit aluminium oxide wheel but I'm having trouble finding one in the same 40mm width as the blu-max wheel. Can anyone out there point me in the right direction?
cheers
WH
When my father gave me his old lathe 12 months ago he also included a bench grinder to keep the tools sharp. Its a 6" grinder which he had fitted with a BLU-MAX wheel. While this wheel is great for shaping at 54 grit it doesn't give the kind of edge that I'm after to improve the quality of my turnings off the chisel. What I do like about it is the width. So I'm looking to replace it with a 120grit aluminium oxide wheel but I'm having trouble finding one in the same 40mm width as the blu-max wheel. Can anyone out there point me in the right direction?
cheers
WH