Thread: Micron rating on the Wet/Dry Sharpener wheel

Originally Posted by sCORCH

Hi All,

title says it all, really - what is the micron rating on the grinding wheel (not the honing one...) that comes with the Triton wet/dry?

Cheerio,
sCORCH

Had the same question myself sCHORCH and couldn't find an answer - best I could find was Ton Hintz's comparison of the Jet Wet Sharpener and Tormek 2006:

Both the JET Wet Sharpener and TORMEK SuperGrind grinding wheels are rated at 220-grit when treated with the coarse side of the stone graders. The fine side of the JET stone grader approximates an 800 to 1400-grit surface while the fine side of the TORMEK stone grader approximates an 1000-grit surface.

NOTE: The stone graders used with the JET Wet Sharpener and TORMEK SuperGrind alter the surface texture of the grinding wheels to approximate the grit ratings. Neither stone grader actually changes the grit of the grinding wheel.

full comparison HERE

I would therefore guess that the Scheppach and Tritons would be roughly the same as these 2, but it's really hard trying to find any hard info.

Thanks mate - nice pick-up there.

I would assume that, if anything, the grit rating would be lower on the Triton rather than higher (if it's not the exact same) - so that at least gives me something to go on.

Cheers,
sCORCH

Yea, I would have guessed the Triton was a tad lower or the same at best, but I doubt the difference would be all that great - it should still end up somewhere around 200 ish. As a wet grinder any difference between the wheel grits after using a stone grader would be negligible I would have thought.

I'm pretty sure Triton is 220 grit.

Thanks guys - much appreciated.