Some of you will know that being the cheapskate I am, I weld up my own bandsaw blades with TIG. The resulting weld needs to be ground down to fit through the guides and I've been doing that with an angle grinder ever since I started doing this. The results are not always as good as I would like though - grind off teeth un-necessaily or grinding into the blade and thinning it.
I had a thought the other day that a jig using a small angle or bench grinder may be the way to go. However, I can't decide which is the best way to orient the wheel.
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Both of these options would do the job and I have a supply of small wheels that would be suitable.
The blade will be clamped to a table so really it is just a matter of skimming the surface with the wheel so that the 'excess' weld is removed (flip over and repeat...)

Can anyone think of a reason why one orientation may be better than the other?

Michael
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