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16th February 2010, 09:42 AM #1
Diamond Grinding Wheel
I got my WoodRiver diamond grinding wheel yesterday and took it for a quick spin or 6. My first impressions are very favourable. The wheel is an 8" aluminium disc with a 6mm layer of diamond encrusted resin on the grinding surface. I hooked it up to the bench grinder and it ran nice and true, no need for contemplating how to dress it at this stage.
Started grinding skew chisel. Wow. Very impressive finish and very sharp. Did another skew and then a scraper. Same finish. Onto the bowl gouge. I sharpen freehand so I found it difficult because there are no sparks to guide me. Perhaps I will need to use my grinding jig. But one of the most impressive things is that I found it almost impossible to burn the steel. Yes, hard to believe but it is true. I had to press very hard onto the wheel with the tool to get it to burn. I sharpened 6 tools, including 2 bowl gouges and surface of wheel is still flat and true. Early days but I am very pleased with the results so far. I will report back in a week or so. Cost of this wheel is in AUD at todays rate $168. Worth it? Not sure but that is a lot cheaper than a Tormek and perhaps it will outlast the Al. Oxide wheels by a factor of 4. I wont know the answer to that question for some time yet. The grit is 120 so the finish is very, very nice.
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16th February 2010, 10:17 AM #2
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16th February 2010, 12:27 PM #3
Good review Brendan ...tnx.
Cheers,
Ed
Do something that is stupid and fun today, then run like hell !!!
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16th February 2010, 12:42 PM #4
Sounds interesting, got any close-up pics of said wheel and the grind on the tools?
Cheers
DJ
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16th February 2010, 03:14 PM #5
Sounds interesting. Did that ~$168 include freight? Very interested to hear how it holds up.
Cheers,
Dave
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16th February 2010, 04:51 PM #6
Diamond Wheel.
Hi Brendan,
Would the old trick of Textraing the Gouge Bevel, show you what you have done, Brendan.
Regards,
issatree.
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16th February 2010, 08:09 PM #7
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16th February 2010, 11:00 PM #8
Do they give a recommended speed for the wheel Brendan????
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17th February 2010, 08:56 AM #9
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17th February 2010, 09:04 AM #10
Here are two pics: one of the wheel and one (not particularly good) of a skew chisel I sharpened with it.
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17th February 2010, 09:17 AM #11
Interesting.
Cliff.
If you find a post of mine that is missing a pic that you'd like to see, let me know & I'll see if I can find a copy.
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17th February 2010, 10:09 AM #12
Hope you will do a long term report in a few months.
Richard in Wimberley
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17th February 2010, 11:03 AM #13
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17th February 2010, 11:58 AM #14
Did they provide a cleaning stone with it? Diamond clogs in my experience
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17th February 2010, 12:03 PM #15
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