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    Quote Originally Posted by oldiephred View Post
    I know people who make many of their tools from such things as torsion bars, flat springs and such. This seems to take a lot of patience because if the edge is overheated during grinding, it is too soft. Overheating might be the cause of problems with "high quality" (or high priced) commercial tools. One chap I know has geared up a small nozzle to blow compressed air on the tool while grinding as well as frequently quenching it. Maybe the attention to cooling should be stressed more than the actual profile.
    Just rambling here.
    I've got a collection of all the types herein mentioned and my selection has got to be....................

    The Blue wheel on the grinder - cuts much cooler and as a result the edge lasts much longer. FWIW
    Perhaps it is better to be irresponsible and right, than to be responsible and wrong.
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    Second that

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    What a time shift!!!

    10 years later nobody is talking about blue grinding wheels anymore and P&N have stopped making their turning tools.

    As for Jake Darvall, haven't seen him on any of the forums in a very long time... seems like he got banned some time back in 2015.
    Stay sharp and stay safe!

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    If the blue wheels had got the marketing to match the performance there'd be a whole lot more around. They're hard to find but among conventional wheels the #38 beats everything else for bulk removal. The #60 doesn't match its slow rate of clogging but is still good.
    Cheers, Ern

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    I got a round nose scraper from them the other day. Haven't used it yet but it looks nice!

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