Recent content by will man

OK, made a new wheel from solid aluminium and it works fine. So it's not the replacement bearings. After a closer look, I think that when the original bearings failed it caused enough of a difference in the ID of the bore to create some sort of side loading which caused the overheating and spun...

Hi Les, It does spin free without load and as far as I can tell, there is no way to over tighten the bearings. It appears that it's the press fit of the bearings to the shaft that holds the wheel on. I'll get some pics of what's left tomorrow morning...providing I don't run it thru the...

Hello All, I have a JL grinder that decided to shed the lower (1.5 ") contact wheel. It spun off the axle assembly, out the shop door and ended up in the middle of the back yard! It looked like one of the bearing had failed so I pressed in two R6 bearing and put it back together and...

Prayers sent for your Mother and family.

After beadblasting I re-gritted 4 wheels yesterday, let them dry overnight per instructions at stanfordoutdoors and it worked perfectly! The wheel raised a burr quickly and after honing I have a hair popping edge again. Bryan

Success! The bead blaster took it off to bare paper in about 3 minutes! I was using black beauty, not sure what grit, at about 90psi. I'll go get a new bottle of wood glue and see how they re-grit. Bryan

For some reason I've not had much luck with sandpaper. I wait until the wheels stop cutting well on knives and try to grind off the remaining carbide, which appears kind of smooth. But it still acts like carbide and makes it a real bear to get through it. I'm wondering if my bead blaster would...

The real issue I have re-gritting the wheels is getting the old grit off to bare paper. I've tried old files and industrial type sandpaper for floors, they work but it's a pain. If someone has an idea to remove the grit easier, re-gritting would be the way to go. You can buy it by the pound in...

John, I have the same issue with the number of knives when using only the paper wheels. It could be that I sharpen primarily hunting knives but I've tried more grease, less grease and different grease with no noticable difference. Currently, my preference is to use the Tormek (I have...

Mike was correct about this being a frustrating hit or miss operation! I got the stencil to work after a good scrubbing but still not getting the etch I would like. Good thing I bought extra stencil material... I'm going to need it! Thanks for all the help Guys! Bryan

I didn't realize the white area was pourous, I was trying to remove it completely! This make more sense now. Thanks!

Because of the potential danger referenced above I've removed my comments. Another member suggested that I further explain why I edited my pervious post about re-gritting the paper wheels with split belts. I was PM'd by another member that uses this technique and warned that it was dangerous...

Here's the link where I get mine. [URL="http://stanfordoutdoors.homestead.com/"/URL] He also has some videos clips

Hi Wayne, I've been using the paper wheels for a few years now. In just a few minutes you can put a polished, razor edge on just about any knife. When using the grit wheel care must taken not to overheat the edge. I guess my only complaint is that I don't get "Hundreds of knives" sharpened...

I see the white stuff, I thought is was some type of plastic because I couldn't etch thru it and it had to be completely removed. I didn't think it might be fiberious which would allow the electrolyte to do it's job. I'll give it a try tomorrow. Thanks!