Belt recommendations for thin kitchen knives

Nsewell, JT - Thanks. I was doing the basic ceramic 36-120-220-400 then hand and just so happens I need to order my 120-400 so I may try a couple of the gators. Again, thanks.
 
I have been looking and I do t know if thy make the 363fc in our size. I was about to send them an email about it. But yeah try them out you will love them. Where thy lack is doing things like spines as you have to be gentle but I usaly have 2 belts do one is for spines and the second is for bevels and flats. And thy are not expensive and thy easily outlast a bakers dozen of the cheap AO
 
What surface speed are you running gators? What pressure?

They seem to be the most useless belt in my shop. Anything I would do with them I do 3x faster with a regular AO belt. They last forever, but I don't want to stand in front of the grinder forever.

I must be using them wrong. I think I could hand sand something from 60 grit to 220 faster than I could get there with gator belts.
 
Around 1825 sfpsm, (my grinders only speed for the time being) light pressure. They don't cut as fast as ao or ceramic but they work great for me.
 
kuraki said:
What surface speed are you running gators? What pressure?

They seem to be the most useless belt in my shop. Anything I would do with them I do 3x faster with a regular AO belt. They last forever, but I don't want to stand in front of the grinder forever.

I must be using them wrong. I think I could hand sand something from 60 grit to 220 faster than I could get there with gator belts.
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From 3M........ recommended 6000 SFPM , acceptable 4000-7000 SFPM belt speed .
 
I run full speed with medium light pressure. Unless I am running wet they are faster than AO. They seem to run cooler than AO but I haven't hooked up my platen cooler. I dress mine whenever I see glazing.
 
I have a 953 A160 and A45 on the wall. Based on JT I'll try them next go around and report back. I have a 3 lb class cleaver to resurface.
 
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