Well, I finally got a chance to use the grizzly. Overall, not too shabby! Tracking can be a little better, belt tends to slide with a lot of pressure, but that could be the tension, which I am still playing with. the contact wheel needed to be flattened out, the edges were higher than the middle. Also, when gringing with the contact wheel, my hand hits the motor housing. Motor runs pretty quiet, but the metal makes lots of noise on the platen. I will make a new platen over christmas break, as this one is kinda soft w/o the graphite pad on it. oh yeah, this thing is heavy!!! I used the tool rest a little, but not much as I was mostly free hand flat grinding today on the platen. Grind lines aren't that bad to my suprise! the main trouble I had was controlling the blade because I am used to a 1x30 and I was flat grinding horizontally on the grizz instead of vertically on the 1x30. I didn't really use the wheel much except for hogging and starting the grinds as a lead in. On another note, I did a booboo. I broke my scribe!
dont ask how! Even without it, I think the edge is kinda in the middle of the blade. I am working on a tanto, chisel point, flat ground with a back edge for a friend. So far, it is pretty impressive considering it is my first with the grizz and first with 2 edges on it!
3M regalloys rule! I have 40 and 80 grit and man, do they cut fast! I tried the 120 and 220 regalites...they work nice, but be careful not to burn the steel or your fingers. I burned my fingers 3 times using those things! Well, off to turkey day at the relatives. Ill post more tonight and I will be on MIrc later if you want to know more bout the grizz!
3M regalloys rule! I have 40 and 80 grit and man, do they cut fast! I tried the 120 and 220 regalites...they work nice, but be careful not to burn the steel or your fingers. I burned my fingers 3 times using those things! Well, off to turkey day at the relatives. Ill post more tonight and I will be on MIrc later if you want to know more bout the grizz!
