New to "power sharpening"

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Hello all, I'm excited to check out the forums! I've been sharpening by hand for some time now, first with stones and now with an Edge Pro system. I fell into a 6 inch bench grinder and a 6 inch buffer. I put some Razor Sharp paper wheels on the grinder and they work great! My question is, now that I have that set up, is it worth it to set up the buffer for fine finishing work? Is there something else I can use the buffer for? What kind of set ups do you folks use? Thanks in advance for the info!

Matt
 
You could use the buffer to polish the scales, or as a way to clean up a rusted blade or remove the patina on a carbon steel blade. Unless you are making knives, you really can do without the buffer in my opinion. Maybe sell it and get a Work Sharp Ken Onion for grinding where the wheels would take too much time on re profiling. You will love the paper wheels, as I have had mine for over 3 years and get excellent results with them.
 
search through the paper wheel thread for posts by Kwackster, he has a number of paper wheels that are treated with diamond compound for further refinements and different edge characteristics.
 
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