paper sharpening wheels - when your time is important to you

rayban said:
You done good Madman!
I looked around and Woodcraft has them locally for about $42....Grizz has them at $32 but by the time you pay for the freight........
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I was actually gonna go back and get the 6" buffer as well since it would have also been that cheap, but they didn't have any in stock. Figured for that price I could use one of each. Two set ups for less than the price of the wheels!

rayban said:
These wheels make me look like I know what I'm doing!
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I hope thats the way it works out for me as well. ;) Going to check out woodcrafters this week.
 
rayban said:
You done good Madman!
I looked around and Woodcraft has them locally for about $42....Grizz has them at $32 but by the time you pay for the freight........

These wheels make me look like I know what I'm doing!
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Yeah, went to Woodcraft because they had a 15% off anniversary sale today. Perfect right? This being my first time in the store I was completely unimpressed. If I had known it was staffed by rude jagoffs I'd not even have tried to save a buck and spend money there as well as waste my trip. They did not have the kit either way. I should have ordered it from Grizzly last week so I could try this thing out this weekend. Now I have to wait another week.

They did offer to order it for me. I said no thanks I'll order online from someone thats cheaper.


Back to sharpening:

Are there any more videos out there of using the wheels? I have only seen just the 2 of Richards and cannot find any others. I thought I had seen one from a guy named Steve somewhere but it's not in this thread. I'm also looking for something regarding scissors.
 
Rich,

I posted this elsewhere, but for convex edges do I really need a leather strop belt or will the cardboard wheel do the same thing?

thanks

joe,

Since using the wheels, I have helped the economy by buying more bandades:)
 
i have posted this before about the "paper" wheels. you dont need a leather strop since the paper buffing wheel takes the place of a strop. you can save the strop for when you're away from home. i might have to make a few more vids of how to use the wheels but there's not much more to using them that i havent shown already.
 
I guess I'm still early enough in my paper wheel training.....but I still like to use the leather strop after coming off the wheel.......maybe I'm just too proud of the strop I made for myself. And it seems to give the edge a nicer finished feel to it.
BTW, my wife got bit by a kitchen knife I had just sharpened recently......and she said she was able to make much thinner slices of tomatoes than ever before.....with her being my harshest critic, I'd say I passed that test.:thumbup::D
 
Try using Tormek honing paste on your paper wheel and only strop the side of the edge the burr is on. This method will keep the teeth on your edge and strop the edge to a razor with bite . You will get amazing results.
 
KenOnion do you have any problems with the honing paste flying off the wheel and what RPM's are you using. Thanks
 
Here's a complete newbie question - how long can I expect the wheels to last, assuming I care for them as they are supposed to be?
 
these are too easy!!! it took me about 10 minutes of trial and error and now i can turn a dull knife into a razorblade in under two minutes! i wish i would have tried these earlier. nothing else has worked for me(lansky, sharpmaker, etc) these wheels are the ticket!!
 
Thanks Richard, I have had these wheels about 3 weeks now and love them. I have gone though several buffers and settled on the 8" Delta variable speed grinder 1725-3450 The housing on the grinder is only 5" and using 8" wheels.
 
I bought paper wheels yesterday at a woodcraft store, all I can say is WOW! it really is easy to get crazy sharp edges, the scary part is for me they don't "feel" as sharp to my finger scraping it perpendicular across the edge as my knives that were sharp before the wheels. I'm sure I will get them even sharper as time goes by but just wow at how sharp they are now. big thanks to richard for all the info.:thumbup:
 
I'm about as low budget as it is possible to be.

I found a forgotten 1740RPM grinder tucked away in the shop. I put it in my truck and brought it home. I was stoked!

I just found out it is a 1/4hp motor. PHOOEY!

We have a 1/3hp 3450 in the garage. I plan to get a set of 8" wheels to try. I have never been able to do much with stainless steel. I figure this will get me going IF the 1/3hp is enough.

I have the "101" thread open in another tab!
 
if the 1/3 hp has a grinding wheel on it you can test it by grinding a piece of steel or grind on a junk mower blade. if you can bog it down but not stop it when grinding on a mower blade it should work. you wont be using that much pressure except for buffing the edge maybe.
 
post your average time from start to finish for sharpening a 4" blade thats really dull and type of steel (fixed or folder) using nothing but the paper wheels.
 
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