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I've tried a micro fine green honing compound from Formax abrasives. It definitely isn't as abrasive as the white compound, but I didn't notice any significant improvement in sharpness.
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Hey, guys, I've got a story of sacrilege for you. I just reprofiled a knife on a *gasp* stone wheel! Stuck the knife inside the bench grinder housing and used the side of it. lol I needed a quick fix. It made me think of you guys though because it came out really good and took barely any time at all.
Is there anyway I could buy paper wheels for this thing? Or is there another tool in particular that I need to get that's more ideal than a bench grinder? I'm thinking of one of those hand-held grinders with the handle offset at 90 degrees and the flexible grinding wheels... As you can see though I don't have a clue what they're called.
Also, when using a paper wheel do you have to worry about the heat? I don't think I messed up the temper on the one I did today, but it got pretty hot to the touch. Wondering if that's because it was a stone or if it happens to paper wheels too.
Just spoke with RichardJ, who is a really helpful and friendly guy. I am going to go with the paper wheels and see if this ham-handed newbie can get a reasonably sharp edge.
I might be posting back for help but will give it a go.
I run mine at 3450 RPM. You can control the cutting speed of the gritted wheel with more or less wax. Mine cuts at a decent enough speed to regrind a new tip on a knife. I'd say 80% of the wheel is covered with wax and I still haven't needed to recoat the wheel.You will have to forgive me if this has been discussed before....but there are 34 pages to this thread, lol.
My 3/4hp 8" bench grinder says it runs about 3500rpm. I have seen Richard_j say 1750rpm is what you need and that is what he uses, saw another post that said the paper work with the wheels say 3000-3600 is what you should run. Will I have any issues with mine turning 3500??
I have sent a email to richard_j too.