paper sharpening wheels - when your time is important to you

I agree a 2x72 grinder is better for grinding knives but can be a big challenging for one without a lot of experience for just sharpening. Especially with smaller knives as the larger contact area is harder to be more precise at a given area. My findings anyway. I'll wait to see him chime in but when he said about chipping vs sharpening I gathered he was referring to ceramic knives. My waterstone collection has ceramic stones in it as well as traditional clay binder stones and a few naturals. And diamond plates and India and arkansas stones. I really have too many but I enjoy them all. But this thread is about paper wheels and I think you're doing a great thing here Richard. A lot would probably think you're just trying to get yourself business but that's not the case. You're trying to help people get away from professional sharpening and do the task themselves and offering help even with free conversations over the telephone. I think that's a fantastic thing to do and would earn my business in a heartbeat if I wasn't already an accomplished sharpener in my own right and didn't live in another country so thank you for all the help you've provided the masses
 
VicV
Sorry about not being clear, as I can talk your ears off.....(Right RichardJ ???) I am not used to laying things down in print.
(I maybe need to post one question at a time.)

I get people telling me all the time I shouldn't use a belt grinder cause it will remove too much metal and ruin the temper
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I assumed you maybe made knives because you used one a lot....just wondered what size ...

I'm more into kitchen knives though
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Again assumed maybe you had some ceramic knives and since you sharpen ...you maybe do them also.

I may just try it but I've just spent significantly more on a single waterstone so I can't right now.
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And so does it get chipped off...burr...or polish the edge?
(I can't find one to play with so have no experiance with ceramics, so i'm curious.)

Sorry again for the confusion!
Lil' John
 
knifenut721

I am using an old drill press motor, it has a shaft on both ends.
(I bought a pair of arbors at the hardware store, and they were so out-of-round I tossed them!)

So I ordered and put these on for $6 each, (instead of the $14 everyplace else) and they run dead-nuts true!
http://www.knifeandgun.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=60

That is what's working for me.

Hope this helps you out!
Lil' John
 
There is no burr raised with ceramic knives. The material just gets removed like sharpening steel but it grinds off where the steel builds up when it hits the edge. Not sure how else to explain it. It's too hard to burr. Just gone in powder. I use my belt grinder mostly for sharpening softer stainless knives or more major reprofiling or repairing high quality knives and hand sharpen Japanese or carbon western knives. Knifenut. Look in your yellowpages for local HVAC shops. When they service furnaces or instal new ones the motor usually still has a lifetime worth left on it and you can get it very cheap or free. I asked one local guy and when I showed up at his shop he gave me 7. For free. And they're all 1750 rpm motors
 
vicv, you find stuff the same places i do :D i sent knifenut721 an email earlier telling him to check with someone that does hvac work to see if they have any motors. the first 1/2 hp motor i got was from a belt drive squirrel cage blower.

what country are you from?
 
What size wheels do you recommend? I think I have seen it mentioned in this thread but 60+ pages is a little more than I want to read through on my phone.

Thanks in advance

I guess I should ask what is the benefit and disadvantages to the different sizes?
 
The standard size is the 8 inch wheels. They should be used on a 6 inch buffer or grinder with the side guards removed. There is also a 10 inch and a 6 inch I believe, but most outlets carry the 8 inch X 3/4 inch wide sets. I guess that is the best benefit, availability from dealers. The "big ole bear" distributor usually has a good price on them.

Blessings,

Omar
 
The largest seller is the 8"X3/4" set. It also comes in 1" wide. The 10" set comes in 1" and 1.25" widths. It fits on an 8" grinder with guards removed. I use the 10"X1" set on arbor extensions on a double shaft motor. If you're a pro, want to be one I'd recommend the 10" set. If you're going to maintain a few knives, the 8" set is fine.
 
richard j said:
de plano, if you live close to willets california, you can pick them up directly from the manufacturer.
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Two and one half hours North of there. Thought about it at one point but I just have not made it through Willits in a long enough time that I am just going to get it through a local distributor.

Thanks for the suggestion though
 
mike will teach anyone that stops by how to use the wheels. it can save you a lot of time. he sharpens on the front of the wheel and i sharpen on the back side between the 12:00 and 1:00 position.

mike does not like how i sharpen since he thinks its dangerous but a lot of paper wheel users have found my method a lot better. he has instructions posted on his website that were written up by a woman and some of her info is not correct like sharpening a serrated blade. you do not work up a burr by grinding on the back side of a serrated edge. do this 3 or 4 times and you will no longer have serrations to worry about.
a serrated blade done like this will not cut well at all either. check out this fully serrated spyderco that i buffed back to life. http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...e-is-important-to-you?p=11304482#post11304482
 
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