platens

[royboy]

hi guys,:do most of you round your platen off on the sides where you do the plunge cut or ????.any advice would be helpful.since visting a real shop,and a little tutoring my grinds are looking good to me$$$$yea,thanks for this forum,,,,,,royboy

 

[Mike Hull]

Roy, if I were using my platen for flat grinding,I w/radius the edges,but since I dont,others that do might have better info.BTW,when your platen starts to dish out,just grind it flat on a disk to true it up again,that is if you are not using some sort of surface like glass etc.Glad to hear that your grinding is progressing nicely.

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MIKE

 

[Andrew McLurkin]

I rounded the edges on both of my platens. I used the grinder set up for slack belt, and I beveled both sides and the top edge. On the sides the bevels are fairly sharp to allow for a clean shoulder where I plung in. The top bevel helps the belt transition onto the platen with less friction.