Square Wheel Grinders

Normark

Normark

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Hi Guys...

Could someone explain to me what a Square Wheel Grinder is ?

ttyle Eric - OST

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Eric E. Noeldechen
On/Scene Tactical
http://www.mnsi.net/~nbtnoel

 
I love the name, square wheel grinder!! Sounds very mysterious!!! Anyways, put on your imagination cap. I know this is very simplistic, but I don't know of any other way to explain it! Imagine placing four cans on a table so they make a square (with space separating all of them). Now if you strung a belt around the cans, you have what a square wheel grinder looks like without a cover on it. Of course, the apparatus is covered, leaving only one sanding surface (one line of the square)exposed. I hope you see now! It is just a belt strung on four wheels that form a square. You aren't sanding on the wheel (you don't grind on an 10" wheel like hollow grinding) but you are sanding on the straight section of belt between two (smaller ) wheels!!! Whew!! Try searching the net for a picture. That may be more effective than listening to me!!!
 
Hey Crayola...

Ahhh Ok I'm starting to understand...

So the surface you grind on is flat..
Cool!
Thanks!!!

Eric -OST

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Eric E. Noeldechen
On/Scene Tactical
http://www.mnsi.net/~nbtnoel

 
OK, does anyone use a 10" wheel on a Wilton?

[This message has been edited by C L Wilkins (edited 01 December 1999).]
 
C.L., just got a ten inch smoothy for my Wilton. I free handed a small drop point with it and everything went great. It hollow grinds a small blade so shallow, it almost looks like a flat grind.

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"Always think of your fellow knife makers as partners in the search for the perfect blade, not as people trying to compete with you and your work!"
 
C.L.
I use an 8" and 10" on the Square Wheel, both in 1" and 2" wide. Square Wheel is hard to beat for being versatile.
 
why are they so noisy? i hear that from alot of makers. do you guys like the closed type of grinder aposed to the open belt grinder like i'm making.
 
I owned one back in the early '70's. Yeah buddy, are they noisy. The only reason I sold mine was, it only had a 1 hp motor. Back then I made a *lot* of large knives. As far as the side frame, it was always left open.

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A.T.
http://www.customknives.com
 
oh, i guess if you use hearing protection it won't matter, i'm putting a 1 1/2hp motor on mine, but it's gonna be completely open becuase not as much dust blows back in your face, plus you don't need to clean it.
 
I keep mine closed up and have a dust collection hose underneath the wheels and platens. I would rather the hose suck the dust than my lungs! (course I wear a respiratior) Why the noise? Just the way it is built I guess, dont really know.

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www.simonichknives.com
 
oh, you use dust collection. i outa start using a respirator when grinding steel, i always use one for wood.
 
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