Cushing H.
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I have been working in grinding a beautiful damascus blank that WEO created for me (Chinese cleaver style). It came out of the forging process slightly curved spine-to-edge (understandable!) ... so my task has been to grind on each side to create straight bevels.
Well, working with a 60 grit ceramic belt, I had been struggling with a few last spots that were not grinding out (actually the surrounding metal of those spots on the concave side). Making progress, but slowly, and needing to cool the blade very often.
WELL, "prepared" for this I lined up a new 60 grit ceramic belt and thought "ok ... so how different could this be?....."
Oh. My. God.
A shower of sparks, and two passes later (and no burned fingertips) the entire face I had been working the last hour to flatten was ..... flat, and uniformly ground (in terms of texture). the rest of the work (on the other side) went just as fast and easy.
Now I get it.
I'm going to stop typing this post, and sign in to my appropriate supplier's website and order more 60 and 120 grit belts.....
Well, working with a 60 grit ceramic belt, I had been struggling with a few last spots that were not grinding out (actually the surrounding metal of those spots on the concave side). Making progress, but slowly, and needing to cool the blade very often.
WELL, "prepared" for this I lined up a new 60 grit ceramic belt and thought "ok ... so how different could this be?....."
Oh. My. God.
A shower of sparks, and two passes later (and no burned fingertips) the entire face I had been working the last hour to flatten was ..... flat, and uniformly ground (in terms of texture). the rest of the work (on the other side) went just as fast and easy.
Now I get it.
I'm going to stop typing this post, and sign in to my appropriate supplier's website and order more 60 and 120 grit belts.....