Wa Handle question

What kind of belts were you using? I have done that for like 7 years with ceramic belts with no problem.
ricky_arthur said:
I keep seeing people say you can run the carbide guide up to the belt. I tried that once and my 120.00 carbide guide has a big divot in it. YMMV.
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This is what happened the first time I touched it to a belt.

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I use ceramic belts. I haven't dared try it again since it took very little pressure to see a ceramic belt was going to chew it up.
 
I have an Uncle Al and a Bruce Bump guide and I have never had that happen with blue zirconia, Blaze or 3M Cubitron 984 belts.
 
I have a cheap guide with 2 lathe carbide inserts pasted on each jaw... the belts just slide, but i dressed the bit surfaces on a diamond hone.
If your bits are not chamfered, a coarse grit belt may knock some carbide chips that will gouge the surface.
 
ricky_arthur said:
I keep seeing people say you can run the carbide guide up to the belt. I tried that once and my 120.00 carbide guide has a big divot in it. YMMV.
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Ricky, just go for it. It may look like its getting ripped up but nothing really grinds carbide except diamonds.
 
What kind is it? I just got one a few knives ago and a 50 grit blaze just makes shinny spots you can't feel. Mine is a Bill Behnke file guide which is an aluminum frame with carbide inserts.
ricky_arthur said:
I use ceramic belts. I haven't dared try it again since it took very little pressure to see a ceramic belt was going to chew it up.
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Bruce Bump said:
Ricky, just go for it. It may look like its getting ripped up but nothing really grinds carbide except diamonds.
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I'll try it Bruce, but as you can see in the picture, it didn't just make a mark, it removed material and I only just touched it to it. Skating a file across the carbide to even the tang shoulders is sure hard on files.
 
ricky_arthur said:
I'll try it Bruce, but as you can see in the picture, it didn't just make a mark, it removed material and I only just touched it to it. Skating a file across the carbide to even the tang shoulders is sure hard on files.
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I can always resurface it for you
 
ricky_arthur said:
I'll try it Bruce, but as you can see in the picture, it didn't just make a mark, it removed material and I only just touched it to it. Skating a file across the carbide to even the tang shoulders is sure hard on files.
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It shouldn't be, if the carbide bits are chamfered on their outside edges. Actually you shouldn't be able to touch the carbides with the file until the very last finishing strokes.
 
Sorry that the thread got derailed. I tried the file guide with a 120 grit belt and squared the shoulders of the knife I posted in the shop thread. It worked good and just left a little polish on the carbide. Figured I'd better update.
 
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