Good Morning,
Does anyone have anything bad or good to say about Grizzly’s Wet Grinder?
I have come to a place where my sharpening must speed up and this or the Tormek are the likely candidates.
http://grizzly.com/products/10-Wet-Grinder-Kit/T10010
Thanks
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Just to confuse the issue, have you looked at the Jet? Regardless of which one you choose, the most important thing is to true the stone. None have "perfect" stones and they have to be round, flat surface, and parallel to the guide. It takes a while :)
ray,
good morning. how did/do you go about doing this?
eef
There should be a tool with a diamond point that comes with the grinder. It's attached to the tool rest guide bar. First, you run the grinder with gentle pressure on the tool to take off the "high" spots on the stone, constantly moving the tool across the surface of the stone. Same process to make the stone's surface parallel to the tool rest. It's covered pretty well in the instruction manuals. Time consuming, but very important, and you only have to do it once on a new stone.
ray,
thank you.
eef
Just to confuse the issue, have you looked at the Jet?
There is a well-better-than-even chance that they're made in the same factory.
FW did an article several years ago (that will make the archives when hell freezes over) that was more an expose' as it showed Delta, Jet, and I think Grizzly lunchbox planers rolling down the same Taiwanese assembly line. They all had their final coats of paint and so were easily identifiable (that was the point behind the photo) but I think were missing handles and a few last minute screw-on parts.
Just so 'ya know.
I think this was before Fabio started running the show at FW.
Edited 4/3/2009 5:46 pm ET by Oilstone
I have one, seems to work just as well as my brother's Tomek.
I have one. It works just fine as far as it goes. By that I mean it is slow to take off metal. I have generally parked it and gone to a cool-running stone on a dry grinder followed by water stones. Good article in FWW trhat is worth reading before you invest: http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/SkillsAndTechniques/SkillsAndTechniquesPDF.aspx?id=30590
I have the Tormex and you need to understand that for these to work you need their guides and patience.. it's not instant but it's better for your tools..
I spent nearly as much for the various giudes as I did for the grinder itself.. Still can't do a lot of what I intended to.
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