What caught my eye is the wide spade like end that contacts the cutter. Mine has been nibbled on quite a bit.
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What is the best way to dress a grinding wheel?First Use (for me) - Future Silvey Grinder
This is the one that started it all, so to speak! Even though it was 'used', it was never properly 'tweaked'. I cleaned it (our own dirt is different than other peoples' dirt); trimmed off all the sharp flashing with a razor blade; wrapped the center post with aluminum tape (makes cleaning off grinder grit easier); mounted it on a wooden base, so that I can clamp it to work surfaces; and added a Velcro strap to coil up the cord when not in use.
Interesting that the grinding wheel on this, older model, is much better than the ones that come on the newer models - closer to the Molemab and Oregon wheels. Just needed to be dressed.
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The vise did not hold the chain well. In fact, the chain positioning stop or dog hit the cutter off center, near the top, and lifted the cutter out of the vise. And the entire cutter shifted to the side, when tightened. The chain did not flow smoothly out of the end of the vise.
- I squeezed the rolled end of the positioning stop with a pair of Vise-Grips (no pun intended) slowly and gradually, until it fit on the mounting post without wobbling, but not so tight that it binds;
- I shimmed the mounting post for the stop with a washer so that it no longer wobbled, and so that it hit the cutter closer to its center;
- I bent the flat metal stop slightly, so that it reached over the tie strap bumper, touching the cutter at its base, instead of near its top;
- I cleaned off some burrs on the inside of the vise clamping plates that interfered with chain flow.
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Still a cheap grinder, but now it is a happy cheap grinder. Works as intended.
Philbert
I use a coarse, silicon carbide dressing stick or brick to shape the profile, and to periodically expose fresh abrasive.What is the best way to dress a grinding wheel?
It's an acquired taste . . . .I DIDNT LIKE MINE
A Norbide from Norton or a knock off will never wear outWhat is the best way to dress a grinding wheel?
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I DIDNT LIKE MINE
I had some complaints with mine, too. Mainly with the bicycle clamp. They just didn't think it through.I DIDNT LIKE MINE
You don't really have to swap vises, just the clamp.
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