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Small ones do ho pop as wellSeen a big wheel explode not good, braver man than me
Small ones do ho pop as wellSeen a big wheel explode not good, braver man than me
Competence is knowing what you can’t doI think you've probably had enough advice already in this thread to (hopefully) convince you making a stone is a bad idea. I'm very much for having a go yourself, but the trick is knowing where to draw the line....
There are lots of small stones available for various die grinders. If it were me, I'd be looking at adapting something like these to fit the grinder. Identifying the speed of the wheel would be the first step regardless.
I can't find it now but I've seen a picture of small grinding wheels water jet cut from a knackered wheel.1" diameter I'd buy some wheels of the grit I need and core some 1" wheels from them.
Resin bonded - that is how they are madeI probably mentioned it but my Dad busted a 6" grinding wheel in half. He stuck it back together with Araldite & used it for a year regularly until i found out & fitted a new one. He was quite put out when i threw the old one away!
That's this forum down to 10% then @ParmCompetence is knowing what you can’t do
Yes, but there's no adventure in that....Competence is knowing what you can’t do
How could you know if you haven't tried ?
Nah, better fun spectating and utubing outcomesBy using good judgement.
Repurposing would seem to be a better way forwards, by and large.Nah, better fun spectating and utubing outcomes
@oldbikedavey, theres been some good tips on repurposing manufactured wheels, seems a lot less hassle and cheaper
Why didn't you just replace the wheel ?Reminds me of the pedestal grinder at school, we had an old RJH in the prep room, a quality machine that i used all the time, until management got rid of it.
I was told to use the creusen out in the workshop, An 8" pedestal job the first time i started it it shook violently & it was apparent that one wheel was running out of true with a 2.5mm sideways wobble & also about 2mm radially. As i considered it dangerous to use i reported it to our service provider through proper channels. They eventually got their contractor to look at it & he said "Nothing wrong with it".
A game of ping pong ensued for the next three years with me reporting it defective & every summer the morons putting a new sticker on it saying "Serviced & year date), Then i would report it defective again. The funny thing was i had pulled a fast one & put my own padlock on the isolator for which only i had the key. So i knew they hadnt even run it! I had a row with the head not long after & left.
In hindsight & in the same situation dealing with the same intransigent cretins what i should have done was wait till after school when everyone had gone home start the bloody grinder get a long 4 m steel bar out of the rack & do a snooker shot on the side of the running wheel while hiding behind the centre lathe next to it. Then i could have reported a lucky brown trousered escape & got them into trouble. But after three years of email ping pong im sure someone would have smelled a rat!
Nah, better fun spectating and utubing outcomes