carla @ tactical link
Aluminum
- Joined
- Dec 22, 2000
- Location
- mt. hamilton, ca, us
Hello, all,
I've got to replace the worn-out diamond wheels on my little 6" Hammond tool grinder. They are the usual plate mounted style, 3/4" width of diamond face, same as used on the Baldor or Delta carbide tool grinders.
I've been lucky in getting serviceable used ones in times past, but now have 'no such luck'.
What with all the corporate changes, buy-outs, etc., once-well-known names may be 'only names' used to sell 'brand X' components from......well, whatever country supplies them cheaply.
I'd rather pay the high price for 'best quality' and 'feel the pain only once', and, of course, will insist on 'Made in USA' wheels. Yes, the products of the charming native artisans of far-off, picturesque Gondwanaland may well be on offer at only one-fourth the price, but, well, I 'have an attitude', as you may understand.
Can anyone give me the gen on best quality brands, and recommend a reliable supply house to buy from?
And.........the work is simply the usual Carboloy-tipped lathe tool re-grinding. What 'grits and grades' have you found to be optimal, in your experience?
cheers
Carla
I've got to replace the worn-out diamond wheels on my little 6" Hammond tool grinder. They are the usual plate mounted style, 3/4" width of diamond face, same as used on the Baldor or Delta carbide tool grinders.
I've been lucky in getting serviceable used ones in times past, but now have 'no such luck'.
What with all the corporate changes, buy-outs, etc., once-well-known names may be 'only names' used to sell 'brand X' components from......well, whatever country supplies them cheaply.
I'd rather pay the high price for 'best quality' and 'feel the pain only once', and, of course, will insist on 'Made in USA' wheels. Yes, the products of the charming native artisans of far-off, picturesque Gondwanaland may well be on offer at only one-fourth the price, but, well, I 'have an attitude', as you may understand.
Can anyone give me the gen on best quality brands, and recommend a reliable supply house to buy from?
And.........the work is simply the usual Carboloy-tipped lathe tool re-grinding. What 'grits and grades' have you found to be optimal, in your experience?
cheers
Carla