ARCustomKnives
Plastic
- Joined
- Jul 8, 2013
- Location
- Valparaiso, IN
I'm sure this has been covered extensively before, but after much searching, I figured I would just ask:
How do you start a grind?
Let's assume we have something like a 5x5x1.6" block of steel mounted on our magnetic chuck. I want to take it down to 1.5" thick.
I dress my wheel (let's say for the sake of argument that it's 1/2x7) and I'm ready to start surface grinding.
Do I....
Start somewhere inside the edge of the block and work my way out to one edge and back to the other? I'm assuming that this way (granted that the block is already mostly parallel) I'm using the full cutting width of the wheel initially, until I come off of the edge of the block and start working my way back... correct?
OR
Do I start with my wheel outside of the block of steel completely, and start working my way in from the outer edge, using just the corner of the wheel at first?
Now the reason I'm including dimensions is simply that I don't know what I do not know... I'm not sure if certain grinding applications/techniques are determined by how much your're grinding or needing to take away, so I figured that setting a specific scenario may yield more specific information...
Thanks in advance!
How do you start a grind?
Let's assume we have something like a 5x5x1.6" block of steel mounted on our magnetic chuck. I want to take it down to 1.5" thick.
I dress my wheel (let's say for the sake of argument that it's 1/2x7) and I'm ready to start surface grinding.
Do I....
Start somewhere inside the edge of the block and work my way out to one edge and back to the other? I'm assuming that this way (granted that the block is already mostly parallel) I'm using the full cutting width of the wheel initially, until I come off of the edge of the block and start working my way back... correct?
OR
Do I start with my wheel outside of the block of steel completely, and start working my way in from the outer edge, using just the corner of the wheel at first?
Now the reason I'm including dimensions is simply that I don't know what I do not know... I'm not sure if certain grinding applications/techniques are determined by how much your're grinding or needing to take away, so I figured that setting a specific scenario may yield more specific information...
Thanks in advance!