Paul Gilbert
03-23-2014, 10:50 PM
I have been diligently working on my skew skills. The number one priority is to get the edge razor sharp. My honing technique seems to be less than stellar and I am looking for ways to punch it up a bit. I have a 1" wide 8" buffing wheel that I bought years ago in a carving supply shop and mounted it on a 3450 rpm motor with an adaptor-arbor for a grinding wheel. The wheel is badly out of round and vibrates badly.
I charged the wheel with black compound and forced the skew bevel onto the wheel (it bounces badly). After buffing I could shave hair from my arm with my skew, so I want to pursue this course in sharpening. I tried to true the wheel with a spindle roughing gouge, and a wood rasp. No luck with either, but it took five minutes at the grinder to restore the edge on my SRG and the rasp is probably ruined.
Do any of you have any suggestions on rounding up a buffing wheel? I think that I will probably just go buy another one.
I charged the wheel with black compound and forced the skew bevel onto the wheel (it bounces badly). After buffing I could shave hair from my arm with my skew, so I want to pursue this course in sharpening. I tried to true the wheel with a spindle roughing gouge, and a wood rasp. No luck with either, but it took five minutes at the grinder to restore the edge on my SRG and the rasp is probably ruined.
Do any of you have any suggestions on rounding up a buffing wheel? I think that I will probably just go buy another one.