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Title: 80 grit used wheel rocks!
Post by: Phishisgroovin on June 06, 2015, 05:11:06 PM

Holy crap what a monster!

Mounted the used wheel i got from MIA, holy crap it EATS rocks!

I wore down a crappy obsidian to dress the face of the grinding wheel (as per instructions after showing it to my neighbor glen)
He said wear down a large chunk of crap obsidian, it will dress the worn areas and make it eat anything you put to it for lunch, so i did.

My imperial jasper basically bounces off my 180 grit,
I set some to the worn 80, oh i love it!

Going to be awesome for shaping cabs!

(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/06/06/d23d02f0cbb8aeca23726bd7c373a527.jpg)

Title: Re: 80 grit used wheel rocks!
Post by: lithicbeads on June 06, 2015, 06:50:57 PM

Happy cutting!

Title: Re: 80 grit used wheel rocks!
Post by: Phishisgroovin on June 06, 2015, 06:52:41 PM

Cutting!? im grinding rocks away from now on lol!
Hmm, i should go out and make a pendant with the teanaway and see how the wheel likes that hard stuff.

it bounced off my wheel before, i bet this one eats it too.

Title: Re: 80 grit used wheel rocks!
Post by: iceopals on June 07, 2015, 12:06:37 PM

Can't new toys be fun??? :LOLOL:

Title: Re: 80 grit used wheel rocks!
Post by: Phishisgroovin on June 07, 2015, 12:40:36 PM

now, with a harsher grit wheel. I can tear into a rock or slab and grind away the extra rough faster than i can usually cut it away with a trim saw.
Like with the pepples i collect panning gold.

Title: Re: 80 grit used wheel rocks!
Post by: Phishisgroovin on June 07, 2015, 04:56:09 PM

I am going to have to start dopping up many many preforms from now on, get my overall shape and then move to the finer grits, this beast gets HUNGRY! :coffee1: :coffee1: