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Phishisgroovin

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80 grit used wheel rocks!
« 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!

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Re: 80 grit used wheel rocks!
« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2015, 06:50:57 PM »
Happy cutting!
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Re: 80 grit used wheel rocks!
« Reply #2 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.
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Re: 80 grit used wheel rocks!
« Reply #3 on: June 07, 2015, 12:06:37 PM »
Can't new toys be fun??? :LOLOL:
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Re: 80 grit used wheel rocks!
« Reply #4 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.

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Re: 80 grit used wheel rocks!
« Reply #5 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:
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