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Thread: 10 inch Wet Grinder

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    10 inch Wet Grinder

    I mentioned a 10 inch wet grinder in another post and thought I'd elaborate. I had never heard of Tormek when I bought the Grizzly 10 inch wet grinder on sale for $150. The knife sharpening tools for it were on backorder so long I found Tormek and bought their tool kit. I also noticed the Tormek angle gauge was much better so I bought that too. Recently Country Gent put me on to their lapping compound and it is much better. The Tormek grinder is awesome but at around $800 for the bare tool it is out of my current price range. I have about $400 in my entire setup. WEN has entered the market now with a 10" grinder as low as $110 and a knife kit for $65.

    There is a stone grader available that will roughen the stone but I have never used it. The fine grade is aggressive enough to clean up even badly dinged chisels. The do-all chisel sitting on the grinder took 4 minutes, nail dings. Knives only take a couple passes.I am looking at the drill bit sharpener now too. With water cooling you can't burn an edge. I haven't seen any posts on this method and a rainy day seemed perfect.

    Photos are my unit running, the Tormek Hand Tool Kit HTK-806 and the official Grizzly photo.
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    That is definitely the right tool for regrinding chisels and other blades. Some close ups of the chisel regrinds would show others what you are doing with it.

    Randy
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    If you dont have one by diamond wheel dresser. This will allow you to true the wheel and sharpen the face up. t will cut much cleaner and cooler. As you use the grinding wheel its grains dull and the porous areas fill up ( it gets loaded) a light dressing will clean this up. It can also remove grooves and other wear

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    I have the Delta 23-710 Sharpening Center. And it works I got it for plane irons and wood chisels . But I think I would have been better served with the Grizzly or the Tormek they are are much more versital because of the large selection of tool holders/jigs they offer for them and much simpler to dress the stone than the wide flat stone on the Delta.

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