[cats pa]

No problem. I'll make them on Saturday but might not get them packaged and sent until after Christmas (one thing about the holidays, they sure play h*ll with your free time). I think I can fit them in a flat rate envelope for 4.60 - I'll need your address.

I've got a dual shaft grinder similar to yours, also 1/2x6-3450, and there is one drawback. You probly wouldn't notice it with carving tools, but when buffing larger or longer objects (like a skinning knife, for example) my knuckles hit the motor when buffing the left side of the blade. Not a big deal, but one of my new years resolutions is to make a shaft extension for the right hand arbor.

I'll post a pic when I get the wheels made, if you want.

Parker

p.s. Al, are you sure that was beer? Ahhh, I mean, unfiltered beer?

[stickman]

Parker, thanks again

my adress is mike hilliard
82 simon rd
cheswick pa 15024

and my I have your adress so I can send you a check for shipping costs.

I see you guys noticed I like to have a few beers while I in the work shop.

Don't worry I never drink and use the power equipment (yea right)sometimes I have to drink to get up the courage to use the power equipment.(just joking)


Parker do you like venison ?

I was sucessfull filling my tag this year and had some hot sticks made (they go good with ......you guessed it beer!)I'd like to send some to you with the shipping costs.

I would just like to coment on how nice it is to have a message board like this .the people here are great .its so nice to have a place to come to and get such great advice and ideas. this whole message board comunity is A#1 in my book.

Thank again and have a graet day.......and holidays

[cats pa]

Hey man, back in town and ready to turn your wheels first thing tomorrow. I'm thinking about making a set of 5", 6", and 7". That'll give you some options of surface speed vs. how far they stick out from the motor housing. I plan to turn them smooth on the lathe and then drill the arbor hole, so they'll be concentric. Up to you whether you load compound on them, but I've been using mine without and it's a good final hone.

You dang betcha on the venison sticks! I haven't had any for about 3 years, because my old butcher retired. Unfortunately, I worked all through hunting season this year except 2 days, and the only deer I saw were hit on the highway (that's not true, actually, there were two does in the back field yesterday, but it's hardly sporting to shoot them over fallen apples).

Parker

[stickman]

Thanks , I'll be looking foward to recieving them .

Would you like me to send the shipping cost to you before you mail it out?

[cats pa]

No, wait 'til you get them. You should inspect them carefully to make sure they meet your stringent standards, even use them some. Then and only then, send the appropriate amount of dead animal products back. Or if you're dissatisfied, burn them in your woodstove and send me a message describing how I failed to meet your expectations, so I can add it to my collection.

Nah, don't send money yet. I've got more than I need anyway.

Parker

[cats pa]

Okay, Mike, the Christmas season is behind us and your wheels mail out this morning. Hopefully you'll get them late this week. The 6 and 7 inchers are about 1/8" undersize, and the smaller one, due to some, ah, unintentional modifications, is about 4 5/8".

Mounted on your 3450 rpm motor, I crankulate those at 68, 88, and 103 surface feet per second, which is spinning along pretty briskly, easy to overheat if you press too hard. I used an old beater chisel to test mine out. As always with a new tool, go easy on them for the first little while until you get a feel for how they run.

Parker

[stickman]

Thanks can't wait to get them!

I hear you about using an old tool to pratice on until I get to hang of it.

[cats pa]

Entrusted to the tender care of the USPS at 9:42 am. Supposedly Priority Mail gets delivered in 2-3 days. We'll just see about that.

Parker

[stickman]

Parker, well I received them on sat .everything was great.It seem the largest one will be used the most because it stick out farther than the motor .

still practicing with older tools until I feel more comfortable

tried it with out compound and it seemed to work somewhat but when I loaded it up with flex cut gold (its all I had)it really worked well.

Its difficult to keep it just right as I pull with my left hand from right to left

what I have been doing is to position the blade as flat as I can on top of the wheel and pull it across the wheel from the base of blade toward the tip and then repeating on the other side.being carefull not to heat up the blade(checking every pass or to with my fingers )

any advise would be great and I'll throw a check and some hot sticks in the mail I think you mentioned 4.60 for shipping please let me know if this is not enough.

thanks again and happy new year!

[cats pa]

Hey man, glad to hear the postal monkeys did their job.

I use FCgold on my hand strops and it seems to work good on the wheel too.

If you've got it mounted on the right side of the motor as I do, and have plenty of room to the right, you can taper the wheel surface to help the angle. I'll try to post a pic later, but don't face the wheel with a knife or chisel, use a rasp or coarse file or sanding block, something that won't catch the wheel and fling back at you.

Speaking of that (mine rotates toward me, because I use the same motor for flap sanders and a wire wheel), I like to use the bottom of the wheel so that if the blade catches, the wheel fires it away from me, not at me. The guy that taught me to repair pocketknives, for the longest time he had a blade half embedded in the thick wooden door of his shop where his 3/4 hp buffer stuck it. Usually we're careful, but just in case...

If you hold your fingertips on the blade, it's hard to overheat it. I usually put 2 fingers on a small blade, and dip it in the water can when it hurts. The smaller wheel is slower and produces less heat.

4.60 is just right, but why don't you just send a couple more hot sticks and we'll call it square.

Parker