where can I buy 200-220 grit 10 inch wheel

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Chris Bar

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Have been searching web for a 10-inch x 1-inch wide ceramic or if available, aluminum oxide honing wheel in 200 to 220 grit. Have found several but they have high minimum charges. Have been sharpening the gouges with a 120 grit then honing with hand stone, but loosing too much material with the 120 grit. and too much time with the hand hone.
Did find what I want last fall, but lost the url.
Anyone use a honing wheel?
Alternative is to buy the Grizzly 220 grit wet wheel.
 
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Agree with the others, many web sites that specialize in selling industrial supplies are difficult to understand. They speak the language of the industry. I have also tried shopping for wheels but came away befuddled.
However, your idea for using a 200 grit for sharpening lathe tools is misguided, IMHO. That would do little more than polish an already sharp edge. Anything over 100 grit is just too fine.
 
Rifleman1776 said:
Agree with the others, many web sites that specialize in selling industrial supplies are difficult to understand. They speak the language of the industry. I have also tried shopping for wheels but came away befuddled.
However, your idea for using a 200 grit for sharpening lathe tools is misguided, IMHO. That would do little more than polish an already sharp edge. Anything over 100 grit is just too fine.
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Frank,

You will find as many different opinions on this as there are people here.

FWIW, I COMPLETELY agree and think that those of us who grind, sharpen, hone, strop, and polish are wasting their time, as the tool loses 100% of that stropped and polished edge as soon as it touches the workpiece. I also think that a slightly ragged edge (fresh off the grinder) cuts better - do we cut steak and bread with a honed edge, or a serrated one?

But that's me. I have a buddy that puts an edge on a skew that you can shave with and that is so highly polished as to be dangerous in bright sunlight. It sure makes beautiful, powdery, mini-micro-thin shavings - but I think my skews *cut* just as well, and we both have to sand for a finish in the end. In my mind, he is wasting a lot of turning time at his sharpening station... But he's happy and it's no skin off my nose.

So, I am a card-carrying member of TAOS* but realize that we're all different.

Thinking about it, a 120 grit ceramic stone just might be a good compromise between we tool-sharpeners and the tool-polishers out there. Maybe he's on to something ;)

Cheers!

Gary (uses 80 and 100 grit Nortons)

* Turners Against Over Sharpening
 
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