PSI is great

[Band Saw Box]

I wanted to remove the carbide cutter from my PSI pen genie so I could hone it. But could not find the her wrench any where. I have misplaced it before and found it in short order...not this time. I called PSI to see if I could order a new one. After getting my name and checking a few things the young lady I talked to said she would send me a new one at no charge. I think that really good customer service.

 

[Neededwill]

How do you hone it?

 

[Band Saw Box]

With a diamond hone.

 

[JimB]

That was very nice of them.

 

[glenspens]

Hope you get it faster than I got my last order from them it took 17 days......

 

[Band Saw Box]

I got a shipping confirmation this evening.

 

[magpens]

Dan, do you hone the carbide insert by rubbing it upside down on the diamond hone ?

You got good service from PSI

 

[Band Saw Box]

Yes Mal that's how I do it.

 

[Neededwill]

I need to do some research on this hone thing.

 

[jttheclockman]

I need to do some research on this hone thing.

See my post on honing cutters. Good read.

 

[Neededwill]

JOhn T,
So you take the R2 4 sided cutter, turn it upside down and rub in a circular motion?

That article is great! Also how many times can you do this with the carbide R2 inserts for the carbide magic pen genie?

 

[jttheclockman]

JOhn T,
So you take the R2 4 sided cutter, turn it upside down and rub in a circular motion?

That article is great! Also how many times can you do this with the carbide R2 inserts for the carbide magic pen genie?

You rub in a figure 8 motion so that you are not putting pressure on one side or other. It takes about 3 or 4 times around. you can do this until the cutter wear out but the more you do it the cutter becomes smaller in size because you are taking away material from the outer edge. But this takes a long long time. Light pressure and use lapping oil. A cutter can last a life time depending how much you use it. You can also touch up the bevel edges if you are good enough but does not need to be.


Watch this video.

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q...&mid=E589A84ECFCE6EDF2A28E589A84ECFCE6EDF2A28

 

[Neededwill]

So any good suggestions on diamond stone and lapping oil?

 

[Robert Taylor]

check this out

Cheap flat diamond hone.....

 

[Neededwill]

Thanks Betty, wondering if I need to use lapping oil with that.

 

[Neededwill]

Also what grits are best? 600 and 325?

 

[jttheclockman]

So any good suggestions on diamond stone and lapping oil?

I posted this a couple days ago because someone else asked about honing carbide cutters. This is the link I gave that explains alot in it. It tells you the difference between cheap and good quality.

http://www.woodturnerscatalog.com/docs/trend_diamond_sharpening.pdf

I explained I was at a woodworking show and picked up the Trend kit with the credit card stone. You do need lapping oil and not oil is good to use. to me the kits they sell are the best out there. You get what you pay for. They sell the lapping oil too. there are various places you can buy from. The same person in the video I posted here is the author of the info in the other link too.