Satin finish

[John Frankl]

Tom,

Can those buffing wheels be used on flat ground knives?

Thanks,

John

[Mike Hull]

You can use anything you want John, but I think you would get MUCH better results with the belts.

[tom mayo]

It would be nice if they would make them in bigger sizes...

mine didnt hold up for very many years, but it seems there are a lot of people on here who have had much better luck than I.

One really nice thing about the belts is that you can run them slow on your variable speed sander, not so with a buffer.

I have refinished a number of randalls with mine (that is what I bought it for originally)-works great for that

[cactusforge]

While on this subject I came on a method to get a decent satin
finish by accident. Using a sisel wheel and 988 rough on Stainless Steel a light pass produced a decent finish after a 400 grit belt.
Tell me what you think. Gib

[Steve]

Thanks for being so helpful. I too wish the wheels were larger, Man, they'd cost a bundle, though!

Good point, Tom, on being able to slow down the belts. They tend to burn at high speed. I'm not an expert here, realize....

[Mike Hull]

It occured to me, that those with Burr-King , Hardcore and other belt grinders whose contact wheel is the drive wheel, can just order wheels with the arbor to match the grinder. Mount them there instead of the buffer. This is assuming you have variable speed. The same could be done with buffing wheels, for those without buffers. I have known people to use Burr-Kings for buffing, in the past. Just a thought.

[NickWheeler]

Too bad you guys don't live in the Northwest...I just went to Boeing Surplus and they have bins full of 12" X 1" scotchbrite wheels that they use on angle grinders with backing. If you were to put about 3 or 4 or them together you could hit some flat grinds with some kind of serious.

As soon as they dull the slightest bit at Boeing's plant, they cull them and put them in surplus...thus, you can buy them for pennies.

You could mount these on a shaft and I think your arms would fall off before you wore out enough of them to cover the cost of lunch.

Nick

[Don Cowles]

Man, Nick, that's a steal! I think I paid $50 for one (1) scotchbrite wheel that's only 1" x 6". I only use it for deburring, but it is a super "niche" tool.

[Robert Washburn]

Check out the army surplus stores.That`s where I get them for like 4 or 5 dollars for a 10 or 12 in. ones.

[Steve]

Thanks, guys. Those babys are pretty high priced, generally.

Nick ought to open up a boeing surplus, surplus business for knifemakers!

[Dan Graves]

Jens

Check out our discussion on belt bump in this forum. This might help, as I have found that a stay brite wheel on flat grind does not give a good even finish. With the method we are discussing you can do it on your belt ginder with a choice of belts. For me it has helped to have a variable speed grinder. Hope this helps.

Dan
theknifemaker.com

[Steve]

The "Belt Bump" discussion, is just below.

Thanks, Dan