Which Way Do You Use Your Disc Grinder?

[DiamondG Knives]

Well, just ordered my new disc grinder from Rob. Wasn't sure which way I would want to grind, so I ordered the unit in the horizontal configuration with the additional horizontal mounting bracket.

Was curious, which way do most folks use theirs? Vertical or horizontal? I can see the benefits of both.

God Bless
Mike

[cdent]

Verticle seems more natural, kind of like the belt grinder. On the horizontal, I don't care for the cross over grinding throwing grit or maybe the blade at my mid section.

Congrats, definitely just my preference, Craig

[Ed Caffrey]

Vertical for me too. For the reasons that Craig mentioned. I've tried horizontal disc grinding in the past, and found that it was very difficult to see/control for me.

[Dana Hackney]

Hi Mike,

That is the way I use mine to. It's alot easier to see what you're grinding....at least for me.

You'll love it...I use it all the time for cleaning up my bevels, as well as flattening scales.

Dana

[Bob Hartman]

Vertical, but have been mulling over making a stand with a swing away table/mount for the grinder.
Bob

[Erik Fritz]

i have 2 one set up each method and i gotta say i use the horizontal more than the vertical. Just get a good foot sw. and you cant go wrong either way.

[Tom Militano]

I have one of each and very rarely use the vertical one. Both are reversible and I use the horizontal one pretty often.

[DiamondG Knives]

Can anyone recommend what type of foot switch? Or where to find them?
Im assuming this is just an ON/OFF switch, since the unit is vari speed.

Also, whats the coarsest grit you guys start with? Do you start your initian bevels on the disc, then progress up thru the various grits? I can see where the slow speed will be the cats meow on finer finishes!

Thanks in advance!

God Bless
Mike

[Craig B.]

I just bought a foot switch at Harbor Frieght this past summer. Ain't used it yet so don't know how good it is. Bought it for a different project for my screenprinting business. Will probably use it for knife equipment now as the project fell through and I went a different route.

I think I paid less than $10 on sale for it. Check them out!

[Erik Fritz]

thee nice thing with a foot switch is you place your work on the disk then hit the switch grind let off the switch disk stops and you have no wobble marks on your work..........dead flat.

[DiamondG Knives]

Eric
Do I understand that this is a "Dead man" type switch? Press down = Run Let off = off?

Makes sense.

Thanks for the reply!

God Bless!
Mike

[Erik Fritz]

yep that is correct.

[cdent]

Hi Mike, I think Ed did a little picture tutorial about his Beaumont disc grinder and wiring up a foot switch. It can't be more than a month or two back.

Take care, Craig