I picked up a Baldor carbide grinder today. The wheels are unusable, far
too worn to do anything useful, they look sort of like lumps of clay.

I see silicon carbide wheels for these from the vendors, but I see nothing
on ebay at all of any kind. Am I searching for the correct string?

I'd like to find a non-SC wheel and maybe one silicon carbide wheel.
Ideally not $60 each .. at that price, I'll rapidly pay more than I paid
for the whole grinder.

Grant Erwin
Kirkland, Washington
To email me please see http://www.tinyisland.com/email.html

I'm thinking you mean the grinder with a table on each side. I set mine up
with a green silicone carbide on one side and set the table a little
steeper - 10 degrees for roughing. Then I popped for a diamond wheel on the
other side and set it to 7 degrees. MAN does this unit do a great job on
any carbide lathe bits.

I know that diamond wheel is super expensive, but worth every penny. Mine is
five years old and it will last many more years because I just use it to put
the fine edge on the tool. I have seen these on Ebay, I used to routinely
search for "diamond grind" when getting all the wheels for my T&C grinder.

Karl

Don't waste your money on an SC wheel. You cannot sharpen carbide worth a
damn on one. They are only useful for rough shaping at best. Diamond or
CBN are the only way to go.

You can get a white AlO wheel if you look for it. If you can get a Norton
SG (blue) AlO wheel get it, as they are the best ALO wheels available. They
last far longer between dressings.

The cost of the wheels versus the cost of the grinder is not a valid
comparison. The plate type wheels are not cheap no matter which abrasive is
used. The grinder capability is only as good as the wheels.

Randy

"Grant Erwin" wrote in message
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I picked up a Baldor carbide grinder today. The wheels are unusable, far
too worn to do anything useful, they look sort of like lumps of clay.

I see silicon carbide wheels for these from the vendors, but I see nothing
on ebay at all of any kind. Am I searching for the correct string?

I'd like to find a non-SC wheel and maybe one silicon carbide wheel.
Ideally not $60 each .. at that price, I'll rapidly pay more than I paid
for the whole grinder.

Grant Erwin
Kirkland, Washington
To email me please see http://www.tinyisland.com/email.html

Grant Erwin wrote:

I picked up a Baldor carbide grinder today. The wheels are unusable, far
too worn to do anything useful, they look sort of like lumps of clay.

I see silicon carbide wheels for these from the vendors, but I see nothing
on ebay at all of any kind. Am I searching for the correct string?

I'd like to find a non-SC wheel and maybe one silicon carbide wheel.
Ideally not $60 each .. at that price, I'll rapidly pay more than I paid
for the whole grinder.

Grant Erwin
Kirkland, Washington
To email me please see http://www.tinyisland.com/email.html

Grant. It's time to suck it up! Buy the wheels you need, and be
grateful you have a great tool for a PILE less than retail. Look not at
the cost, but rather, at the worth. Chances are good that the stones you
buy will still be on the machine when your descendants split up your
estate.

:-P

The one I use at work has a green SC wheel on one side, and a very fine
stone (unknown to me, about 1/8 thick by 3/8 wide, on the end face of
the plate) on the other. Works a treat for carbide.

Cheers
Tevor Jones