Sir, you are the ONLY person to explain the slits on the face of your wheel, everyone else thinks they are for cooling which has never made sense. To hold more charge must be the answer. Well done.
Hi Erik, something I've been meaning to do for ages with my original 6" grinder, as it just sits under the bench and is never used. You have now inspired me to "get it done", and I love the notch idea to hold more compound. Thanks for the video, brilliant mate. Hope your Mum is doing OK. Take care Mike
Those final cuts were proof indeed. I have often intended to make a honing wheel but never got around to it... I will now. Good video. Best Wishes, Brendan.
Thanks for the video. I'm interested in making an mdf honing wheel but I don't understand the purpose of the cuts around the wheel. Is that just to hold more of the honing compound?
Hi Erik, thanks for this, very timely. I have brown and white compound bars, which would you use out of those, I see you used the red and I have seen others use green! Or is it not that critical?! Thanks again.
Green is aluminum oxide and it is the best for using but I only had rouge and diamond so I used Rouge. Thanks Richard. make sure you run in reverse of with tool upside dowm in forward or you will get a violent catch on the wheel.
Thanks for the question. It holds the rouge and the wheel is not to be used regularly but in reverse or as a burnisher polisher like a leather strop or cork wheel.
Looks like I'm going to be making a new sharpening wheel! Hey, here's a tip for you. If you inset a t-nut in the slot on your circle jig, you'll really be able to put pressure on that sliding centerpoint insert and you won't have to worry about stripping threads cut into the wood. I hope that makes sense.
It is more of a strop wheel or steel polishing wheel and now that I have my CBN wheel I don't use it as much to be honest. Make sure you use it in reverse so your tool will not catch an edge. bevel up tool edge down running in forward like I do. Thanks for watching Roger
Slots are for adding polishing rouge or other aluminum oxide pastes. This is for honing not grinding, polishes to a mirror finish like a leather strop!
No Alex just small groves cut perpendicular to the surface about 1/8" deep and then the MDF wheel pores hold the polishing red oxide rouge on the surface and in the notches.
Plywood will not work it splinters off and does not have a consistent hardness all the way across. Sorry just look for a scrap from a cabinet shop they have tons of scrap.
You have to hold your tool upside down so as not to catch the cutting edge, you are rubbing the bevel to polish and remove a bit of the burr not cutting the MDF wheel . I do not run it backwards because I have a double headed grinder and my CBN wheel is right next to this honing wheel. I rarely use it anymore since I have a CBN wheel and a diamond honing card. Thanks for the question and thanks for watching!
Sir, you are the ONLY person to explain the slits on the face of your wheel, everyone else thinks they are for cooling which has never made sense. To hold more charge must be the answer. Well done.
Thanks
Hi Erik, something I've been meaning to do for ages with my original 6" grinder, as it just sits under the bench and is never used. You have now inspired me to "get it done", and I love the notch idea to hold more compound. Thanks for the video, brilliant mate. Hope your Mum is doing OK.
Take care
Mike
Thanks Mike you will like it!
Hell ya brother.. Dude I so enjoy your stuff man.. keep it up
Thanks Lee
Those final cuts were proof indeed. I have often intended to make a honing wheel but never got around to it... I will now. Good video.
Best Wishes, Brendan.
Thanks Brendan you will like it
I've been using one of those for years.
You're gonna love it.
GP Woodworks I do love it already
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Thanks for the video. I'm interested in making an mdf honing wheel but I don't understand the purpose of the cuts around the wheel. Is that just to hold more of the honing compound?
+Nathan Baker Yes that is correct!
You've inspired me to convert my old grinder. Thank you.
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Hi Erik, thanks for this, very timely. I have brown and white compound bars, which would you use out of those, I see you used the red and I have seen others use green! Or is it not that critical?! Thanks again.
Green is aluminum oxide and it is the best for using but I only had rouge and diamond so I used Rouge. Thanks Richard. make sure you run in reverse of with tool upside dowm in forward or you will get a violent catch on the wheel.
@@ErikAnderson1 Thanks Erik, I've ordered a green bar and will try it out.
Can you tell me why you put notch in MDF wheel before you put rouge?
Will that notch catch the knife when wheel is turning?
Thanks for the question. It holds the rouge and the wheel is not to be used regularly but in reverse or as a burnisher polisher like a leather strop or cork wheel.
Looks like I'm going to be making a new sharpening wheel!
Hey, here's a tip for you. If you inset a t-nut in the slot on your circle jig, you'll really be able to put pressure on that sliding centerpoint insert and you won't have to worry about stripping threads cut into the wood. I hope that makes sense.
Thanks Roger and it is done already.
It is more of a strop wheel or steel polishing wheel and now that I have my CBN wheel I don't use it as much to be honest. Make sure you use it in reverse so your tool will not catch an edge. bevel up tool edge down running in forward like I do. Thanks for watching Roger
Happy New Year!
What purpose do the slots serve? Are they better than using a solid wheel?
Slots are for adding polishing rouge or other aluminum oxide pastes. This is for honing not grinding, polishes to a mirror finish like a leather strop!
Good video, but since you did no show it in operation, I would like to know which surface to hone. Both?
Did you use any glue so the polishing compound stick to the surface of the wheel?
No Alex just small groves cut perpendicular to the surface about 1/8" deep and then the MDF wheel pores hold the polishing red oxide rouge on the surface and in the notches.
Erik Anderson these cuts also cool down the blade, so maybe it's better to make them deeper?
Perhaps!
Is plywood ok? I can't seem to find smaller size mdf to buy, only huge plates....
Plywood will not work it splinters off and does not have a consistent hardness all the way across. Sorry just look for a scrap from a cabinet shop they have tons of scrap.
Seems like you could shape the wheel to make an inside profile wheel like Tormek sells so that you could hone the inside edge too.
Very true and it I had the room for another grinding station I would do just that.
I enjoyed your video, your motor label looked like it was rated for ~3550 rpms. Will mine work at 1750 rpms?
it is better at 1750 yours will work much better and cooler.
Thanks!
stupid question...why do you run the wheel backwards......thanks ERIK
You have to hold your tool upside down so as not to catch the cutting edge, you are rubbing the bevel to polish and remove a bit of the burr not cutting the MDF wheel . I do not run it backwards because I have a double headed grinder and my CBN wheel is right next to this honing wheel. I rarely use it anymore since I have a CBN wheel and a diamond honing card. Thanks for the question and thanks for watching!
Barely use what? The honing wheel?
Being I am new to this I would have liked to see how you actually used the wheel. thanks
Thanks Frank, I use it just like any leather strop honing wheel to polish and knock down a bit of the burr.
I am not familiar with honing wheels. I would like to see the proper way to use it. Thanks
Pierre N.
Pierre Nadeau Thanks Pierre, I will try to shoot a video on that and post it soon, I am busy with work right now but will try to get one done asap.
Why do you have to spin it in reverse?
I don't spin in reverse I jus t hone on the bottom of the wheel so it won't catch and the wheel is spinning away from me not toward me
Good tip.
Lee Waterman Thanks Lee
maybe a old belt could be made into one along with a wood wheel
+ redsaw 90 It is worth a try and sounds like it would be great. I may give that a try.
iv made my own pulleys but never a strop so it will be a fun learning how
+redsaw 90 Let me know how it works
may take a while
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