[TheForge] Source for Non-Standard Grinding wheels

Tue Feb 18 13:56:04 2003

3" diameter by 5" wide ??

 [email protected] wrote:I have a lot of old hand cranked grinding wheels that I have collected 
and refurbished. I use them on Boy Scout campouts for teaching 
blacksmithing. With this set up, I can oversee them through the entire 
process of forging, finishing and polishing out a knife. A bonus is, 
while I would never allow an eleven year old to polish out a blade on my 
baldor buffing set up, a four inch hand cranked buff will give a 
mirror finish and is nowhere near as dangerous. I have one grinder in 
particular that I have converted to foot power. It is unique in that it 
has a double shaft. I have mounted a wire wheel on one side. The other 
side has a really long shaft and came with a 3" diameter wheel, with a 
5" face. I cannot find a replacement stone. While I could gang 
together abunch of smaller stones, I would rather not. Does anyone 
know of a source for wheels of this sort? I really have gotten to like 
this grinder. It is mounted to the back of my post vice stand, and is 
dandy for knocking scale off with just a couple of pumps of my foot. I 
guess if I can't find a wide wheel, I will set it up with two wheels , 
coarse and fine, with a two inch spacer between.

Charles

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