[TheForge] Grinding wheels....

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

I once picked up a broken down pedal type grindstone with a nasty chip 
taken out of the wheel. A master stonecarver friend happened by and said 
" here, I'll rough it out for you and you can do the finishing. He 
sorted through my chisels and punches chosing a point  among others. He 
used the point to remove most of the bulk stone, eyeballing roundness. 
He was right on the mark ( no mark). Then used the chisels to smooth out 
the  heavy  unevenness. Old Nathan Blackstone  was very fast, moving 
constantly..took him less than 15 min.. He was amused that I wanted to 
fix it up and make it work again. Told me stories of guys who would go 
up and down the neighborhood streets with a pedal powered sharpening rig 
and sharpen the housewives knives.
The lower third of the  stone ran in a small  rounded tank of water that 
hung from the axle frame so the stone cut cool and never loaded up. The 
tank has to be drained when not in use or the stone will soak up water 
on the bottom and be out of balance.
When I got mine functioning  I found that they were designed for smaller 
folk than myself...felt like an adult trying to ride a kiddie's 
hotwheel......Pete

Phlip wrote:

>I'm wanting to build a grinder for my set-up, which means, non-powered. I've
>heard that there might be a place in NH that still makes sandstone wheels-
>anybody know where it is, and if they're still in business?
>
>Phlip
>
>"When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
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