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Eamon Burke

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You know those giant water wheels that folks like Murray Carter use? You know how they are extremely expensive to ship from Japan?

Well, how come nobody uses carborundum stones like Steeley is always posting about. I mean, I see these guys in a factory making THOUSANDS of giant wheels, and I can't help but think how amazing it would be to buy one that someone thinks is a burdensome antique, mount it, dress it, and use it to grind in some bevels.

I mean, why not? I assume there is a reason, because there are countless knifemakers here in the US using everything else--from water-cooled grinders to radiused platens--and if there were a more bucolic, jingoistic approach I'm sure someone would favor it.
 
Norton can make stones any size, for a little more then half of what some were quoted to get japanese stones over here.
 
you grind, if you like it and it does what you want, than that's the grit you get. Those are natural stones and I don't imagine the grit is very high.
 
Yeah, I'm gonna call Norton too, and see what they say. It wouldn't need to turn fast at all, and even if it's expensive, you'd never need to buy belts again. A $5,000 wheel may end up paying for itself in time and belts. No dipping!
 
That's awesome. That could be mounted the way it is, and just use the 4" flat on it, you wouldn't have any hollowing to deal with.

I bet I could get one of these up and running for $2k.
 
So....anyone got any idea why nobody else is doing this? It seems like an awesome solution.
 
i've tried some of those stones and they arent at all the same as the stones like what i'm using... i thought it would be a cheaper easier way to do things, but it just didnt work as well at all... some clogged on stainless quickly, others didnt work as well with constant water, others were super hard, and others were super soft. Maybe there are some out there that will be awesome, but i had the opportunity to test a few about a year ago and the ones i tested just didnt work the same.
 
An important consideration for using stone wheels is how you will dress them and keep then running true. It's easy to clean a stone's surface but not so easy to get it true once it goes out of whack and they always go out of whack.
 
Those are snag wheels from Norton. They grind pretty coarse but maybe that's what you want. They are used dry. Wheel RPM is critical on the high end but sounds like you'll be running slowso not an issue. It would be worth talking to a Norton Rep. When I lived in Michigan I just drove up to where my Rep was and tried out whatever I was interested in. Where you live you ought to be able to do the same.

-AJ
 
Put one in an old-school foot crank arbor in view of the dining room.
 
IIRC, John Marcus was also making the little McDonald rolling mill for a while. The bad news is that he seems to have dropped off the face of the earth (or at least off of the Fogg forum) about 2 years ago (someone mentioned "problems") and I don't know if he is back, alive or what have you.
 
But it doesn't prevent one from having to buy belts all the time. Not to mention it ain't cheaper. If you can't fabricate all those parts and especially the wheels, those get $$$.
 
Eamon you can have a piece of stone water jetted to your spec, probably for a lot less than $5,000, go to a cemetary monument place and place an order, have an arbor/mandrel made and get a 10 HP veriable speed motor and your good to go.lol
 
Eamon you can have a piece of stone water jetted to your spec, probably for a lot less than $5,000, go to a cemetary monument place and place an order, have an arbor/mandrel made and get a 10 HP veriable speed motor and your good to go.lol

When Eamon kicks the bucket, he can have his headstone made into a grindstone and his apprentice can use it.
 
OMG how did I not think of that???


OK so it's settled. When I die, I want my headstone to have a coarse and fine stone built into the top of it, and my descendants(or anyone, really) can use it. I might even put some instructions on the back of the headstone. That'd be awesome!
 
OMG how did I not think of that???


OK so it's settled. When I die, I want my headstone to have a coarse and fine stone built into the top of it, and my descendants(or anyone, really) can use it. I might even put some instructions on the back of the headstone. That'd be awesome!

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