Angle grinder polycarbide stripping wheel for blade thinning?

[palindrome]

I know some of what can go wrong when using an angle grinder to thin a blade: heating, gouges, accidentally introducing a hollow grind (in the wrong place) instead of flat material removal. It's intense enough to make sparks but very slow compared to a grinding wheel. I don't know whether the wheel will get loaded.

Has anyone tried this? Would it work? I want to buy a partially beveled blank but I know it won't cut easily like a CCK unless I thin it a lot.

Edit: I'm bad at sharpening so I really want thin shoulders.

 

[RDalman]

Havent tried but believe you'll need to go for some quality ceramic flapwheel, like cubitron or such, to get anywhere without overheating.

 

[palindrome]

Havent tried but believe you'll need to go for some quality ceramic flapwheel, like cubitron or such, to get anywhere without overheating.

Oh, is overheating more of a problem than cutting badly due to the curved grinding wheel?

 

[Troopah_Knives]

If you are going very thin and near the edge I would be really worried about over heating

 

[Blank Blades.]

Yeah. Like the others have said. You will overheat your blade.

After that, your knives are basically ruined.

If you want a powered option for thinning. Either get something like a shinko wheel. Or a belt grinder.