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I still have some work to do on my new to me B&S #2A surface grinder, but am trying to identify some wheels and tools to pick up for it. The wheel size is 7" x 1/2" 1-1/4" hole. I've been doing research on line and found a tremendous amount! Too much actually... I have pretty basic needs so it seems like there should be a simple answer out there, so here goes:
I will basically have two types of grinding to do. Soft carbon steel and hardened tool steel. The carbon will most likely be a matter of making parts parallel and down to a certain size. The tool steel will be things like truing up parallels, 1-2-3 blocks, angle plates, HSS tool bits, etc.. I know a coarser wheel is better if you have a lot of material to remove, but I will most likely machine close to size and want to minimize the quantity of wheels I buy.
I'm trying to limit the different wheels I have to the basics. So, I'm looking for recommendations of hopefully no more than 2-3 different wheels unless there is good reason for more. Some might say you only need one wheel period but I have no problem with a couple/three different ones if that makes sense.
Right now I have a worn and a brand new Norton 38A46-I8VBE and one adapter (hub).
I also need to pick up adapters and a puller. Where do you guys get yours? I see them on MSC and McMaster Carr for close to $60 for adapters and $18 for a puller. I've also seen used ones on eBay, but think I would be better off buying new so I know what I'm getting.
I've done some grinding in the past when I worked in the tool room years ago, but I always just used whatever wheel was already on the machine and have no experience in wheel selection so I appreciate the help.
Ted
I will basically have two types of grinding to do. Soft carbon steel and hardened tool steel. The carbon will most likely be a matter of making parts parallel and down to a certain size. The tool steel will be things like truing up parallels, 1-2-3 blocks, angle plates, HSS tool bits, etc.. I know a coarser wheel is better if you have a lot of material to remove, but I will most likely machine close to size and want to minimize the quantity of wheels I buy.
I'm trying to limit the different wheels I have to the basics. So, I'm looking for recommendations of hopefully no more than 2-3 different wheels unless there is good reason for more. Some might say you only need one wheel period but I have no problem with a couple/three different ones if that makes sense.
Right now I have a worn and a brand new Norton 38A46-I8VBE and one adapter (hub).
I also need to pick up adapters and a puller. Where do you guys get yours? I see them on MSC and McMaster Carr for close to $60 for adapters and $18 for a puller. I've also seen used ones on eBay, but think I would be better off buying new so I know what I'm getting.
I've done some grinding in the past when I worked in the tool room years ago, but I always just used whatever wheel was already on the machine and have no experience in wheel selection so I appreciate the help.
Ted