Brake Dress for the diamond wheel

[Janderso]

Oh my God.
What a difference!
I mounted this new Norton ceramic wheel. I dressed it as always expecting to take off .020” or so.
It took .005” to clean off the pencil marks.
I then tested a piece of A2 hardened with .002”, then .0005” and a clean up pass.
Best results to date on the 618 B&S Micromaster.

 

[Janderso]

I just realized, this is probably not the best thread to show off this wheel.

 

[Janderso]

I dressed the diamond wheel this morning after I dressed the 3” grinding wheel.
It worked well.
I made a test cut into some flat bar to verify all was right with the world.
I kissed the plate. The pattern was full from side to side and there was no voids on the wheel.
It appears my efforts have paid off.

 

[ACHiPo]

I dressed the diamond wheel this morning after I dressed the 3” grinding wheel.
It worked well.
I made a test cut into some flat bar to verify all was right with the world.
I kissed the plate. The pattern was full from side to side and there was no voids on the wheel.
It appears my efforts have paid off.

Mebbe I should send my stones back for a re-do! Via pony express!

Nice work!

 

[Janderso]

I wouldn't mind but I don't think it would make a difference.
Aren't those stones cool??
Have you used them on your ways? Every ding will have a shiny ring. Kind of like a golf divot on a green.

 

[ACHiPo]

I wouldn't mind but I don't think it would make a difference.
Aren't those stones cool??
Have you used them on your ways? Every ding will have a shiny ring. Kind of like a golf divot on a green.

Jeff,
I was kidding--they work great as-is. I've used them on lots of stuff--in fact I find myself working along and then realizing "I should stone this" and sure enough there are some nibs I can feel sticking up.

Nice work on the brake! I can see lots of grinding in your future!

 

[Janderso]

These diamond wheels are so darn tough. It takes a lot of work to dress them.
If you look at the pic of the dressed diamond wheel after I used my ghetto brake dress on it, it's round and flat.
These things out of the box are not even close. The first time I used it I noticed these facets (1/2" long flat spots) around the wheel.
I thought, how the heck am I going to get those out of there?
If you use the power feed on the precision stones you will develop a bevel just like you would on a regular grinding wheel.

 

[Janderso]

I just received a 7" X 1/4" CBN wheel from Shars. They were on Back order.
I've been lead to believe the CBN material is harder than the diamond?
We'll see how round this one is.
I think it was $69.

This one from MSC is $484.
For a hobby guy. Shars products have done the job so far. I know there is a quality difference between a sub $50 and a >$450 wheel.
My eyes are wide open.

https://www.mscdirect.com/product/details/73551244