Precision Ground Toolroom Stones

ddickey said:
I thought they were $500/pair?
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This site has the $500 pair. I did not find anything reasonable for a price I can consider affording.
http://www.airbearings.com/flatstones


For $20...
Like this https://www.zoro.com/norton-combina...81&gclid=CPn2_8WxvtQCFQlVfgodQFMFcw&gclsrc=ds

For the $7 and up range.. Some Amazon sorted low to high
https://tinyurl.com/y9vq8rn3

Here is the Amazon list w/ just Norton selected;
https://tinyurl.com/yayv8uey

I am going to put a few on order myself. This is a fun thread!!! Thanks all.
 
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countryguy said:
This site has the $500 pair. I did not find anything reasonable for a price I can consider affording.
http://www.airbearings.com/flatstones


For $20...
Like this https://www.zoro.com/norton-combina...81&gclid=CPn2_8WxvtQCFQlVfgodQFMFcw&gclsrc=ds

For the $7 and up range.. Some Amazon sorted low to high
https://tinyurl.com/y9vq8rn3

Here is the Amazon list w/ just Norton selected;
https://tinyurl.com/yayv8uey

I am going to put a few on order myself. This is a fun thread!!! Thanks all.
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Got mine from MSC for about $16 each, and got the diamond wheel from Shars on eBay for $91 shipped.
 
I would be interested to know what the quality is like of the $4 stones.
If the abrasive and bonding are comparable to Norton, then it shouldn't matter using the cheaper stones.

Has anybody had any experience with the cheaper stuff?
 
tyler machine said:
I would be interested to know what the quality is like of the $4 stones.
If the abrasive and bonding are comparable to Norton, then it shouldn't matter using the cheaper stones.

Has anybody had any experience with the cheaper stuff?
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I am one of the most frugal guys you might ever meet, but after paying $91 for the diamond wheel, and the amount of work and time that will be involved with this project, it just does not make sense to me to cheap out by a few dollars on the stones themselves, which will be rubbing on our expen$ive tooling and machines.
 
I decided to try this on the 'cheap-cheap', just to see what happens: A 20$ CDN diamond wheel, and two 4$ CDN stones. I'll post pictures -if- they ever arrive.
 
Dabbler said:
I decided to try this on the 'cheap-cheap', just to see what happens: A 20$ CDN diamond wheel, and two 4$ CDN stones. I'll post pictures -if- they ever arrive.
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I am interested in how it turns out. Great prices...
 
So Here's what Bert tells me: You don't need to balance or true a diamond wheel, because they are *supposed* to be concentric and since the greater mass is in the aluminum which has very uniform density, the only problem would be the arbor hole. The diamond wheel will eventually wear truer with time, but if it is slightly 'bumping' due to a high spot, you just grind slower until the grind is more uniform.

High quality name brand stones are always (except in very rare cases) concentric, finished and balanced. When you mount a diamond wheel, it will usually seat with in a half thou of centre. This is good enough to get started until it wears true.

- share with us your experiences when you get started!
 
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I got my diamond AUS$30 wheel the other day too. Will mount it in the surface grinder to see how good it is.
This one is a resin bonded wheel, so it should be able to be dressed slightly with a coarse stone.
I'll get a couple of india stones tomorrow.
 
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