Mark,
I have a question. I am not advocating anything, just curious. Is your objection to belt grinders something inherant in the belt grinder itself or concern about the heat generated? I have not had much actual use time with my belt grinders. ( Most of my time with them has been involved assembling, disassembling, modifying and reassembling them over and over for this exchange. :
) When I started doing this, my surface feet per minute was around 2700 with the Viel and 1800 with the smaller drive pulley of the Kally. With the PSI variable speed motor, this can be dropped to 900 right out of the box (using the smaller drive pulley with either machine. Adjusting the motor pot, 600 is obtainable.
With this markedly lower SFM, my belt grinders run noticeably cooler. In this cooler environment, do you still prefer stones?
This is an interesting topic. i appreciate your comments.
Ken
ps A prelimnary search has not revealed any pyroceram in my shop, however, I am still on the case. I will keep you posted.
I have a question. I am not advocating anything, just curious. Is your objection to belt grinders something inherant in the belt grinder itself or concern about the heat generated? I have not had much actual use time with my belt grinders. ( Most of my time with them has been involved assembling, disassembling, modifying and reassembling them over and over for this exchange. :
) When I started doing this, my surface feet per minute was around 2700 with the Viel and 1800 with the smaller drive pulley of the Kally. With the PSI variable speed motor, this can be dropped to 900 right out of the box (using the smaller drive pulley with either machine. Adjusting the motor pot, 600 is obtainable. With this markedly lower SFM, my belt grinders run noticeably cooler. In this cooler environment, do you still prefer stones?
This is an interesting topic. i appreciate your comments.
Ken
ps A prelimnary search has not revealed any pyroceram in my shop, however, I am still on the case. I will keep you posted.