01-12-2018, 04:49 AM
Bud,
A second thought and another key to learning. I may be known as the guy who wastes his precious Tormek grinding wheel by truing it too often. I do that intentionally and, for the record, I don't think it wears down my grinding wheel any more than ignoring it. Several times in the past I noticed my sharpening was not going well. An initial very light truing cut told the tale. The light cut was only touching the high spots. I continued making very light cuts (about half a number on the microadjust) until the first cut which ground consistently. I don't really know how much of a problem a slightly untrue wheel is. I do know that by developing the habit of consistently keeping my wheel true, I can check one more thing off my list of potential trouble sources.
My point is if we control what we can with good work habits, we can cut down the number of gremlins.
Ken
A second thought and another key to learning. I may be known as the guy who wastes his precious Tormek grinding wheel by truing it too often. I do that intentionally and, for the record, I don't think it wears down my grinding wheel any more than ignoring it. Several times in the past I noticed my sharpening was not going well. An initial very light truing cut told the tale. The light cut was only touching the high spots. I continued making very light cuts (about half a number on the microadjust) until the first cut which ground consistently. I don't really know how much of a problem a slightly untrue wheel is. I do know that by developing the habit of consistently keeping my wheel true, I can check one more thing off my list of potential trouble sources.
My point is if we control what we can with good work habits, we can cut down the number of gremlins.
Ken