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thumperfbc
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posted March 10, 2018 04:51 PMHide Post
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Originally posted by FRANKT:
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Do you lock the blade in a vice and go at it freehand with the grinder or lock the grinder in a vice and handle the blade?

Secure whatever is being sharpened and use the grinder as it's intended to be used. Securing could be the axe handle clamped in a vice where the axe head is extended and accessible from all angles. Or clamp the handle to a saw horse or bench. Same with lawn mower blades. Or lopping shears. Or a machete...


Flap wheel on a grinder is working well! Trying to develop my technique on the cheap hatchet before I ruin something nice. Thanks!
 
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FRANKT
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posted March 10, 2018 05:07 PMHide Post
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Flap wheel on a grinder is working well! Trying to develop my technique on the cheap hatchet before I ruin something nice. Thanks!

That will always be my favorite arrangement for controlled, easy-on-the-metal grinding. I hope I haven't misled you by calling them flap wheels instead of the more technically correct flap disc. Here is what I meant:
FLAP DISC


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thumperfbc
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posted March 10, 2018 05:33 PMHide Post
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Originally posted by FRANKT:
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Flap wheel on a grinder is working well! Trying to develop my technique on the cheap hatchet before I ruin something nice. Thanks!

That will always be my favorite arrangement for controlled, easy-on-the-metal grinding. I hope I haven't misled you by calling them flap wheels instead of the more technically correct flap disc. Here is what I meant:
FLAP DISC


That’s what I’m using, except 120 grit. I wasn’t sure which grit to buy so I erred in the finest they had available. Seemed logical.
 
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