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Posted by David Sherman [72.47.9.228] on Monday, November 22, 2010 at 22:20:59 :
In Reply to: One point of the babbitt.... posted by ChrisCase [75.36.46.215] on Monday, November 22, 2010 at 12:10:26 :
So far I haven't found a 6" dia wheel that's 1-1/2" wide. I checked McMaster, MSC, McFadden, Grizzly, etc. I can get 1-1/4" wide, but that's it for 6" wheels. I epoxied the old one, trued it up again, and it seems to be okay for now. The trouble is it's now down to about 5-3/4" dia and I'm almost out of adjustment room to have the drive roller still press on it. The natural sandstone is very soft and wears off noticeably just in sharpening one knife. I'll have to find a new wheel of some kind. So far this wet grinder is turning out to be not such a good deal, especially since I gave $40 for it as it was before I rebuilt it.