Looking to get a CBN wheel. 8” - 180 grit. 5/8” arbor 1 1/2” wide. Wondering who has the best? Are they all aluminum or does that even matter? I am leaning towards D-Way. Any advice appreciated.
I will look into this one. I sure like the price, thank you.Here's the ones I bought: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B3D2679P
This is my first experience with CBN wheels but they work great as far as I can tell. I don't get the slow startup and slowdown some folks report.
Thanks for the info! I do have a 1/2HP grinder so maybe I should look into aluminum wheels for the weight issue.Here are my thoughts on CBN wheels. If you are using powdered metal HHS tools you need them. 180 Grit is a great starting point. You can buy square or rounded edge wheels. If you do hollow forms or use HSS bits you will want the profiled edge wheels. I'm primarily a bowl turner so I prefer the square edge design. I have 80 (D-way), 180 (D-way) and 600 (?). The 600 is aluminum but only 1" wide. I use the 80 for major reginding, the 180 is for my scrapers, and the 600 is for my gouges. The two D-way are steel and are 1.5". I prefer the wider wheels but the narrow one works. One issue that you need to consider is that the steel wheels are very heavy. I had the two steel wheels on a 1/2 HP grinder and they ended up killing it. It started very slowly and soon it stopped working. I replaced it with a 1 HP grinder and it works so much better.
These CBN wheels are great. As far as I know they all work well so its more a matter of the features that you want.
I haven't read about a bad brand yet.Looking to get a CBN wheel. 8” - 180 grit. 5/8” arbor 1 1/2” wide. Wondering who has the best? Are they all aluminum or does that even matter? I am leaning towards D-Way. Any advice appreciated.
The radius edge may make it easier to sharpen HSS bits for hollowing, but that’s the only advantage that I can think of