Topic: Bench Grinder Truing Tool??

[kinshijei]

I am new to the Tormek systems & I was wondering if there is a diamond truing tool for bench grinder users that are using the BGM-100?  Something like the TT-50 would be great!

[Ken S]

I have used this with good results.  It's inexpensive, and does the job well.

http://www.leevalley.com/US/wood/page.aspx?p=55075&cat=1,43072,43080&ap=1

Ken

[kinshijei]

Thanks Ken,
My only question about a tool like that is, being that the tool is 36 grit & my wheel is 150 grit, will this lower the grit on my wheel?

Thanks

Kin Shijei

[Ken S]

I don't believe that would be a problem.  Before I bought one of these, I used a single point industrial diamond.  I find the strip easier to use, especially if the wheel is dressed with a crown instead of flat.

150 seems like a very fine grit to me.  My dry grinder doesn't get much use since I bought the Tormek.  (It may, if I have sharpening to do before I get to replace my stolen unit.)  I use an 80 grit white wheel and (the newer wheel) a 46 grit Norton X3. I really like the 46 grit wheel.  It grinds quickly and coolly.  The Tormek is much safer for things like chisels and plane blades.  When I had several decades of mushroomed head on a splitting wedge to remove, the X3 really shone.  not much danger of overheating that hunk of steel.

Ken

[kinshijei]

Any other suggestions?

[Jeff Farris]

A normal stick diamond dresser, single point or cluster, will work fine on a grindstone. Grit of the stone will not be modified by dressing...other than to open up a glazed stone. The high rotation speed of the wheel makes a stop system such as Tormek uses unnecessary. Like Ken, I prefer a cluster tip over a single point. Packard Woodworks carries a nice one.

[kinshijei]

Thank you for the tips Ken & Jeff! I think I'll try the cluster dresser.

Kin