That's nice machine work, but I don't understand why you wanted to remove the guards.
I keep the wheel covers on to control the fine metal dust that comes off the wheels. It will float around in the air for a day or three, just like the fine wood dust does. I found metal dust inside of a box (dog ears tucked into sides of box and magnetic base inside the box) 2 feet away from my grinder. Another turner hung a magnet about 10 feet away from his grinder and it got fuzzy with metal dust.
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Felt like they r in my way of my jig setup and felt like they did not do enough to control the metal dust anyway; i have a dedicated DC unit that sucks the dust in to a smaller wet dry unit that sucks in the dust, positioned the hose so the dust hits some water in the bottom before it hits the filter ( for the most part) that seems to pull any perceivable metal dust out of the shop air - I think it works - certainly the inside of the container is scummed with metal dust like the bottom of my tomek grinder bath.
Thanks.
I have an older Delta grinder that is very similar to the Baldor and it has guards that are wide enough to accommodate the 1½" CBN wheels and it also has a port on the back to hook it to a shop vac or a DC. I'm not ready to put CBN wheels on my grinder, but I was considering what Reed had said about fine metal dust that I wouldn't want to breathe.
I currently have a CBN wheel on my Tormek and I use a water bath just as I did with the aluminum oxide wheel after seeing the mess caused by running the wheel dry.
I would think you would get the same metal dust off your delta PLUS the worn wheel dust whatever your delta has on it - Question about the tormek (I have one) which wheel do you have on it to keep it from rusting? - so you do all your sharpening on it? been thinking about giving it to my nephew with a CBN wheel but wanted to know if a wheel exist that can take the water bath.
Bill -
I have a tormek with the grey stone wheel. (I bought a lightly used Tormek 2000 with all of the jigs available for what I considered cheap) I have tried every way I can think of to sharpen my 1.25" Laser skew and have given up in total frustration. My Tormek is relegated to sharpening knives, bench chisels and jointer blades. The hassle with jointers blades has induced me to just buy new ones. I consider the Tormek purchase as one of my poorest tool decisions.
Would you be open to giving me a tutorial on skew sharpening on a tormek? Allen isn't that far from Dalworthington Gardens.
I have a tormek with the grey stone wheel. (I bought a lightly used Tormek 2000 with all of the jigs available for what I considered cheap) I have tried every way I can think of to sharpen my 1.25" Laser skew and have given up in total frustration.
Nick, I am brand new too woodturning. Was given a deal on an old Baldor 8" 3600 rpm grinder (same style as you have; inside wheel guard holds in the bearing spring). Bought a set of CBN wheels from Woodturners Wonder, but they are not going to fit with the guards on (without a spacer to move them further out on the shaft). I was going to try and turn a wood cover similar to your AL one; I didn't know I could turn AL on my wood lathe. What tool did you use to turn AL?View attachment 24411 View attachment 24410 Done with both sides now, ya have to turn an
Indent to squish in agaist the spring washers -