The discussion was cut off before I got a chance to respond.... Well, I picked up 2 of the slick sticks. Can't remember if I read instructions or watched a video. You do not apply it directly to your grinding wheels because it goes on too thick. I applied it to the bevels of my tools. Thus far, I haven't noticed any real difference. I haven't been turning a lot lately, doing other stuff.... I will give it a good testing on my bandsaw blades this spring when, hopefully, I will have fresh Madrone logs which really love to gunk up the wheels and the bandsaw blades. Started up the circle cutting bandsaw one morning after prepping a bunch of blanks the day before. Got a lot of squealing. The gunk had frozen on the blade and wheels and guides. Had to scrape off the blade.
Several years back, I took to using the Trend Lapping fluid to help clean my CBN wheels. If I put it on the wheel directly, I would get a racing stripe down my front side. I took to putting a drop on the bevel of the tool to be sharpened. That did a lot to keep the wheels cleaner when turning lots of sloppy wet Madrone. If I notice any big differences of any sort, I will post here.
I did have one set of CBN wheels that I retired. They just wouldn't cut any more, but left a beautiful polished bevel surface. Maybe I can dig them out and see if the slick stick can make them cut again. My old DMT diamond hones, some thing like 25 years old, pretty much stopped cutting. Some of the lapping fluid and they cut very well again. Not quite like new though....
robo hippy
Several years back, I took to using the Trend Lapping fluid to help clean my CBN wheels. If I put it on the wheel directly, I would get a racing stripe down my front side. I took to putting a drop on the bevel of the tool to be sharpened. That did a lot to keep the wheels cleaner when turning lots of sloppy wet Madrone. If I notice any big differences of any sort, I will post here.
I did have one set of CBN wheels that I retired. They just wouldn't cut any more, but left a beautiful polished bevel surface. Maybe I can dig them out and see if the slick stick can make them cut again. My old DMT diamond hones, some thing like 25 years old, pretty much stopped cutting. Some of the lapping fluid and they cut very well again. Not quite like new though....
robo hippy