I recently switched to the Sorby Pro-Edge belt sharpening system and I'm really enjoying it. That said...I have a large skew I need to re-shape and the coarsest belt I can find is a 60 grit. Does anyone know if a 40 grit belt is available somewhere? THANKS...j
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Sorby Belts...
- Thread starter John Grace
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I'm clueless (about many things) but if you can't find the belt you want perhaps you could remove most of the metal with a bench grinder (or even an angle grinder) then finish up on the Sorby.
I was going to suggest the same belts, ceramic, not aluminum oxide. I started using the ceramic Red Label belts on a 2"x 72" grinder to shape carving knife blades. The ceramic is far more effective on steels than aluminum oxide. Several grits should be available. Red Label are good folk, contact them for more help.
Their course ceramic belts (36 grit, maybe 40) will eat steel all day long. Hardware store steel bar stock turns to dust on its way to being in contact with those belts.
Red Label aluminum oxide are great for wood, though. I have some 60 grit in that length, works very well to shape wood.