[bogiestl]

Well, Harbor Freight is having a tent sale, and I probably should have bought the big ol' compressor that had the regulator broken off for $200, but instead I picked up a NIB tool grinder. Only 47 kilos.

Anyone know where to find a diamond wheel to use on one side? I understand that the wheels that come with that are pretty crappy on a good day.

Also, looking to get the 12x36 lathe in sometime during the next few weeks - is anyone in St. Louis with a hankerin' for beer? It's only a little incline to the garage...

Any compilation of "small machine rigging tips" out there?

[jason_b]

Shars has the best price on diamond wheels.

Jason

[bogiestl]

How about Aluminum Oxide? Any suggestions around that? Basically just going to be touching up HSS and a few carbide lathe cutters, but I'm going to try to stay with indexable for a lot of the lathe ops...

[jason_b]

Fine on the HSS, but I don't think you'll be happy with it on carbide. You can sort-of "sharpen" carbide with other abraisives, but because they are softer they are really just chipping away the edge. To cut carbide you will need diamond.

Jason