It works great. I got a cheap, 8" Delta medium grit wheel for 13 bucks. The bushings to fit the Tormek shaft were 11 bucks. Put it on the Tormek, trued it up, and ran it wet. You can shape in no time with no heat build up.
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General Tormek Questions / Dry grind on the Tormek?
June 17, 2010, 03:18:46 AM
To speed up the shaping process, couldn't you put an 8" Norton 3X blue grinding wheel (80 grit) on the Tormek? Granted you would have to bush the wheel from its 1" bore to fit the 12mm shaft, but bushings are available from McMaster-Carr for about 6 bucks. And, of course, the wheel would be spinning much slower than its rated speed. Other than that, it sounds like a better (and easier) idea than setting up a separate dry, high speed, grinder. Maybe you could even run it wet. Anyone tried it?
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