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The dimenion of the felt wheel is 250 mm dia. x 45 mm with arbor hole 12 mm. The unit price was US$ 75 / pc and 25 US$ for shipping.

The sales manager is Alan Chang (sales@puruipolishing.com).

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Drilon 

Check https://www.puruipolishing.com/product/10-inch-rock-hard-felt-wheel/

The wheel they offer seems to be the wheel Vadim (RIP) of Knife Grinders offered. Payment/shipment was absolutely not problematic.

Good luck
Drilon

You must get a BESS value under 100 to be sure that you removed the root of the burr. Vadim Kraichuk (RIP) explains this in his booklet "Knife deburring". Diamond or CBN wheels in combination with a felt wheel of the right density are the solution.

Best regards,
Drilon

Some days ago I received a felt wheel with the following data from China:

10 Inch Rock Hard Felt Wheel for Knife Sharpening
Material: 100% Australia wool
Color: Natural white
Diameter: 250MM
Thickness: 45MM
Arbor hole: 12MM
Density: 0.65g/cm³
sales@puruipolishing.com

Contact person is Alan Chang.

This felt wheel looks and behaves identical to the felt wheel I got from Knifegrinders. Same diameter, same weight. Price was 100 US$ including the shipment to Germany. I received it about three weeks after I placed the order.

Hope this helps!

Best regards,
Drilon

You can use the FVB of Schleifjunkies together with the Calcapp calculator. The advantage of Calcapp is that it is "machine independant". The result simply is the distance between the top of the USB and the wheel surface.

The reason that there are no more supplies from Knifeginders is the our friend Vadim sadly passed away in January.

Calcapp is the right app to calulate the right height of the USB. There is no difference if you sharpen or if you hone. Only the wheel diameter and probably the angle are different.

Hello Darita, before buying more hardware I would suggest to read the booklet "Knife Deburring: Science behind the lasting razor edge" written by Dr. Vadim Kaichuk (RIP) known in our forum as "wootz" and watch his videos on YouTube.

Best regards,
Drilon

BESS is a unit defined by the force (weight) you need to cut a special thin polycarbonate filament with your knife. The smaller the BESS value is the sharper is your knife. There is a table showing a comparisons between BESS values and common descriptions:

http://knifegrinders.com.au/Manuals/Sharpness_Chart.pdf

Regards,
Drilon

For me it seems to be the problem of the wire edge burr. Vadim (RIP) explained it in his booklet and on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/KCkvkaeAtM0
https://youtu.be/N9o8E0rSXO4
https://youtu.be/TLfDeE7JRAA

Hope it helps!

Regards
Drilon

I started using laser goniometer with the DIY version DILAGON 2.0 described by Cyrano in http://bessex.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=338&page=2. Very easy to build as you don't need a curved screen. The angle scale is calculated for a flat area. To hold the small laser I used a pipe clamp. Cost is less than 10 $.

Regards,
Drilon

Did you use the email address   KG@knifegrinders.com.au  ?

Regards,
Drilon

Hello Rick,

thank you for adding these manuals to your sharpeninghandbook! Drilling holes with manpower and not with electricity makes me smile!

Stay healthy!
Drilon

Since 4 days there are two videos by Vadim (Knife Grinders) on YouTube about truing https://youtu.be/CqDorNSVb5Q and grading the stone https://youtu.be/141hD1d1zj0.

Stay healthy!
Drilon

Please read the very helpful thread from wootz:

https://forum.tormek.com/index.php?topic=3053.msg24823#msg24823

Regards,
Drilon

Hello John, have a look at www.dictum.com in Germany.

Regards,
Drilon