[Noisebridge-discuss] Bench grinder - dressing tool?

[Ray]

At the Boxshop, we have a combination disc sander and belt sander and
it's super useful- I especially like it on electronics and small stuff
like you would do at Noisebridge. We have a Delta cheapo that was
probably $100, but it keeps going even though we're pretty rough on
the poor thing.

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 11:17 PM, meredith scheff <satiredun at gmail.com> wrote:
> yup, you just brace it against the wheel and whammo. well, grind-o anyways.
> On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 7:29 PM, jim <jim at systemateka.com> wrote:
>>
>>   cool, and it's only $3.64. if only the page
>> said how to use it. looks weird.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 2010-11-17 at 17:20 -0800, meredith scheff wrote:
>> > oddly, googling 'grinder dressing tool' comes up with the answer!
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 8:38 AM, jim <jim at systemateka.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >           with respect to the bench grinder, what do you
>> >         mean, "dressing tool". what might they hand me if
>> >         i go to a full-line hardware store and ask for a
>> >         dressing tool for a bench grinder?
>> >           also, how to set the bench grinder up for
>> >         sharpening knives, axes, chisels, other cutting
>> >         tools?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >         On Tue, 2010-11-16 at 18:20 -0800, Heiko Panther wrote:
>> >         > The bench grinder's wheels are pretty dull and clogged up
>> >         with material
>> >         > that it shouln't be used with. Is anyone aware of the
>> >         existence of a
>> >         > dressing tool? On the same note, is there a process for
>> >         ordering
>> >         > stuff/making purchases for NB, or making in-kind donations
>> >         to NB?
>> >         >
>> >         > Heiko
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