[Noisebridge-discuss] Bench grinder - dressing tool?

jim jim at well.com
Thu Nov 18 18:51:19 UTC 2010



meredith for shop tech! 

need an assistant shop tech, too, yes? 



On Thu, 2010-11-18 at 10:24 -0800, meredith scheff wrote:
> My thoughts exactly. Basically..we need a shop tech.
> 
> On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Jonathan Foote <jtfoote at ieee.org>
> wrote:
>         I donated that sander to the Box Shop (and thanks Ray for
>         fixing the
>         craptastic switch on it).
>         Awfully useful, but awfully dusty! If we want something like
>         it to
>         play nicely with electronics, food, and the occasional clean
>         freak,
>         some kind of dust collection would be
>         excellent-slash-mandatory. Also
>         the belts and discs need periodic replacement (especially if
>         abused)
>         and if the bandsaw is any example that may be an issue.
>         
>         
>         On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 11:29 PM, Ray
>         <waywardengineer at gmail.com> wrote:
>         
>         
>         > 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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