What are the options for this ? I know water soluble is one . Are there any other ? Is everything else a poor second ? I am helping guy set up a profile grinder for molder knives . The building might not be heated come winter is the reason I am asking . Any other tips I can pass along about using a diamond wheel ? Actually this machine came with a couple of dozen wheels to fit various set-ups . Ken Cutt
Flood Coolant for Diamond wheel
Apr 11, 2006
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Hope those knives are carbide. Diamonds are carbon and ferrous metals absorb carbon and your wheel will wear away very shortly. If you are cutting steel use a cbn wheel.
John
I can not say about all the knives as it is not my machine but I can guess that the bulk of the knives will be tool steel . I thought grinding steel with diamond was ok as long as you keep everything cool ? No planer mill I ever heard of could afford the bulk of their knives to be carbide . As an example . This one machine has 6 cutter heads with (guessing as I have not counted ) 14 cutters per head . Thats a lot of carbide . I would like any info at all as I have never used a diamond wheel . If they will not do tool steel , well that would be information well worth knowing . Thanks Ken Cutt
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