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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2022 7:20:04 GMT -5
How do you dress you tile saw blade (or other types of lapidary saw blades)? With bricks, dressing stone, AO grinding wheel? Thanks for the help!  |
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Post by RWA3006 on Sept 2, 2022 8:27:20 GMT -5
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Post by Starguy on Sept 2, 2022 8:35:02 GMT -5
ashley I run an SiC dressing stick slowly through the blade. Going slow is best and it should be run through several times. It takes off the metal that gets shoved over the diamonds. If that doesnāt improve things, I take the blade off the saw and peen the edge with an old flat bastard cut steel file. I think Highland Park lapidary has a YouTube video on how to do this. I like to take the blade off the saw so no damage is done to the bearings. I hope that helps.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2022 9:57:08 GMT -5
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Post by catmandewe on Sept 2, 2022 10:11:10 GMT -5
The Brick method only works if you have a fire rated brick, regular bricks are basically made of mud and will not sharpen your blade, fire rated bricks are usually made of Silica and Alumina Oxide which will act as a sharpening agent.
An old grinding wheel works good, just cut some pieces off of it and use them.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2022 17:43:04 GMT -5
StarguyPeened the blade today after watching that video you sent. Thanks again Brent! Hopefully Iāll get to see how it runs this weekend. Have some agates I need to cut.
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Post by Starguy on Sept 21, 2022 21:29:00 GMT -5
It seems too easy doesnāt it?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2022 21:34:06 GMT -5
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Post by jasoninsd on Sept 21, 2022 21:36:38 GMT -5
The Brick method only works if you have a fire rated brick, regular bricks are basically made of mud and will not sharpen your blade, fire rated bricks are usually made of Silica and Alumina Oxide which will act as a sharpening agent. An old grinding wheel works good, just cut some pieces off of it and use them. Tony Tony, thanks for the clarification on the brick. I've just used a regular red brick...and wasn't really seeing much of a difference! LOL - This explains why! |
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Post by Rockoonz on Sept 21, 2022 23:56:40 GMT -5
I "peen" with a hammer on the edge of a table, goal is to make the edge of the blade wider than the blade immediately behind it so the blade doesn't act like a wedge and bind up as it's forced into the rock. I call it swaging.
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Post by jasoninsd on Sept 22, 2022 8:03:37 GMT -5
How do you dress you tile saw blade (or other types of lapidary saw blades)? With bricks, dressing stone, AO grinding wheel? Thanks for the help! For general purpose work throughout the summer, it's jeans and a t-shirt. Once fall hits, I have to switch the blade over to flannel. If it's an expensive rock I'm going to be cutting, I shoot for a suit and tie...maybe just a Cardigan sweater (the Mr. Rogers style). However, once the blade has run its course, there's a small ceremony of remembrance and I go with a tuxedo to lay it to rest with the other worn-out blades.  |
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Post by JR8675309 on Sept 22, 2022 8:32:48 GMT -5
How do you dress you tile saw blade (or other types of lapidary saw blades)? With bricks, dressing stone, AO grinding wheel? Thanks for the help! For general purpose work throughout the summer, it's jeans and a t-shirt. Once fall hits, I have to switch the blade over to flannel. If it's an expensive rock I'm going to be cutting, I shoot for a suit and tie...maybe just a Cardigan sweater (the Mr. Rogers style). However, once the blade has run its course, there's a small ceremony of remembrance and I go with a tuxedo to lay it to rest with the other worn-out blades. Ā dangit you beat me to it! |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2022 8:44:52 GMT -5
jasoninsdOh Jason lol!!š¤£ sounds like how my husband dresses minus the mr. rogers lol! You know itās that fun time of year when The flannels come out!
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Post by JR8675309 on Sept 22, 2022 8:47:12 GMT -5
jasoninsdOh Jason lol!!š¤£ sounds like how my husband dresses minus the mr. rogers lol! You know itās that fun time of year when The flannels come out! Last night at the local rock club meeting the amount of plaid and flannel was blinding. Someone mentioned "guy in plaid" and I started counting the #of people with plaid or check... and man I thought "i love this shirt"... |
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Post by jasoninsd on Sept 22, 2022 9:03:13 GMT -5
jasoninsd Oh Jason lol!!š¤£ sounds like how my husband dresses minus the mr. rogers lol! You know itās that fun time of year when The flannels come out! Typical conversation at our house: Me hollering to my wife in the other room: "I have to get dressed up for this thing? Wife: "Yes!" Me: "Like clean t-shirt dressed up?" Wife: "NO! Like button-down shirt dressed up!" Me: "Ok!" (PAUSE) Wife: "...and not FLANNEL!" Me muttering under my breath: "Damnit!"  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2022 10:43:59 GMT -5
jasoninsdThatās hilarious! š Sounds familiar but the other way around! Im still in the āmom of little peopleā stage! āYou mean jeans and a tshirt will not doā? (And a tshirt that probably has snot or food from kids on it!)
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2022 10:44:39 GMT -5
jasoninsdOh Jason lol!!š¤£ sounds like how my husband dresses minus the mr. rogers lol! You know itās that fun time of year when The flannels come out! Last night at the local rock club meeting the amount of plaid and flannel was blinding. Someone mentioned "guy in plaid" and I started counting the #of people with plaid or check... and man I thought "i love this shirt"... Were you one of the ones you counted?! |
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Post by markb on Sept 22, 2022 14:12:00 GMT -5
jasoninsd Thatās hilarious! š Sounds familiar but the other way around! Im still in the āmom of little peopleā stage! āYou mean jeans and a tshirt will not doā? (And a tshirt that probably has snot or food from kids on it!) My t-shirts have those too, but... we don't have kids. |
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