I received my new 10010ANV, a grading stone, and a #1 accessory kit few days ago and I have a few observations and questions. It seems like a nice solid well made piece of equipment, but with a few shortcomings.
The water tray seems poorly designed. They could have done a better job of creating a tray that catches more of the slop. I may either try making a better tray or I may decide to just live with the slop and clean up the spilled water after each use.
So far I have not found the leather wheel to my liking. It wobbles a little, but don't I think that is really a big problem. I'd rather see it not wobble, but it is what it is and probably doesn't really hurt anything. What does bother me is it doesn't seem to remove the burr and polish the edge very well. Not sure if I just need to get used to and learn to use it better.
Maybe I am impatient because I am accustomed to to using a leather belt on a cheap harbor Freight 1X30 belt grinder. I use it with the smooth side of the belt out and use a block of compound that came with the belt. They recommended using the rough side, but I found that I liked the smooth side better. I hone on the unsupported part of the belt and it goes really quickly. I am not getting that kind of quick results on the 10010ANV leather wheel.
The grinder side works well but is really VERY slow if the edge needs to be shaped or if large nicks need to be ground out. So I feel like I still need another grinder for rough grinding first and something else for honing (either a leather belt on belt grinder or maybe paper wheels on a buffer/grinder).
While I like the wet wheel side very well for what it does well, those revelations were a bit of a disappointment for me. Am I missing something in use of this grinder that would me the reason for those issues rather than the grinder itself?
Does anyone here have other suggestions for resolving those issues?
The water tray seems poorly designed. They could have done a better job of creating a tray that catches more of the slop. I may either try making a better tray or I may decide to just live with the slop and clean up the spilled water after each use.
So far I have not found the leather wheel to my liking. It wobbles a little, but don't I think that is really a big problem. I'd rather see it not wobble, but it is what it is and probably doesn't really hurt anything. What does bother me is it doesn't seem to remove the burr and polish the edge very well. Not sure if I just need to get used to and learn to use it better.
Maybe I am impatient because I am accustomed to to using a leather belt on a cheap harbor Freight 1X30 belt grinder. I use it with the smooth side of the belt out and use a block of compound that came with the belt. They recommended using the rough side, but I found that I liked the smooth side better. I hone on the unsupported part of the belt and it goes really quickly. I am not getting that kind of quick results on the 10010ANV leather wheel.
The grinder side works well but is really VERY slow if the edge needs to be shaped or if large nicks need to be ground out. So I feel like I still need another grinder for rough grinding first and something else for honing (either a leather belt on belt grinder or maybe paper wheels on a buffer/grinder).
While I like the wet wheel side very well for what it does well, those revelations were a bit of a disappointment for me. Am I missing something in use of this grinder that would me the reason for those issues rather than the grinder itself?
Does anyone here have other suggestions for resolving those issues?