grinding sequence?

[caltoncutlery]

hi all. I was watching some videos on youtube last night and found one of maestro livi doing a straight stock removal razor where he really went over his grinding sequence. now watching his videos is kind of wild as he must have half a dozen belt grinders, but uses hard wheels {and handheld angle grinders} for most of the grinding work, and then switches to the belts for finish work. but he roughed in the blade on a fairly large hard wheel, down to an edge, and then spoke of a "4 wheel progression" down to an extra hollow grind, using the grind lines from each wheel as a guide for the next wheel's grind. and then once the blade was ground and he had the ridges the way he wanted them, he went to a belt and cleaned the ridges out.

now ive only ground half a dozen razor blades, but this struck me as an excellent way to really control the grind as you bring it down, and to keep everything nice and even. so I went ahead and ordered 3" and 4" wheels for my 3 wheel 2x72 that I built out of a treadmill and old pop cans to try it out. I think it should work much better than hogging with a 5" wheel, and then cutting in and trying to blend with a 2" at the same time.

[bluesman7]

using the grind lines from each wheel as a guide for the next wheel's grind.

My method utilizes something similar to this. This thread probably should be in the forge sub forum.

[caltoncutlery]

blues, on looking at the forums, I think you are right. I guess when I think of a forge sub forum, I'm thinking of forging, and grinding in a workshop. sorry. maybe one of the mods will move it over?

[mainaman]

maybe one of the mods will move it over?

Done

[caltoncutlery]

thanks mainaman!

[Bruno]

Keep in mind that most of us here rock the blade on the wheel to minimize surface heat buildup.
Livi Uses wet wheels so heat isn't an issue and he keeps blades stationary.

But yeah. After heat treatment I grind the blades further using my patented 'foiling the edge' method and set the bevel on a stone. When I know the bevel is ok, I grind the hollows deeper in a similar fashion.