Thread: First grinder for restoring straights and making scales

Time for a new challenge: restoring razors. I am looking for one machine that I can use for both restoring blades and making scales.

I am looking for a little grinder. You got wheel grinders, grinders with both a grinding wheel and a belt, some of them come with water cooling.
What would be the best for a beginner? What width of the grinding wheel do you recommend. And of course I'd like to be able to replace the grinding wheel with a buffing wheel. I would like the grinding wheelto be about 40 mm wide as well.

Any suggestions?

This is what I have in mind, sort of: