I'm looking for some help on locating thin grinding wheels (probably 1/8 or 1/4") that can fit on a Rikon 80-805 bench grinder. They don't have to be 8" radius but they would ideally have to be a little shapeable with a dressing wheel so I can put a radius on them. Tools for Working Wood has some that are basically what I want (link here) but they are for 1/2" arbors. My grinder has a 5/8" arbor.
Sorry if any of the following is nonsense or a bad idea, but I am wondering if you could put an angle grinder cut-off wheel on there or something like one of the thin pink Oregon chainsaw sharpener wheels. Most of those have a 7/8 ID so I am not sure how to mount on 5/8", or if it is even safe to consider. I am guessing I would basically need a bushing to adapt from 5/8" to 7/8" that is roughly as wide as the wheel (maybe a bit wider to extend into the flanges), and maybe 5/8" ID spacer bushing(s) to pad the shoulder on the arbor so the wheel is decently centered in the guard and I don't run out of threads tightening the nut?
This is all for shaping concave parts of blades like molding planes.
Sorry if any of the following is nonsense or a bad idea, but I am wondering if you could put an angle grinder cut-off wheel on there or something like one of the thin pink Oregon chainsaw sharpener wheels. Most of those have a 7/8 ID so I am not sure how to mount on 5/8", or if it is even safe to consider. I am guessing I would basically need a bushing to adapt from 5/8" to 7/8" that is roughly as wide as the wheel (maybe a bit wider to extend into the flanges), and maybe 5/8" ID spacer bushing(s) to pad the shoulder on the arbor so the wheel is decently centered in the guard and I don't run out of threads tightening the nut?
This is all for shaping concave parts of blades like molding planes.
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