Yet even a few more bits picked up from ebay.
This time, mostly for my surface grinder, and my quest for getting tooling shaped and sharpened.
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At the back are three diamond edged grinding wheels, from L to R, 6mm wide (used, 1.5mm left), 1mm slitting disc (used, 3mm left) and a new one at 12mm wide. All very, very reasonably priced. The first two, less than 6 squid each, and the new one 36 squid.
In the middle are a few bits of metal from the same chap I got the used wheels off. The brass was especially needed. I have a future project to make some commercial engines, and it uses 1/4" thick brass plate. This piece will make up the shortfall I have in my stock for completing them. Again, hardly any cost at all, just a few quid for the lot.
The tooling, and the spare brand new wheel, is the key to using diamond wheels on my surface grinder. It is called a brake dresser, and is used for levelling off and cleaning up the surface of diamond edged wheels like I have bought. The one you see here is a genuine Norton one, in perfect working condition. New, this would cost you in excess of 1K bucks. I won it with a sniping bid of 36 squid, and that included the new spare wheel.
It now seems that 'diamonds are a Bog's best friend'.
John