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Bench Grinder - Wet Or Dry?


agent_zed

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Hi,

Want to get a cheap and cheerful bench grinder. Have used my dad's for more years than i can remember and that was just a cheap jobbie so not going to spend a lot.

 

I've seen a wet grinder https://www.screwfix.com/p/energer-enb520grb-150mm-bench-grinder-240v/91494which gets ok reviews and i just wondered whether it was worth having the wet part or not? I've only used the normal double ended dry wheel types so not sure of the advantage of wet grinding. Is this more for very fine finishes?

 

I'll probably grind thinner materials in general, bits of pipe and 4/5mm steel etc and sharpen tools.

 

otherwise will probably get a titan https://www.screwfix.com/p/titan-ttb521grb-200mm-bench-grinder-240v/85634

 

 

any thoughts?

 

thanks

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Go for your first choice if you need to grind tools ( mainly woodworking ) are best done with the wet wheel -- keeps the tool edge cool & its probably a finer stone . Use the dry wheel for grinding work pieces. Neither will be any good for sharpening tungsten tipped tools, that will need a green grit wheel, used dry.

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Well probably won't get much wetter than when i drive the 2b most of the time what with the weather like it is in this country :)

 

Got soaked earlier this evening as having to fit a new rear spring on my peugeot 3008 which i've only had for a couple of months. Think the huge amount of potholes around probably caused that. Could have done without having to replace it in the rain and dark :(

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Point taken Ian, I sold/operated & changed wheels for over a quarter of a century; never heard of a wheel fracture from water imbalance. Would the water be thrown out by centrifugal force on start up? And also ( I can't remember ) isn't the wet wheel RPM only a couple of hundred?

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