What to use for Tungsten grinding??

[fun4now]

ignitor

thats a bummer but like ya said they get ya good welders, if they went cheap on ya there it would be far more truble then just haveing to use a bench grinder. i gess you should just call youre self lucky they get ya millers

[ignitor]

fun 4 now

I have mentioned several times to our welding engineering dept. of the need to purchase a tungsten grinder. Their reply is we have been using the bench grinder for years and it works just fine. At least they buy us decent welding equipment. Miller!

[griff01]

Well then that settles that. It is down to a bench grinder or a Sharpie. Would be nice to save the space though. Does anyone have any comments on using the sharpie? I know it is just a $40 dremel knockoff and a custom attachment. Is this worth $250. Does it have enough power? Has anyone just machined their own head for a dremel to do the same thing? I could make my own if I had one to look at

I use a belt sander. Works great. Leave the tungsten in a collet to use a guide and use a pin vise if the tungsten is too short to hold & spin.

[fun4now]

ignitor

in your case time is $$$$ and you would think they would get you 1 just to increase torch on time and less time waiting on a tip grind.

umm have you asked any one about getting 1 or are they all the "been working for years why change it" type?

[fun4now]

have herd

yep it's about $8.00 a jar here and defenetly one of my first sharpining options. never tryed it but have herd it can realy eat up your tung. if not carfull. but at $2.00 or less a tung. it cant be all that bad.
will still need to put a small flat on the tip, but chem sharp is definetly on my list of things to try.

[ignitor]

I have been tigging for a major US shipbuilder for 17 years and we use a six inch bench grinder. Personally I don't like to use it because you have a tendency to groove the stone hence the need to dress it often. It does a good job if a fine stone is used. But for a fortune 500 company one would think they would invest in a stand alone tungsten grinder for safety reasons.
Good luck
Mike

Sharpening tungsten

Hasnt anyone tried Chemsharp yet! Its a twenty dollar jar of what looks like salt ....... You strike an arc on a clean piece of steel to get the electrode red hot then dip it in the jar (turn off the gas post flow timer)it it truely amazing !!! your tips will look like needles !!!!!!! check it out

[Kelly Aitken]

We always just used a belt sander at the shop. Always seemed to do the job for us.

Kelly

cordless drill

Have you ever tried chucking your tungsten up in your cordless drill?? works wonders on 3/32 and bigger tungsten, use on a bench grinder, belt sander, or hand grinder. By using the drill, you will get uniform points everytime. give it a try, you may have all you need already.

[fun4now]

got this note from arc-zone

i was asking a lot of ??? of them and he through this reply in.

At 09:12 PM 11/11/2004, you wrote:

Hello MIG Man!

Thank your for the kind words. We have been selling the Sharpie grinder
for several years and have never had one returned! (we offer a money-back
guarantee on all products.)

Let us know when your ready to outfit your new machine, We would be happy
to help you get setup to do high-quality TIG welding. . .

Here is some tungsten grinding and selection info that may be helpful to you.

http://www.arc-zone.com/catalog/web_store.cgi?page=library.html

Best regards,

Jim



mig man is my e-mail signiture incase anyone was wondering

[jevs]

Well then that settles that. It is down to a bench grinder or a Sharpie. Would be nice to save the space though. Does anyone have any comments on using the sharpie? I know it is just a $40 dremel knockoff and a custom attachment. Is this worth $250. Does it have enough power? Has anyone just machined their own head for a dremel to do the same thing? I could make my own if I had one to look at

[dyn88]

the higher th revs the smoother the finsh, thje smoother the finish the better the arc start and control.

[Mike W]

Hmmmmn....I think probably not. If you took a 4" grinder and slowed it down, it would not grind steel very fast.

[jevs]

Doh! Don't show everyone that, thats the one I was already watching On another note I looked at the sharpening wheel at Lowees and it is real low RPM. Will the low RPM of a sharpening stone work on tungsten?

[df5152]

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