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Cork belt compilation
To eliminate some searching, for anyone that's interested, here are all the cork threads that I could find on this forum:
This one is on belts in general: http://ckdforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8801 http://ckdforums.com/forum/showthrea...&threadid=3438 http://ckdforums.com/forum/showthrea...&threadid=3467 Cubitron; http://ckdforums.com/forum/showthrea...&threadid=3478 800 Cork?: http://ckdforums.com/forum/showthrea...threadid=16312 http://ckdforums.com/forum/showthrea...threadid=15389 http://ckdforums.com/forum/showthrea...threadid=10964 The original polishing process link: http://ckdforums.com/forum/showthrea...&threadid=3519 That should bore you for a while. __________________ http://www.srjknives.com NRA Endowment Member Knifemakers' Guild Member since 1971 "May you live all the days of your life." - Jonathan Swift |
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Thanks for going to that trouble Steve!
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This is great, thank you Steve!
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Steve, here's a few that you can add to the list.
http://www.ckdforums.com/forum/showt...5&pagenumber=1 http://www.ckdforums.com/forum/showt...threadid=13132 http://www.ckdforums.com/forum/showt...threadid=15579 http://www.ckdforums.com/forum/showt...&threadid=3442 __________________ Mike |
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Thank you Mike. We appreciate your picking those out for us. I'd gotten tired of looking and passed right over them. Thanks again.
Last edited by Steve; 01-16-2004 at 01:06 AM. |
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I already had them in my favorites Steve. So I really didn't have to look much.
__________________ Mike |
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Smarter than me.....
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one question, when you "break-in" the cork belt do you use the flat of the steel or the edge?
Jerry |
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The edge of the steel. You're wearing the tops of the media off until it's kind of glossy with some valleys scattered scross the face of the belt.
Remember to not peel off the corners as you gently and slightly "break" it around the edge of the wheel. __________________ http://www.srjknives.com NRA Endowment Member Knifemakers' Guild Member since 1971 "May you live all the days of your life." - Jonathan Swift Last edited by Steve; 05-24-2006 at 11:18 AM. |
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__________________ Mike |
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I just received a sample 1000x cork belt from Scott at Tru-Grit to play with. After polishing at least 5 blades with it I find it to be wonderful! I use the same steps as usual: Grind with a 50 or 60x belt, remove those scratches with a green A45 Trizact CF Gator Structured Abrasive, or other 400x belt, remove those with a 400x cork belt, remove those with the 1000x cork belt. I don't think it takes any longer than with the 600x cork and I'm sure it buffs up faster after using the 1000x cork. You might give it a try, I don't think you'll be disappointed.
__________________ http://www.srjknives.com NRA Endowment Member Knifemakers' Guild Member since 1971 "May you live all the days of your life." - Jonathan Swift Last edited by Steve; 05-25-2011 at 12:26 PM. Reason: typo |
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Steve,
Thank you for letting us know about your new polishing procedure. I will have to order one of the 1000x belts and give it a try. Hope to see you at Blade in a couple weeks. Charles __________________ Blade Show Table 19-K www.vestalknives.com http://www.customknifecollectorsassociation.com/ |
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