Tool sharpening.

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Hi,

Thank's Lawrence.

I've now placed an order and paid for ten abrasive belts (minimum order).

As there is nothing confidential in the reply I received from "Abrasivesformetal" I am happy to copy the details as below;

"For tool sharpening it is usually better to have cloth backed belts and preferably in a heavy duty polyester backing to resist tearing. The finest we can offer would be 220 grade in a silicon carbide abrasive. Coarser grades are available in zirconium abrasive.

Going for 50mm wide would make the belts non-standard, but does cut down the material content and hence cost.

Prices per belt are:

Zirconium Grade 40: £3.35

Grade 60: £3.03

Grade 80: £2.88

Silicon Carbide Grades 120, 180, 220 £2.19

Min order qty 10/grade.

We can offer 15% discount off 2 or more batches.

Prices exclude VAT.

Delivery approx 10 w/days.

Whilst they are quite expensive it is perhaps worth looking at the technical finishing wheels now available for metal finishing. Grades 1 and 2 are particularly useful on hard metals. A web-link to the relevant page is:

http://www.abrasivesformetal.co.uk/Finis...l-Use.aspx#"

I've ordered ten belts 120 grit Silicon Carbide. 50mm x 915mm. I couldn't believe it when I found out this company is local being here in Huddersfield. I'm so far delighted with their service with a very rapid reply to my email enquiry covering all the questions I asked.

Payment was easy by debit card over the telephone.

I'm also considering adding one of their 6" Dia. Technical finishing Wheels onto my Wolf grinder.

Kind regards, Col.