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Diamond Grinding Wheels & Arbors

Diamond Grinding Wheels & Arbors
Diamond Grinding Wheels = £49.95 each
 

8mm Arbor for Wheels = £17.50 each
 

Diamond Grinding Wheels

TIP: Work across the full width of the wheel

Description

Our small diamond grinding wheels are one of our most popular products and the cornerstone to many lathe turning operations. Use our diamond wheels on your lathe or mounted separately for sharpening our tungsten carbide gravers, making your own spade drills or for resharpening tools. The resin bonded diamond surface ensures that they are very hard wearing and leave a beautiful accurate finish. A high concentration of diamond provides a quick cutting surface so you can spend more time working and less time sharpening.

We offer 3 grades of diamond wheels; a coarse, medium and fine. The coarse grade is solely used for shaping hard materials and saves time when removing large stock amounts. The medium grade is our all purpose most popular diamond wheel and will put a great edge on a carbide graver as well as sharpen our carbide spade drills. Lastly our fine diamond wheel is used for finishing, this is not always necessary but the better the finished graver the better the finish on the work.

How to use our Diamond Grinding Wheels

These diamond wheels are designed to be used dry and at slow speeds on your watchmakers lathe. A light oil may be used to help with lubrication but providing you allow the wheel to cut naturally and don’t run the wheel too quickly this isn’t really necessary. It is important to use the full face of the diamond wheel when sharpening and only gentle pressure is applied.

Technical

Diamond Wheel 50.8mm diameter x 10mm with 6.35mm bore (2” x ¼”)

Resin bonded diamond wheels can be quickly trued, using a silicon carbide brake controlled trueing device. However, every effort should be made to mount the wheel to within the required concentricity limits before using the trueing device.

If used on the correct materials then the wheel should rarely require cleaning, but if necessary, this can be done with an Aluminium Oxide Stick.

What our customers say…

“Diamond wheels have transformed my life. – come into their own when I have an odd shaped tool, challenging on a water stone but a piece of cake on the diamond wheel, which makes a significant improvement to the finish I can get.”
Charles Harries

“I can’t afford to be without it! Less time sharpening tools and more time turning. Why make life so difficult when this excellent tools can do it in half the time, with the added benefit of a perfect finish every time.”
Keith Tibbs

“Whether one is in the carbide or steel graver camp sharpening either with this wheel is a cinch and therefore a must have for the busy workshop, any graver can be touched up in an instant and even extensive re-shaping of the tip is only a few minutes work. While you are about it why not get hold of one of the proper 8mm arbors for the wheel too which will save hours making your own.”
Justin Koullapis – Horological Journal Technical Editor

“The 50mm Diamond Wheel has simply lasted and lasted. The main uses that I have are for gravers and 6mm lathe tools and the finish that can be achieved is remarkable.”
Mike Cope

“I used the Waller type before but found it time consuming and the results were variable. Eternal Tools diamond wheels give a fast first class result every time.”
Mark Naylor

“We use carbide turning tools extensively and the sharpening of their cutting edges had proved a problem until we purchased one of Eternal Tools diamond grinding wheels. They cut cleanly, are vibration free which is essential. An excellent cutting edge can be achieved without the use of coolant.”
Jones & Chambault

“As well as sharpening gravers I use a fine diamond wheel for bevelling glass.”
Graham Mitchell