Table of Contents 

02 - Carbide and Alloy Tips

03 - Carbide and Alloy Tips

04 - Carbide and Alloy Tips

05 - Carbide and Alloy Tips

06 - Carbide and Alloy Tips

07 - Carbide and Alloy Tips

08 - Accu-Ground Maintenance Equipment

08 - Indicators - Block and Side Style

09 - Flux & Silver Solder

10 - Diamond Wheels

11 - Diamond Wheels

12 - Diamond Wheels

13 - Diamond Wheels

14 - Diamond Wheels

15 - Diamond Wheels

16 - Diamond Wheels

17 - Diamond Wheels

18 - Grinding Wheels

19 - Grinding Wheels

20 - Grinding Wheels

21 - Grinding Wheels

22 - Knife Grinding

23 - Knife Grinding

24 - Dresser Bricks

25 - Hammers

25 - Safe Edge Tooth Protector

25 - Bits and Shanks

25 - Grinding Coolants

26 - Guide Blocks, Pads and Spacers

26 - Electric and Hand Filers

26 - Swages

26 - Gauges

26 - Welding Rods

27 - Saw Wrenches & Pins for Chisel Tooth Saws

27 - Files

27 - Feedroll Bars

28 - ITCO Teeth (Available in Steel, Carbide & Inlaid)

29 - Metcalf Dressers

29 - Desmond Dressers & Cutters

29 - Babbitt Tanks and Accessories

Grinding Operations in the Wood Products Industry

As in any industrial cutting operation, the tool - in this case a saw or knife - gets dull and must be re-sharpened.

Band saws are usually sharpened on automatic grinders. Circular saws may be sharpened on automatic or hand-operated grinders or "bummers", depending on the size and type of saw.

In the wood products industry, 36 to 54 grit size in friable or semi-friable aluminum oxide abrasives are used for general purpose saw sharpening. finer grit sizes such as 60 or 80 may be required for saws thinner than 18 gauge, or for circular saws with very close tooth space, such as "smooth trim" saws.

Many lumber remanufacturing operations, plywood plants, and saw mills use carbide-tipped saws which must be sharpened with diamond wheels. Saws for cutting metal may require grinding wheels of 100 grit or finer. Diamond wheels in 100 to 120 grit sizes work best on carbide-tipped saws.

The woodworking industry uses band saws in a great variety of sizes and types, so a wide variety of wheel sizes are used. These are only two basic shapes of all these sizes - the Type 1 or straight wheel and the Type 13 saucer wheel.

 
Type 1 - Straight Wheels                                    Type 13 - Saucer

The basic requirement for a wheel is that it hold its form or shape of face so that the proper contour of the saw tooth is maintained. The process must be done without having the wheel burn the gullets or points of the saw teeth.

Grinding Wheels - Saw Gumming - Steel

Zirconia Oxide

Aluminum Oxide

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