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I don’t know what chemicals might degrade vitrified grinding wherls, so, I encourage caution. Dressing these wheels exposes fresh, sharp, abrasive. ‘Kool-Grind’ is a wax crayon sold for this purpose on grinding wheels. I tried it a long time ago, and did not notice a significant difference...

The Razzorsharp guy cleans chains before he runs then through his Franzen grinders. I don’t believe that most small shops do. Lots of comments in the threads about guys blasting gunk out of their CBN wheels with brake cleaner. I clean chains before grinding with my regular / vitrified wheels...

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There are hard, white, ‘cleaning sticks’ supplied with some CBN wheels, or available from machine tool suppliers. Here is one example: Philbert

What I share to all who are new to grinding (it’s not a chop saw!). New to Grinding Keep in mind that grinders don’t sharpen the chains: you sharpen the chains. For guys new to grinding I recommend taking an old or ‘scrap’ chain, and experimenting with it, before you work on your ‘good’...

Could be. But I don’t get them with ‘standard’ wheels. P.S. I try to grind outside. Can be a challenge in Minnesota! Philbert

FWIW I was not impressed with the CBN wheeks I tried. Not magic. Still possible to overheat cutters. Left coarser profiles and burrs. I prefer a well dressed vitrified wheel. Only issue is that they do create more dust. But as with chains, there are cheaper wheels (CBN and standard), and...

Oregon says that it absolutely makes a difference, with some chains, under controlled test condition conditions. I never noticed a significant difference under my cutting, so I don’t use it. Takes a couple of extra steps. The 10° is also not compatible with some file guides, so that can be an...

That stairway is a huge improvement! Philbert

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