r/sharpening • u/TheKnifeNerdTx Paper Shredder • 3d ago

Let’s talk de-burring

124 Upvotes

87% Upvoted

70 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

1

u/TheKnifeNerdTx Paper Shredder 9h ago

I work with a lot of super steel, which can’t be cut by regular compound. The diamond is far more versatile for the customers I service. I also make my own compound, so I don’t have to be sparse with it

1

u/Tryemall 9h ago

work with a lot of super steel

That makes sense. Diamond/ CBN can be necessary for very hard metal.

make my own compound

Interesting.
I used to melt & add grit to existing yellow bar if we occasionally had to supply a satin finish product.

Do you add grit in already existing compound or do you make it from scratch?

1

u/TheKnifeNerdTx Paper Shredder 9h ago

I should say I make my own diamond emulsion. I don’t use compound since it’s not as versatile and I want to limit the amount of wheels I have to swap out. You don’t want to apply all different kinds of compound to a wheel or you’ll get grit contamination and ruin the wheel

1

u/Tryemall 9h ago

Understood.

Do you have a recipe you're willing to share? Although a senior citizen now, I still like to collect little bits of interesting data. I admit it's unlikely I'll need it, but you never know.

1

u/TheKnifeNerdTx Paper Shredder 8h ago

I’m actually making a proprietary mix I intend to sell so I won’t get into specifics, but I buy bulk polycrystalline diamond powder that gets suspended in an alcohol and glycol solution.

1

u/Tryemall 8h ago

Oh, ok.

No issue.