Sam or Mary Yancy on tue 30 dec 03
Carol - Always grind outside. I had to grind three shelves once I had a runny glaze so due to the weather - grould the shelves inside. What a mess - has been three years and still dust from that one-time grinding. I dont recomend grinding wet (i.e shock hazard with a electric grinder, and contamination of your new grinder). Be sure you have the right wheel(s) and break them in (on a brick or something) before grinding shelves. I get mine from harbor freight, they work well and are very inexpensive. Do not rest the grinder in the same place - keep it moving and keep the angle about 5 - 10 degrees from the surface. Please be careful. These are dangerous tools if they get away from you. Perhaps bring the grinder (and some cookies-goodies) to a local auto body repair shop and ask for a quick 10 minute lesson. Well worth it. If you were local I could show you in a few minutes. Sam in Daly City.
pdp1@EARTHLINK.NET wrote:Hi Carol,
Maybe more like 15 degrees difference between the Grinding
disc-wheel, and the plane of the ground...
Even less is fine...a very slight tilt...too, just see where
it seems to like it for the kind of work you are doing.
Likely the instructions anticipated the grinding of 'welds'
or the like where a more obtuse initial address might be
justified...
Consider to either grind 'wet' with ample water on the
surface, or, to wear a breathing mask, or, to do it outside
and have a breeze and to carry away the particles...
Good luck...
Phil
lasvegas
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carole Fox"
> Well, for Solstice this year my husband received pottery
and I got a power
> tool! Yep- I got an angle grinder!! (probably because I
have been hinting
> around for a while now about how I needed one to get the
glaze off my kiln
> shelves). Oh -I was so proud when I was able to attach the
masonry wheel all
> by myself. And you should have seen how funny I looked in
all my protective
> gear (geez- My face is hardly big enough to wear a mask
and goggles at the
> same time!)
>
> But then I proceeded to gouge the heck out of my kiln
shelf and I don't know
> what I'm doing wrong. The directions say to hold the
grinder at a 30 degree
> angle. I tried to be light with my touch, but I'm making a
mess of it. How
> do these tools work? The archives did say this was the
tool for the job. But
> how does one go about it?
>
> Thanks,
> -Carole
>
>
> Carole Fox
> Silver Fox Pottery
> Elkton, MD
> thesilverfox@dol.net
>
>
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