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Hey guys, I am making a 1" thick x 12" diameter veg. tan (sole leather) wheel with a 3/4 ID. for a knife co. they use it to knock off burrs after sharpening. I glued up 4 layers with Master's cement. My issue is that wheel is not very true or flat on the OD, I guess i didn't mate some of the edges that well. So, in some areas there is about 1/16th or less off on the edge. What would be a good way to flatten or even out the area?

thanks!

Frank

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Do you have a way to mount it to a grinder or something? I'm thinking if you can spin it you can sand the edge. Probably wouldn't take 5-10 mins max.

If not maybe a belt sander. Just have to be careful not to over sand in one spot. 

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17 hours ago, veritasleather said:

Hey guys, I am making a 1" thick x 12" diameter veg. tan (sole leather) wheel with a 3/4 ID. for a knife co. they use it to knock off burrs after sharpening. I glued up 4 layers with Master's cement. My issue is that wheel is not very true or flat on the OD, I guess i didn't mate some of the edges that well. So, in some areas there is about 1/16th or less off on the edge. What would be a good way to flatten or even out the area?

thanks!

Frank

I made one like this and mounted it on my buffer. Used an angle grinder with a  80 grit flapper wheel to true it up.  Works pretty good.

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That's what I had in mind Haha 

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@Stetson912 @JKHelms

Great, yes thanks fellas, I will definitely try this, interesting on your pic @JKHelms, yours is stitched, i thought of that, but the customers current wheel is not stitched at all, he said they have had it for years but its begining to crack along the side. 

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Contact cement should be plenty strong. Stitching wouldn't really help with cracking I don't think. Just conditioning the leather. 

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4 hours ago, Stetson912 said:

Contact cement should be plenty strong. Stitching wouldn't really help with cracking I don't think. Just conditioning the leather. 

Got it, thanks again! I will try it out.

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