600 grit diamond surfaces are great all-around shaping and sharpening surfaces. Fine grit works best when touching up pre-ground surfaces and sharpening high speed steel or carbide gravers. For very light grinding, adding small heels to tools and polishing, use a 1200 grit wheel. For mirror polishing, use Graver Polishing Film for High Speed Steel or Carbides.
This 5 inch / 125 mm diamond wheel works on all major powered hones designed for 5 inch diamond wheels for shaping and sharpening gravers for jewelers and hand engravers. It can also be used without a hone.
These disks are 1mm thick steel electroplated with 600 grit diamond dust and a ½ inch / 12.75mm arbor hole.
Be sure to attach the wheel to the hone with the manufacturer’s recommended locking bolts. Users may need to use washers for spacers with locking bolts for units that normally accept ½ inch thick wheels.
Use extreme caution when used with powered hones, especially at speeds over 750 rpm. Edges are sharp and can easily cut hands, especially at high speeds.
When used with powered hones, friction will create heat quickly, especially at high speeds. Be careful when shaping and sharpening gravers to avoid burns.
Use proper dust collection and/or safety masks when grinding with powered hones. Inhaling or ingesting metallic dust, especially carbide dust, can cause injury or death at high and/or prolonged exposure levels.