These have electrostatically oriented particles (on a mylar backing) that cut quickly, but leave a near mirror finish. The belts become finer in use as the silicon carbide particles are reduced in size through fracturing. Very controllable, they are ideal for carving tools, but are equally usable on straight-edged tools like chisels. 15 micron is the equivalent of 1000x in Japanese water stones. Made in USA.
B. Blue Zirconia
Zirconia belts are a combination of aluminum oxide and zirconium
oxide, extremely hard, long lasting, and very resistant to
particle dulling. Designed to grind hardened steels of all
kinds, including stainless, the 40x is used for major stock
removal (e.g., lawn-mower blades), while the 80x and 120x are
for hand tool blades.
C. Aluminum Oxide
Our aluminum oxide belts are all semi-open coat with resin-resin
bond and X-weight cloth suitable for general sanding.
D. Grinding Belts
Ideal for use with hardened tool steels of all kinds, these
belts are especially well suited for knife sharpening. Their
bonded coating differs from the slurry coating found on most
sheet or belt abrasives. Made by 3M with electrostatically
oriented particles bonded to the mylar backing in a heat-set
resin, the belts are durable and leave a consistent finish.
Depending on the amount of shaping required before final honing,
optimal performance and best value are obtained when several
successively finer grades are used. The 1200x belt is suitable
for final honing in most applications.
Made in USA.
E. Leather Honing
Use these lap-joint leather belts on your belt sander to hone
chisels, plane blades and carving tools to a mirror finish. In
1" x 30" and 1" x 42" sizes to fit many disc/belt sanders. We
recommend our blade honing compound for use with these belts.
Made in USA.
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