Welding Tips and Tricks

Hello all welders, I just received this from a friend who had this machine still in the original box, it's a, Wen Wet Wheel. the stone is finer than my bench grinder, its a whet wheel so I added water and it grinds my tungsten perfect it says on the box it is for sharpening knives. there are no definable grind marks looks like I scotch Brit-ted the electrode. Now I have not welded with it I will try it tomorrow when I start a new project, do you think the water will have any effect on the tungsten?

Water will have no effect. That's an excellent sharpening tool. Unless you're welding razor blades, it's actually overkill, but if it works quick and easy, you're a step ahead.

One thought... avoid crapppy mineral filled water, especially for those razor blades. De-ionized or distilled is the way to go, since you have an over-the-top sharpener anyway.

Steve

Right on I have one of those too. I was considering taking it into work for that too. I think I will now. Thanks for posting the question. I hadn't had time to ask it myself. RIght on.

That's the go! I was going to buy a dedicated small bench grinder for sharpening tungstens as there was no way I was forking out the hundreds of dollars for the special grinders.
And I can do my knifes!

Cheers

Just a thought, but would the wet system not help stop the thorium and stuff from becoming airborne? To me, that would be a benefit.

I handn't considered that, as I've not really been concerned about Thorium intake (I've probably breathed more Arsenic working shutdowns), but you're right, I'd think the wet wheel would reduce the amount of metal dust being released.

Good observation.

Steve