Just joined the forum, have most of the material to make my own grinder, but need a set of wheels, is there no place in Canada to purchase them?
I bought mine from Europe. Several U.S. makers (Beaumont Metalworks, Oregon Knifemaker, Sunray) ship to Canada now. Terry at TDM was selling, but his store is now offline. So it looks like bringing them up from the U.S. is your best bet. Even with exchange and shipping wheels will likely be cheaper than having them turned at your local machine shop. Perhaps you or a friend has a lathe? If so, I have some free CAD drawings of idler wheels on my blog. Some guys cast their own aluminum wheels, but you need the lathe to finish up. Dan
I got mine from Oregon Blade Maker through eBay. 4" drive wheel, 3" tracking wheel, two 2" platten wheels. All machined from aluminum, with bearings, came to around $175CAD including shipping at that time I think.
Try calling knifemaker.ca . They don't have the wheels listed on their website but since they now sell the KMG they may be able to get the wheels. It may be worth a try.
Sorry, my mistake. Oregon Blade Maker. He's offering a less costly set of wheels too. Black glass filled nylon. Dan
Bought mine from ebay. This fellow has a good rep and shipped it super quick. http://www.ebay.ca/itm/KNIFE-MAKING..._DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4d2a4cc757#shpCntId
Made mine but now looking for a place to make knives and get started again making my own wheels and jigs. Sold every thing 5 years ago want to get started again as soon as I find a place to work Burnaby area.
Oregon Blade Maker is great on ebay. This site is good too; http://stores.ebay.com/knifegrinderparts but they really only sell stainless and aluminum wheels (I believe).
I've been purchasing my wheels from OBM as well. Don't be fooled when it comes to his less expensive nylon wheels!... They work GREAT! They are a real bargain. I highly recommend them.
I think I got ripped off by obm! I will have to see once they arrive..... email shipping confirmation for a drive wheel and a second email for the plate the front wheels bolt to, each says a quantity of 2 pcs ( I order one of each) and both emails state they came to $95.30 each order. They where two totally different prices for the two things and every way I've added the numbers up it doesn't make sense... time will tell
I want to see what pans out when I receive them first. I really hope its just a type on the email side of things but until it shows up I have no info besides that. I ordered it with a guest account then two days later made a official account with same email so I cant go on the guest one to see details now fingers crossed in the mean time I was able to machine a idle wheel myself so that saved some money
Had a min to look into it. Think all is good. The 95 on both emails is the amarican price for both together with out shipping and they likely shipped together. That's where the quantity of 2 comes from and just happened to email separate for each item. Haha. Here's hoping.
That's awesome Parker. Anytime money can be saved to get started is a good thing! I made a grinder about a year ago for a friend who fabricates... he had his father-in-law lathe a set of 2" wheels and a tracking wheel from wood and he's still running them today. Wheels are working perfectly and hasn't changed a single bearing in a year now. I asked him if he was going to replace them eventually with aluminum or nylon wheels. His reply... "NOPE!" If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Received my parts from OBM . Parts as descibed and they did end up shipping together at a lot less then it would be sepperated. Over all pleased just need to work on email confusion Haha
Good to hear. Marinus at Oregon Blade Maker is a pretty good guy in my books. I know he's the kind of guy that will make it right if a problem comes up. Dan
Any new Canadian wheel set providers? I'd like to see them come with sleeve inserts. The ones for NexusGrinders don't seem to come with sleeves, unless I'm looking at the wrong set. C.
@Dale&Cameron Lawrence is out of stock currently, but if you are looking for wheel sets on this side of the border and not just bare steel, you can’t go wrong with this set https://maritimeknifesupply.ca/coll...-metal-kit-2-big-wheel?variant=40275132743847 Alternatively available from TRMaker USA Etsy https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/854...MImPzk-fXz9gIVJj6tBh1rGwCNEAQYAiABEgLONvD_BwE