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1. Michael Stevens

   

   3 posts
   
   10/8/2019 9:10 AM

   when grinding bedknives should i grind the top first then front face or vise versa or does it matter, Thanks in advance

   
   
   
   
2. Christopher Thuer

   

   101 posts
   
   10/8/2019 7:10 PM in reply to Michael Stevens

   Good question.  I can't remember.  I haven't done a relief grind for 17 years.
   

   
   Chris Thuer, CGCS, Bear Slide Golf Club, Cicero, IN
   
   
3. Ron Bradley

   

   63 posts
   
   10/9/2019 5:10 AM in reply to Christopher Thuer

   Top first then do the front. If the top is really bad you could change it. I have
   seen some that are not worth the time to grind. I send them back.

   
   
   
   
4. Frank McQuiggan

   

   2 posts
   
   10/14/2019 5:10 AM

   I always do the top face first, then front face. 

   
   
   
   
5. Mike Tanis

   

   5 posts
   
   10/16/2019 10:10 AM

   I don't think there is a right or wrong way, I have done both ways and have not noticed any difference in grinding time or otherwise.  

   
   
   
   
6. Robert Gonzales

   

   8 posts
   
   10/25/2019 10:10 AM

   i think mike is right there is no right or wrong way to grind, i was taught to grind the top face then front face and remove the burr. but i know some old timers who don't even use bedkinfe grinders. They only spin grind and black lap after to get perferct contact. and they regularly back lap and do a quick bedknife facing with a manual facer like the dewalt ones r and r sells but theres a couple different kinds of facers you can buy. as long as you can easily cut a piece of paper with minimal contact across the reel i dont think it matters how you do it.