Post by stardiamond on Oct 13, 2014 11:09:31 GMT -5
In about a month I'm going to replace my hard Jadecarver wheels. To do this I need to take my stardiamond machine a part so it would be a good time to replace 2 or 3 of my soft wheels.
Johnsonbrothers Lapdiary has some wheels called supernova. The 8" wheels are $69.95 which is a lot less than DP.
Here are some questions I sent them:
1. for NW-8-280 is the arbor the same as the DP Nova?
2. How do the wheels compare regarding durability with the Nova?
3. Do you have a 220 grit soft wheel?
Here are their responses:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Yes they all are 1" hole and comes with bushings to go down too 3/4, 5/8 or 1/2".
They will last you the same if not longer.
Yes we do have 220 grit soft wheel. Looks like we forgot to add it to our website.
But if you need one you can place the order as NW-8-280 and at the end of the order (just before you submit the order), we have a special column where you can punch in special comments, in that column you can write down I NEED 220 GRIT Wheel INSTEAD and we will ship you a 220 grit wheel.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The 6" wheels are $45.95. They charge tax and I got a message about charging 3% for credit card. I don't know the shipping cost. I also bought some lube cool. I retired recently so I have to be a little more careful about expenditures. Previously, I had a $500 rule. Don't worry about anything under $500.
I won't know for a year or so if the wheels are as good as claimed. They are reasonable and I'm not going to worry about it.
Johnsonbrothers Lapdiary has some wheels called supernova. The 8" wheels are $69.95 which is a lot less than DP.
Here are some questions I sent them:
1. for NW-8-280 is the arbor the same as the DP Nova?
2. How do the wheels compare regarding durability with the Nova?
3. Do you have a 220 grit soft wheel?
Here are their responses:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Yes they all are 1" hole and comes with bushings to go down too 3/4, 5/8 or 1/2".
They will last you the same if not longer.
Yes we do have 220 grit soft wheel. Looks like we forgot to add it to our website.
But if you need one you can place the order as NW-8-280 and at the end of the order (just before you submit the order), we have a special column where you can punch in special comments, in that column you can write down I NEED 220 GRIT Wheel INSTEAD and we will ship you a 220 grit wheel.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The 6" wheels are $45.95. They charge tax and I got a message about charging 3% for credit card. I don't know the shipping cost. I also bought some lube cool. I retired recently so I have to be a little more careful about expenditures. Previously, I had a $500 rule. Don't worry about anything under $500.
I won't know for a year or so if the wheels are as good as claimed. They are reasonable and I'm not going to worry about it.