Ha! I was mindlessly looking at the opposite side of the number. I didn't even realize that!
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Ha! I was mindlessly looking at the opposite side of the number. I didn't even realize that!
Exactly. People have used high speed 6" grinders and slow speed 8" grinders successfully for years. I think these are perfectly manageable speed for grinding steels used for woodworking tools....
That's already surface speed (hence circumference). From one of my trusty resources.
6" at 3450 is 5419ft/m
8" at 1725 is 3613ft/m
That said, I have a slow speed 8", if I were buying again, I would have gone with high speed 6". But if you are afraid of burning the blade, might as...