I am about to upgrade my sharpening another notch by changing wheels on my grinder. Tormek might be a dream for someday. I'm just thinking of
a cbn wheel right now. As I work with more squirrely wood all the time, every effort to sharpen my tools better and more frequently shows positive results.
Question
My grinder specs (before cbn was around) uses a 1 inch wheel. That includes two three inch diameter wheel flanges for the soft abrasive wheels that total more than 1/2 inch wide.
Do I still need the wheel flanges with a cbn wheel? I have read in a couple of places where you can just remove them, and as I look at some cbn wheels, the outside diameter of the cbn wheel center flange is much smaller than the wheel flange for the abrasive wheel. If I don't need these wheel flanges, I could get a 1.5 inch wheel for just a bit more money.
Thanks,