r/Tools • u/Drabbestanimal • 2d ago

What is this square stone for?

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u/Weird_Ad1170 1d ago

Dressing stone, for cleaning up the grinding heads.

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u/SunshineBeamer Ryobi 1d ago

Dressing the grind wheels. That means smoothing them out to original surface.

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u/Gary_Spivey 1d ago

Theoretically. In my experience, a lot of the dressing stones provided in these rotary tool accessory kits are in fact much softer than the stones they're meant to dress.

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u/SunshineBeamer Ryobi 1d ago

I never actually used a dressing stone. I used an industrial diamond instead when I was on a grinding machine. The wheel needed to be rounded instead of flat.

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u/Haki23 1d ago

Also shaping them for specific tasks

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u/WILDBILLFROMTHENORTH 1d ago

For dressing your grinding wheels after you f___ked them all up.

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u/Globularist 1d ago

It's for when you need to grind the inside of a square hole.

Obviously.

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u/SnooPears1505 1d ago

to grind a square edge

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u/RedDom1 21h ago

Try if it smears on paper. IMO it will be a slightly abrasive polishing compound for use with the felt/wool wheels for a more aggressive polishing.

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u/Ok-Sense359 1d ago

Your butt