brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:49:53 -0400, "Nancy Young"
> > wrote:

>> You know, it got gunky. I thought it might, and I wasn't
>> disappointed.
>
> Probably too much oil. Only needs a drop or three, rub on with
> fingers, blot off all excess with a paper towel... should only be a
> micro coat... pretend it's your most pricey cleavage parfume.

Oh! Why didn't you say so before! heh

> I doubt you will ever need any new plate/blade due to rust, they are
> self sharpening and polish each other when in use. You can buy
> stainless steel plates and blades but they are intended for commercial
> use, they are supposed to steam clean their machines. The stainless
> steel parts are not self sharpening (they are relatively soft so by
> rubbing upon each other they tend to gall) and are never as sharp as
> standard hardened tool steel parts right out of the box. If one
> wanted, with hardened tool steel plates, they could polish the I.D. of
> each hole, they are typically pretty rough as they come from the heat
> treater, only the two faces are ground... there are several methods
> for internal polishing/smoothing, none of which it really pays to do
> unless one has free accesses to a machine shop... you'd need a low
> speed drill press or vertical mill, a suitable vice, a solid carbide
> or adjustable carbide reamer, and skilled hands. But it's really
> unnecessary to polish inside those holes, in fact the heat treating
> scale helps protect from rust.

(laugh) Well, I could find a machine shop, but I think I'll just take care
of this here carbon steel one.

I had a great burger for dinner, I'm pretty pleased with my first
attempt using my new grinder. You told me a long time ago, forget
about the manual grinder, you were right.

nancy