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Originally Posted by supdaf View Post
I just had a very similiar problem. I found that the build quailty of the (brass in this case) wheel was very poor. On careful inspection I saw that ther was a larger concentration of "wire" at one point on the wheel. This was also the point where the wheel would come to a stop after switching off. In short this particular wheel was terribly out of balance. I thought about trying to fix it but decided on just buying another. The second one was OK. Now both of these wheels were inexpensive and had I not found joy on the second I would have most likely invested more money in hopefully a better wheel bought somewhere else. These were from Lowes and little selection could be had.

Both wheels were inexpensive (Made in China), so I suspect that's part of the issue. However, finding wire wheels to fit a 3/4" arbor is difficult (most are either 1/2" or 5/8"). I had to buy what I could find.
Old 11-21-2007, 07:05 PM
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