sunchaser shrinking disc

In the very late 80's ,I went to a metal working seminar at Scott Knights out in Cal.The guy is amazing.Ken put on the seminar, It was a great weekend with a serious talented group of guys .A lot of hands-on work.I was there when the shrinking disc was presented to the cl***.A very useful tool.Scott brought out the first one he had made many years before.He showed us how he beat the disc with a chisel over a round bar in a vise.Said you could keep re- the disc by using the chisel again and again. This thing was narly. Still worked great though.I have went through three of them over years . They wear out very quickly if you use them over fresh sand blasted metal.Run a scotch brite or 80 grit over the metal first.I have a six inch scar going across my thigh muscle from that edge so I thought I would try wrays next time. Didn't mean to hijack your thread, but the answer is Ken got it from Scott

 

i saw him there on sat. to, but he does seem bitter about things. he used to bring a bunch of invintory to sell, but this year he seemed to down-size abit.

 

I can vouch for Tim's cheap...... I mean work. He did the metal work on my '32 5w and my Bonneville car. **** is right.

 

ok on your statement,which i totally agree ,i ordered a smooth shrinking disc off ebay for $39 /free shipping.

Used it for 3 weeks now ,result works great!

Guys, forget about the sunchaser discs .

 

Hey,

Consider it forgotten!


"A government by the people , for the people " my ***!

 

My body man ran into the same "6 disc" offer. He really didn't want to buy 6 of 'em but decided he'd prolly eventually go through them so he bit...owns 6 shiny new discs.

 

I`ve used these for almost 20 years, and went through the same h***le earlier this year with Ken. I bought 5 discs, and spent almost an hour on the phone with him. He said the same thing to me about getting back into the Shop. I have wondered about Wray Schelin`s disc-now I see he recommends using a backing pad in a similar way to Ken`s setup. I tried one from John Kelly but didn`t get the long life I wanted. I`d be interested to hear reports on any alternatives. The disc is a really useful tool. I have even demonstrated it at a small seminar I taught earlier this year..

 

That's good to know about the smooth ones! I'm still using my first Sunchaser serrated one.

You should have seen the look on my co-workers faces(non-metalworkers) the first time I saddled up that 9" serrated disc on the body grinder! Cl***ic.

 

I have Wray's disc and used it extensively on my coupe. It works well and so far, so good.

 

I made my own. One 10" and one 7" 16 ga stainless. Work great, cost next to nothing. No cracks after years of use. I still check them every time I use them. My big grinder would cut you in half if it let go!