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   john_c2 | Oct 22, 2019 01:26am | #1

   I've never seen a 7 inch wheel, but that doesn't mean they don't exist.

   I have an eight inch grinder, and my 8 inch wheels had worn down to almost 6 inches. You could find someone whose 8 inch wheels were worn to 7.

   Baldor makes great stuff. If it was mine, I would probably put 6 inch CBN wheels on it.

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   _mj_ | Oct 22, 2019 08:04am | #2

   McMaster Carr, http://www.mcmaster.com

   Great source for many things you did not know you wanted or needed.

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   razorsharp | Oct 31, 2019 09:36pm | #3

   Thank you for the responses. It definitely is a 7" capacity model 7306 and 8" wheels definitely will not fit within the metal enclosure. Weird, but I might just buy the 8" wheels and grind them down somehow...

   https://www.baldor.com/catalog/7306

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   nolajim | Nov 01, 2019 10:52am | #4

   7" wheels are available. I've found a number of them online. One manufacture is Norton.

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   razorsharp | Dec 01, 2019 04:16pm | #5

   In the end I bought Norton 8" wheels and shaved them down to 7" with a diamond blade in an angle grinder. Sort of wasteful, but the wheels I wanted were only available in 6" or 8".

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   user-7063600 | Dec 02, 2019 01:48pm | #6

   Find a real tools store. United Abrasives offer 60g pn#28113, 80g pn#28114 & 120g pn#28115 silicon carbide grinding wheel in 7". Most manufactures offer 7" but they are not as popular as they used to be. I have been in the tools business for more than 25 year. Most people over look the local tool distributer thinking they are too expensive. More often than not we are less expensive and better quality.

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   razorsharp | Dec 28, 2019 11:22am | #7

   Thank you for the info. I am a hobbyist in a rural area so I rely mostly on online ordering. Honestly I have never approached a "tool distributor" not because of cost but because I didn't think they would want to deal with a non-expert hobbyist buying only one thing at a time and asking a lot of questions.

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   user-7063600 | Dec 28, 2019 04:47pm | #8

   always remember most stores of any kind will take your money