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    How to make a tool post grinder for your lathe from a palm router.

    This is how I turned a very cheap palm router into a pretty useful toolpost grinder for my lathe.
    I was surprised at just how good the results were from grinding with this tool.
    If you do make one please make a safety guard.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cazual Haze View Post
    This is how I turned a very cheap palm router into a pretty useful toolpost grinder for my lathe.
    I was surprised at just how good the results were from grinding with this tool.
    If you do make one please make a safety guard.
    Cheers
    Rule #1 for Poor Welders. If nobody can see the poor welds, you're not as poor as you think you are. I'm a poor welder, too, but my welds are usually quite strong. Which would leave much room for grinding!

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    Congratulations Cazual Haze - your Tool Post Grinder is the Homemade Tool of the Week!

    This is a very well thought-out build (part one is here), and it was built using some older homemade tools, including a tailstock die holder and a diamond wheel dresser.

    Some more good builds from this week:

    Acid Vat by Frank S
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    Explosives Cargo Box by Frank S
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    Mini Hand Grinder by My MiniCrafts

    Cazual Haze - we've added your tool entry to our All Homemade Tool of the Week winners post. And, you'll now notice the wrench-on-pedestal award in the awards showcase in your postbit, visible beneath your username:



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    Wow thank you stunned people think the grinder is a worthy contender.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cazual Haze View Post
    Wow thank you stunned people think the grinder is a worthy contender.
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