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**Mike Waldron** · Feb 14, 2018, 12:17 AM

I am Mike Waldron newly joined, from Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire UK.

Formerly a Design and Technology teacher.

Interests: Engineering, Woodwork, 4mm scale railway Modelling (my former website - www.mjwsjw.co.uk - now passed on to two friends to run and produce my designed etched metal locomotive and carriage kits from the former UK London, Brighton and South Coast Railway)

Machines: My late Uncle's 3 ¹/₂" Drummond flat bed lathe, a Myford ML7, Axminster ZX25 mill, salvaged Atlas drill press, Sieg XO mini mill, Harold Hall's tool and cutter grinder tool rests and grinding station.

Current projects:
Grinding head (similar to David Haythornethwite's) to be mountable as ether cross-slide drilling/grinding or stand alone small surface grinder with X/Y table.

**Jon** · Feb 14, 2018, 12:22 PM

Hi Mike - welcome to HomemadeTools.net

Sounds like you're one of us.

We have a good page of many of Harold Hall's tools here: Homemade Tools built by Metaler - HomemadeTools.net

How is the grinding head build going so far?

**old_toolmaker** · Feb 14, 2018, 12:57 PM

Hi Mike and welcome!

I would sure like to see some pictures of your Grinding Head when you get it finished.

Dick

**Mike Waldron** · Feb 14, 2018, 02:17 PM

Thanks guys for your welcome!
Currently I’m recovering from a heart attack, so am off sick until actual retirement, so not a lot has got done!
The garage is too cold at present, so it’s down to railway modelling at present.
It’s a hard life!!
The base plate and retaining clamps are done, along with the pillar and socket.
The sides, from and back of the tiling head are part fine.
I’m hoping to be able to attach it to the cross slide for working with material in the chuck, and the X/Y table for some small surface grinding and between centres sharpening.

Mike