Tool Post Grinder

[Jon]

Nice work ddickey! Would you like a free set of any of rossbotics's other plans? HomemadeTools.net will purchase them from rossbotics and send them to you for free, for posting your build.

Here are all of the plans: Listing of All Tool Plans for Sale

Let me know which plans you'd like and I'll send them out to you.

[Jon]

ddickey - we just launched rossbotics's new Tailstock Taper Turning Attachment plans, and I've sent them to you for free per your request. Thanks again for posting your build!

[ddickey]

Thanks much!

[Okapi]

Hi rossbotics,
Nice work as I said in 2016, this system is just perfect on all points.

Just out of subject but it's memory, they were many little small firms around the threee swiss lakes region which made exactly the same principles of form and construction about 40-50 years ago when I was an apprentice especially for the Schaublin 70 and 102 or Simonet and other clones, and I never understood why this idea was abandonned since about 20 years( the CNC kills it in my opinion), it is a economical in material solution and not expensive to construct for all single or small serie production.
If you want a clean surface to mount a ball bearing for example, it makes the job in 5 minutes.
The standard grinding wheels were 50X10mm and in this size you can found about everything in grain or width in the past, now it's on the second hand market, and it was propelled with a round belt, the actual endless flat belt was not invented, the most expensive version was made with a B8 chuck.
I've found the original Schaublin illustration from 1950 catalog which was not so good as the clones, the n°445 on the illustration, it's too short, yours is better for this reason especially for inner grinding.

[jjr2001]

Hi Doug, thought you would like to see my version of your excellent tool post grinder.
I had to down size it a bit for my little lathe.

Cheers, JR

[DIYer]

Thanks jjr2001! We've added your Tool Post Grinder to our Machining category,
as well as to your builder page: jjr2001's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

Tool Post Grinder by jjr2001

tags: grinder, tool post

[Jon]

jjr2001 - nice work. Since you posted a tool you built from plans, we'll buy you another set of plans of your choice for free. Let me know which ones you want and I'll send them over to you.

[Okapi]

Thanks for all this information about those important tool, what do you think from the difference of prices/quality between the stores with the bearings, have you tested why this is so important, personally I'm using those in the middle range but do the cheaper function in your opinion?

[Tonyg]

Very nice construction and write-up. Well laid out as always in your posts.
Unfortunately I was unable to view the video footage - "this video unavailable".

Kind regards, Tony.