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Man I love my little Rhodes shaper! It's a very handy item to have in a shop and the size is perfect for the bulk of the work I do.
I only got one right hand grinding wheel adaptor with my Cincinnati #1 tool and cutter grinder so I decided to make 6 of them; 3 right handed and 3 left. They are different than the ones for my surface grinder... the spindle is a smaller diameter and the taper is different. Also, there is an 1/8" internal keyway in them to match up to the key in the grinder spindle. In addition, these have a snap ring groove cut in them so a 3/8" screw can both hold them on the spindle and because of the snap ring, provide force for removing the adaptor.
I had some 4140 the right diameter on hand and even though prehardened would have been best I'm sure these will work fine for my light use.
The shaper setup took a little while as did making the small bar and grinding the cutter bit on my T&C grinder. But, the actual machining took ~5 minutes each.
Fun little project.
Ted
I only got one right hand grinding wheel adaptor with my Cincinnati #1 tool and cutter grinder so I decided to make 6 of them; 3 right handed and 3 left. They are different than the ones for my surface grinder... the spindle is a smaller diameter and the taper is different. Also, there is an 1/8" internal keyway in them to match up to the key in the grinder spindle. In addition, these have a snap ring groove cut in them so a 3/8" screw can both hold them on the spindle and because of the snap ring, provide force for removing the adaptor.
I had some 4140 the right diameter on hand and even though prehardened would have been best I'm sure these will work fine for my light use.
The shaper setup took a little while as did making the small bar and grinding the cutter bit on my T&C grinder. But, the actual machining took ~5 minutes each.
Fun little project.
Ted