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If you want to take away small amounts of material or need to apply a minimal cutting load then grinding will be better than any lathe tool, especially if you're working hardened material.That is some cool engineering there.
Not to be a wise Azz but why would you want to grind on your lathe. Couldn't you accomplish the same end result by using the lathe tooling?
If you want to take away small amounts of material or need to apply a minimal cutting load then grinding will be better than any lathe tool, especially if you're working hardened material.
I'd be really worried about the ways wearing down from the grinding dust though, cool contraption none the less!
These bearings are marked Fafnir, Timken owns the company. They are metric. Bought 6 with a box of parts at a garage sale, including a air hoseWhat type of bearings for your spindle build? They need to be quite precise I assume?
I hook up my Shop Vac when using the grinder.Nice work! You may want to guard that motor from directly inhaling grinding dust somehow. Maybe a small duct or guard?
These bearings are marked Fafnir, Timken owns the company. They are metric. Bought 6 with a box of parts at a garage sale, including a air hose
reel (20 bucks ). They are very smooth running.