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[npalen]

Now that I have your attention. (Sorry about that click bait

) I was thinking about ways to grind lathe tool bits etc a bit more accurately than by hand so attached a piece of shaft to the base of my spindex and clamped it in the mill vise. Works fairly well to set the spindex at a vertical angle by rotating and clamping the shaft in the vise. Then a compound angle can be achieved by indexing the spindex.

Could even achieve a third angle using a vise with the compound under it.

Got to thinking that a fella (or fellette) could combine a pair of spindexers to do the same thing. So continuing my pursuit of Fusion 360 learning practice, decided to model one. Everyone should own two spindexers, right?

 

[Manual Mac]

No click bait here. ;-)

 

[projectnut]

I made something a bit different a few years ago to sharpen or create new HSS lathe tooling. In this case I started from scratch and made a fixture to fit the Rockwell/Delta belt/disk sander. It can handle tool blanks from 1/4" to 5/8".

 

[C-Bag]

It's an interesting exercise, but for my style of grinders the problem is it's just too big and bulky. Now if you are talking about a surface grinder where the wheel is over the table that makes sense. I ran into this with my universal vise. The problem I keep running into is one of clearance or access. The tables on my carbide grinder help with generating compound angles. I've also made a small version of the universal vise out of what we used to mount electric eye's on conveyor belts. I use mine to make the special grinds I do for my shaper.

 

[npalen]

Very nice work!

I made something a bit different a few years ago to sharpen or create new HSS lathe tooling. In this case I started from scratch and made a fixture to fit the Rockwell/Delta belt/disk sander. It can handle tool blanks from 1/4" to 5/8".

Very nice work!