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One of the projects on my list is making a grinding rest. I have been looking at all the available threads on this from folks that have done the Simple and Advanced grinding rest from Harold Hall and other options available...
A thread from the man himself introducing his books, He is not active in any forum, that I could find... He also stopped all correspondence back in 2019. He should be 89 years old by now:
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And a few of the different builds I found:
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I already purchased a Indexable Dovetail Cutter, 2 Flute, 3/4" Cutting Diameter for the dovetails needed in some parts for the Harold Hall grinding rest...
But the project requires going through the whole book and collecting the list of material and dimensions. I wished it was all a bit better organized, but that is just me being lazy... I love the book and have probably read it more than 10 times... Well, today was the 11th time reading it as the task was to collect the material and hardware list. For those starting in this journey, I can't recommend this book enough... easy reading for a newbie and several recommendations on how to accomplish tasks using different approaches...
Attached is my first attempt at capturing all the material needed... I created a spreadsheet to capture all this. I went over this a few times and have corrected a few mistakes made... there are references to the pages where the information was taken from. This is so I am able to go back and reference the diagram and description just in case I wrote down the wrong dimension in the spreadsheet...
Pretty sure I might be missing something, but at least it is a start. Also, there is a few columns converting to inches from mm. In case I decide to make this using standard measurements instead of metric.
The other option is to order the kit from Eccentric Engineering - Acute Tool Sharpening System - Full Parts Kit. This comes with all material needed and well documented instructions. There is also a series of videos on building one.
And a thread from a build by a forum member:
www.hobby-machinist.com
So there... that was the project of the day... research....
A thread from the man himself introducing his books, He is not active in any forum, that I could find... He also stopped all correspondence back in 2019. He should be 89 years old by now:
An Introduction to my Grinding Rests.
Regarding my videos we now come to what I think are the most important for many as they show my grinding rests being used for sharpening workshop tools. I say important, as it has become apparent that some have made one but are not fully sure how to use them. This is not unreasonable, as I...
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And a few of the different builds I found:
Grinding Rest
Hi All, Here's my version of the Harold Hall grinding rest. Just finished today! I still need to make the accessories for it and might have to modify the (home made) pedestal grinder to fit it but the hard work is done. There aren't many better ways to spend the holidays :)) Moe6931
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Harold Hall simple grinding rest
Just finished phase I of making Harold Hall's simple grinding rest... Drew it up in Fusion 360 first and converted it to inch units from metric. Now, to buy a dedicated bench grinder and make the required accessories for tool holding and end mill sharpening and get everything set up and...
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Harold Hall advanced grinding rest
Although I just recently finished up his simple grinding rest, I decided to make the advance rest now. Two reasons: 1) I really like the simple one and the capabilities that it has, but know that the advanced rest would be easier to set angles and be a little nicer to use. 2) I was looking for a...
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Building Harold Hall's Simple Grinding Rest
Starting this build thread to ask questions as well as help out anyone else out who might be thinking of building one. If you don't know who Harold Hall is, do a google search but he's an author of several machinist books and has a reputation for being a pretty smart fellow. He also has a...
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My Stab at The Workshop Practice Grinding Rest
Here is my interpretation of the grinding stand in book 35. I am waiting on the steel to do the end mill fixture and the bushings and washers for the wheels. It is all CRS-1018, except for the aluminum knobs and the base. The machining was done on my new G0602 and the old HF mini mill. It is all...
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I already purchased a Indexable Dovetail Cutter, 2 Flute, 3/4" Cutting Diameter for the dovetails needed in some parts for the Harold Hall grinding rest...
But the project requires going through the whole book and collecting the list of material and dimensions. I wished it was all a bit better organized, but that is just me being lazy... I love the book and have probably read it more than 10 times... Well, today was the 11th time reading it as the task was to collect the material and hardware list. For those starting in this journey, I can't recommend this book enough... easy reading for a newbie and several recommendations on how to accomplish tasks using different approaches...
Attached is my first attempt at capturing all the material needed... I created a spreadsheet to capture all this. I went over this a few times and have corrected a few mistakes made... there are references to the pages where the information was taken from. This is so I am able to go back and reference the diagram and description just in case I wrote down the wrong dimension in the spreadsheet...
Pretty sure I might be missing something, but at least it is a start. Also, there is a few columns converting to inches from mm. In case I decide to make this using standard measurements instead of metric.
The other option is to order the kit from Eccentric Engineering - Acute Tool Sharpening System - Full Parts Kit. This comes with all material needed and well documented instructions. There is also a series of videos on building one.
And a thread from a build by a forum member:
Acute Tool Sharpening System - Full Kit
Hallo! I have been thinking about buying a tool sharpening system for a long time. Investigated a lot about Quorn, Deckel clones and other tool and cutter grinders. - Lastly I decided to go for the full kit of the "Acute Tool sharpening System" from Eccentric Engineering: Moderate costs, my...
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So there... that was the project of the day... research....
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