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GRINDER sa FILE & RASP sa GRINDER ACCESSORIES & JIGS sa GRINDING sa GRINDING WHEEL & STONE sa NARROW-BELT SANDER-GRINDER sa ROTARY & FLEXIBLE-SHAFT TOOL x BENCH GRINDER xx GRINDING xx POWER TOOL xx SHARPENING Grinders for sharpening. Systems that won't burn delicate carbon-steel edge tools. Discusses cool-running dry-wheel bench grinders, water-cooled grinders, horizontal grinders, vertical grinders and abrasive belt grinders. Advice on identifying the source of vibration in a bench grinder. Buyer's guide to water-cooled grinders. Bench grinder is hinged to the front edge of a workbench and stores underneath when not in use. Keeping tools sharp. Part 1. Build your own bench grinder and tool rests or fabricate special tool rests for a commercial bench grinder Keeping tools sharp. Part 2. Dressing the wheel, grinding, honing, stropping, touching up, etc. Sharpening. Part 4. A discussion of custom-built belt grinders, hones and buffers. Pointers on building one. Sharpening. Part 5. Custom-designed bench grinders. Advice on building one and options to consider on speed, direction of rotation and types of wheels. Sharpening. Part 6. An exploration of common commercial grinders for sharpening carving tools. Safety tips for proper use of a power grinder. How to build a honer-grinder that is powered by a portable drill mounted on a drill press stand. Editor's tests of three models of home bench grinders. Reviews Black & Decker 7916 Type II, Rockwell 1049, and Sears Model 1935. Build a stand for a grinder from a brake drum, 2" pipe, and 1/4" steel plate. Estimated cost: $6. Diagram for a wooden stand and treadle for a foot-powered grindstone. Build this grinder for making your own tools. Laminated plywood wheels are covered with sandpaper in varying grits. Four wheels are driven by one motor. Using tools. Bench grinder basics. Tip: Build a grinder stand from an old farm disk and a piece of iron pipe. Selecting and using an electric bench grinder. Some tips. Bench grinders. Tips on using them for sharpening, cleaning, and buffing. On the edge. An overview of grinding and honing for the carpenter, wherein the author argues for more skill and fewer gadgets. Warning about health hazards from grinding beryllium copper tools. Tip: Jig helps when grinding points on tools with tapered shanks (such a scratch awls, etc.). Bench-grinder adjustable tool rest. (1) Grinding wheel is made from a bicycle wheel. This low-speed (100 RPM) unit will not burn tools. (2) Use 1000-grit charged buffing wheels to polish all edge tools. Tip: Low-cost grinder misting system is made from a garden sprayer (flit gun) powered by a vacuum blower. Grinding wheel primer. Choosing the right wheel for your steel. Sharpening with oilstones. Includes instructions for making a grinding guide (tool rest) for your grinding wheel. Tip: Convert your hand-powered grinding wheel to foot power. Advice on wheel speeds and motor size for a shop-built bench grinder. Reasoning behind the fact that a bench grinder rotates counterclockwise or down toward the operator. Instructions on proper placement of tool being ground (or buffed) are included. Not the same old grind. A survey of the primary styles of machines used to shape and sharpen tools (bench grinder, belt sander/grinder, wet grinder, vertical grinder, horizontal grinder, ...). Includes tips on usage, improvements, wheel dressing, etc. How to make small grinding wheels using a mixture of silicon carbide grit and epoxy glue. A guide to grinding wheels. Information on how they are coded, types of wheels and some rules of thumb for grinding. Instructions on how to mount a grinding wheel, safe operation and wheel speeds. A look at power tools that rasp, file, brush and strip. Emphasis is on drill accessories and brushes for a bench grinder. A guide to hand grinders and their accessories. Tips on selection and a chart that compares various models. Make your own angle dresser for a surface grinder. This device will dress any angle from zero to 45-degrees. How to build a utility grinder with interchangable wheels for wet grinding, sanding and polishing. Tip: Roughen a smooth grindstone with silicon carbide grit. Tip on dressing a grinding wheel with either a diamond or steel wheel dresser. Hand grinders, some tips and jigs for improving their usefulness. Getting the most out of your grinder. Uses of a bench mounted power grinder with diagrams showing drill bit sharpening and grinding. Using a bench grinder as a sander, buffer and small metal lathe. The bench grinder. A look at various models, various types of grinding wheels and tips on using the grinder and its attachments. How to make a super-heavy bench grinder stand in one hour from a old truck tire rim, a discarded car brake drum and a length of pipe. Grinding pedestal is mounted on casters. Hand grinder. Tips on all the jobs which this very versatile tool can do. Adapter for a flexible shaft allows shaft to be clamped in the toolpost of a lathe, thus serving as a toolpost grinder. How to grind work with micrometer precision. Workholder allows you to feed work into your power bench grinder in increments as small as 1/1000". Single-wheel or double-wheel bench grinder. Est. cost: $7 (less motor). How to mount grinding wheels to an arbor or backing plate using epoxy. Grinding-wheel dresser assures square edge. Shop-made diamond point dresser has crossbar to guide it across the wheel. Build a pedestal grinder that has its own light and can be wheeled around easily. By using a salvaged washing machine motor, unit can be built for $40. Shop test of the Stephan invisible-wheel grinder which has slots in the grinding wheel so you can see what you are doing. Tips on its use discussed. Wooden toolpost holder for a hand grinder. Allows grinder to be attached to a metal lathe for sharpening cutters and for doing cylindrical grinding. Tip: Make this simple support for a hand grinder. Bench grinder basics. How to harness this versatile, 2-wheeled abrasive machine. Belt sander does hollow grinding. Easy way to dress a grinding wheel. Sliding tool rest for precision grinding. Slide-out grinder bench allows you to sit and work. A guide to bench grinders. Table comparing sixty one models is included. Also covers what you should know about grinding wheels and how to change one. How to get the most out of your bench grinder. Basic grinding and wire brush applications. Plans for a grinder stand with lots of storage, plus a special grinder table and accessory jigs which will improve the accuracy of your grinding. Roll-around grinder stand, with three storage drawers, is built from wood. Disc sander/grinder. Two-in-one power tool combines a 10" sanding disc with a 6" grinding wheel. Both are powered by the same electric motor. The case and stand are constructed of plywood and features a tilting table for the sander. Using the Tormek SuperGrind 2000 grinding and sharpening system which combines a wet grinder with a leather wheel and a unique collection of jigs. Unorthodox lathe toolpost grinder. Build a grinding head that is rotated using a flexible shaft powered by a remotely-located electric motor. The grinding head also converts your vertical milling machine into a surface grinder. A four-station grinder combines 2 regular grinding wheels, a face-mount wheel, and a narrow-belt all into one unit driven by a single 1/2 hp reversible motor. Drill grinder attachment mount. Combine an inexpensive drill grinding attachment, flat-blade toolholder attachment, electric motor and a simple welded fixture to make a dedicated sharpening machine for drill bits and flat items (chisels, plane blades, screwdrivers). Slow speed grinder from 78 rpm phonograph motor. Kitchen mixer doubles as a power grinder and polisher. Tip on converting an old floor polisher to a disc grinder by substituting abrasive-covered plywood disks for the brushes. Tip: Make a low-cost grinder from the motor out of a used washer or dryer. Tip: Install your bench grinder to fold-down under your workbench when not in use. Suggested rotational speed for sharpening fine steel tools on a bench grinder. Mounting bolts are used as "stilts" for a bench grinder to allow storing it out of the way. In use, the bolts simply are inserted into bench top holes that keep it from wandering all over the bench top when in use. Wet-wheel slow-speed grinders. A buyer's guide to selecting and using one- and two-wheel machines (both horizontal and vertical wheels). Build your own wet-wheel grinder. Standard horizontal wet-wheel grinding stone, powered by a drill press, is modified so there is a steady flow of water over the stone's surface. A 9" diameter cake pan contains the water. The honing guide is made from pieces of angle iron supported on a steel rod. Est. cost is $100. Also includes set-up, maintenance and sharpening instructions. A discussion of the benefits of vertical and horizontal grinders and which grindstones are good for sharpening woodcarving tools. How to improve the tool rest found on most electric grinders. This wooden block designed to hold a diamond point truing rod makes it easier to dress the face of a grinding wheel. How to select and care for grinding wheels. Low-speed grinder accessory mounts on top of a table saw and is driven by a belt and pulley mounted on the saw's arbor. It features an adjustable tool rest and carriage, and a lift-off safety hood. Tip: How to dress a grinding wheel using diamond impregnated tungsten carbide saw teeth from a large stone-cutting saw. Tip: Dress a grinding wheel with a piece of iron or steel pipe. Grinding jig features interchangable heads fixed at 25-degrees, 30-degrees, or any other angle. The jig and heads are made entirely of wood. Makes it easy to get accurate resetting of any grinding angle. Nose to the grindstones. A brief overview of powered grinding machines (bench grinders) and tips on their use. Grinding cool. Solution to constant problem of keeping blades cool while grinding them on a high-speed bench grinder. Jig for converting a portable electric drill into a bench grinder. Shop tests of 12 slow-speed, wet-wheel grinders. Buyer's guide to selecting and using bench grinders. Guide to using small (4"-5") angle grinders. Use them to grind, sand, cut metal, etc. | |||||||||
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