08-31-2013, 10:53 PM
(08-31-2013, 03:16 AM)LJP Wrote: Tool grinding is a complicated matter, made to look simple by the knowledgable, and held as mysterious by the neophyte.
I would think that even a seasoned proffesional, would sometimes take the quick and easy approach to getting a job done.
Thanks, Larry
Rest assured help is at hand regarding tool grinding and with our policy of "no such thing as a silly question"
I'm pretty sure I posted heavily here in the early days with a guide to HSS tool grinding, so it's probably lost in time, My aim is to pass on as much knowledge as quickly as possible as I can't bear to see the new professional machinists, "trained" if you can call it that, by sitting them in front of a CNC and believing that HSS and hand ground tools are a throw back from the stone age.
As a pretty experienced guy I'll admit to taking shortcuts wherever I can and really like your holder as it is well designed and appears to be nicely made, the problem with short cuts and "Newbies" is that they tend to cause the learning through near misses or actual harm to machine or flesh, If I can help reduce that harm in any way, I'd like to.
So, please accept my offer of assistance "where required" on the subject of tool grinding, also I'd like to say that my comment was more aimed at warning that when it comes to hand ground tools a single design is always a compromise, rather than a dig at your tool.
regards
Rick
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