Was snooping through eBay today (as you do), and came across a nice little Herless surface grinder which eventually sold for around AUD$600.
Not something I'm currently in the market for as I'm rather attached to the parts of my body that my wife would likely remove if I bought one, but could possibly see one in my future....
There were also plans available for making your own surface grinder - hmmm, its basically just a grinding spindle and a moving table - how hard can it be!!
But still a lot of work for something which likely wouldn't get used very often.
Mmmmm.
Head moving relative to a table in long/slow strokes - that's like a shaper :)
So what about putting a grinding head on a shaper
Turns out its quite an old idea, as I found it documented in the June 1907 Popular Mechanics online:
Google Books Reference
Anyone done it in practice, or seen it done? If it works reasonably it would be a nice secondary use for the shaper in a home workshop.
Steve
Not something I'm currently in the market for as I'm rather attached to the parts of my body that my wife would likely remove if I bought one, but could possibly see one in my future....
There were also plans available for making your own surface grinder - hmmm, its basically just a grinding spindle and a moving table - how hard can it be!!
But still a lot of work for something which likely wouldn't get used very often.
Mmmmm.
Head moving relative to a table in long/slow strokes - that's like a shaper :)
So what about putting a grinding head on a shaper
Turns out its quite an old idea, as I found it documented in the June 1907 Popular Mechanics online:
Google Books Reference
Anyone done it in practice, or seen it done? If it works reasonably it would be a nice secondary use for the shaper in a home workshop.
Steve