Homemade Tool Post Grinder

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Homemade tool post grinder. Reason i was going to make one is that replacement spindles for tool post grinders are available pretty reasonable but they only hold stones on threaded arbors and i wanted to be able to hold drills endmills or arbors for stones. You want to mount the grinder with the holder as close to the face block as possible. Dumore tool post grinders can be mounted on the compound of a lathe in a matter of minutes and have also been mounted on other machine tools including planers. 10 05 2007 12 04 am 16.

So i just built one myself. A dumore tool post grinder turns a standard lathe into a versatile accurate internal and external grinder. Next take some 3 4 wide metal pipe strap and bend it into a u shape centered on one of the 1 4 holes around the dremel body. First mount the tool post grinder in the lathe tool post or quick change bit holder.

I needed a grinder for my lathe but the ones to buy were too expensive ore too large for me. Homemade bench grinder tool post constructed from steel plate bar stock threaded rod nut and washer. May 7 2017 explore paul jones s board lathe tool post grinder drill followed by 1037 people on pinterest.