A 10 in lathe head is quite large but presume you have a large enough mill. Perhaps you should make a worm for the bull wheel too before terminating the lathe unless you have another one of course.

Myford vertical slide will be too small for supporting a bench grinder. You want that section to be well and truly rigid to give a good finish without vibration.

Hi John…

I too had an old Atlas lathe which was in a poor condition and I thought it would be a shame to scrap it, I used some of the parts to re-furbish my own Atlas lathe and decided to make a grinder out of what was left, somewhat along the lines of the Quorn…. I also had a load of bits I collected over the years the main item of interest was part of a height measuring gauge with a nice spiral groove very similar to the Quorn pillar….It had to done!

I cut the lathe bed in half.. which is a considerably sized lump and does need all the safety gear for cutting with an angle grinder as the wheel can easily get stuck and give a nasty kick back, I can't say it is aesthetically pleasing to look at as a Quorn and I am in the process of finding a better motor and drive belt, this I must add is still in an 'experimental' stage and I also need to make a wheel guard as yet … however trial runs with a much underpowered motor have given good results with mills and drill sharpening, some of the jigs I use are shown on the baseboard…nb… the handle for the cross slide is what you think it is but I had a job explaining why there was a pair of mole grips on the bog handle..!

Anyway a picture explains more than words..

rgds..Bob.

re 20mm studding. bear in mind that if you are making a surface grinder rather than a tool grinder you will want depth control to 10ths.

The sewing machine wheel works ok as a flywheel for a Stirling Engine.

Ian S C

Thanks Clogs../ Ian..

Yes I do worry if there ever was an earthquake all my potted meat jars full of screws/drills/taps etc would be a miasma of glass and metal on the deck… honestly I am running out of room!! they never told me that the metal bashing hobby combines several others at the same time all requiring in-depth knowledge whilst you have to have pockets with a good depth as well..!

rgds..Bob..