Spindex End Mill Sharpening

[VicParticipant @vic]

http://youtu.be/9E1hzG8R9b8

Edited By Vic on 19/12/2015 17:35:19

[VicParticipant @vic]

[Dave plus / minus 40 thouParticipant @daveplusminus40thou]

I watched this recently Vic, not so sure about the grinding wheel in the mill (!), the safety aspects make me cringe and watch with one eye closed. Am making a modified version of Mike Checkley's vice end stop from the last issue of MEW then use the spindex in my surface grinder – plan to use a section of hacksaw blade as the flute "stop", can then rotate and onto the next flute without any changes (the blade should flex out of the way).

Dave

[John Stevenson 1Participant @johnstevenson1]

I originally posted this around the year 2000.

It's a staged shot and I never made one but I know a few who have. Basically, chequebook engineering by buying a Spindex, one of those cheap compound tables and a bench grinder.

Or utilising any of the above if already owned.

The Spindex sits on a piece of angle iron which needs remaking as a proper bracket.

The house brick supporting the grinder is optional.

Seriously something like this could be cobbled up easily in a weekend instaed of the statuatry 7 years to work up the enthusiasm to build a Quorn.

[Martin ConnellyParticipant @martinconnelly55370]

A hacksaw blade may be too stiff. A feeler gauge blade may be a better option if your flute stop is a short one.

Martin

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by Dave plus / minus 40 thou on 19/12/2015 21:33:07:

I watched this recently Vic, not so sure about the grinding wheel in the mill (!), the safety aspects make me cringe and watch with one eye closed.

Prof. Chaddock's 'Building the Quorn' has a photo of the head being used on a vertical mill to make a poor man's surface grinder. He also suggests using double sided sticky tape as a substitute for a magnetic chuck…

Neil

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