Homemade Tool Post Grinder

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.

Homemade tool post grinder.

Instead i bought a dumore tool post grinder for my immediate need. You want to mount the grinder with the holder as close to the face block as possible. See more ideas about lathe tools lathe metal working. A dumore tool post grinder turns a standard lathe into a versatile accurate internal and external grinder.

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

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. First mount the tool post grinder in the lathe tool post or quick change bit holder. 10 05 2007 12 04 am 16.