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Re: Ideas on getting free/inexpensive stock/scraps


 

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??? What kind of tool post are ya using ? That has a effect on how you grind yer tool bits . Look at the tooling that came with the lathe & find the bits that ya have gotten the best results with . Those can be yer models . If you don't have one get a protractor like this General tool one & look at the angles on the bits . If those angles work for ya for now now ya have a target for when ya start grinding bits . If I use my grinder I have one with a white wheel that gets most of my use for a grinder . I use my upright belt sander for all my rough grinding & the white wheel for the final grind before hitting the bit with a small diamond file . The white wheels run cooler . We kinda need to know the tool post type before we start tossing angles & relief out there .

Little machine shop has this page for descriptions of what angle is what

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On 4/19/24 7:39 AM, Lbrewer42 wrote:

As always everyone here has given great ideas which I really appreciate!? At present I am Rookie enough I have yet to grind my first bit.? I bought a used system where the owner had a lot of them already and so just to get an idea of how the machine runs/works I have used the ones he already had without touching them up.? So far so good.? I like to plan way ahead and so the answers here have been very enlightening and I will definitely be using the info.

At present I do not plan in getting into any large projects, but just want to have fun with the lathe.? Maybe someday I will take up something serious, but for now it is just about some hands on researching with bits and metals.? I am very cautious having worked with all manor of woodworking machinery all of my life and never had an injury from it (60 years old).? And I certainly am planning to use the same amount of caution and respect for my venture into metal working machinery so as not ruin that record.

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