Homemade Tool Post Grinder

You want to mount the grinder with the holder as close to the face block as possible.

Homemade tool post grinder.

Here you can see a few pictures of. See more ideas about lathe tools lathe metal working. Homemade bench grinder tool post constructed from steel plate bar stock threaded rod nut and washer. 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.

First mount the tool post grinder in the lathe tool post or quick change bit holder. So i just built one myself. 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. 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.

May 7 2017 explore paul jones s board lathe tool post grinder drill followed by 1037 people on pinterest. Cylindrical parts can be machined and finish ground in the same set up. Instead i bought a dumore tool post grinder for my immediate need.