Homemade Tool Post Grinder

I needed a grinder for my lathe but the ones to buy were too expensive ore too large for me.

Homemade tool post grinder.

First mount the tool post grinder in the lathe tool post or quick change bit holder. May 7 2017 explore paul jones s board lathe tool post grinder drill followed by 1037 people on pinterest. 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. 10 05 2007 12 04 am 16.

See more ideas about lathe tools lathe metal working. Cylindrical parts can be machined and finish ground in the same set up. Homemade bench grinder tool post constructed from steel plate bar stock threaded rod nut and washer. 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.

Instead i bought a dumore tool post grinder for my immediate need. Here you can see a few pictures of. 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.