Hello guys.
I posted a little while ago asking for tips and ideas on HSS lathe tooling grinding jigs and stuff, the feed back was great and there is a lot of pre-made jigs and machines that will do the job great, so as I did not get my Obama stimulus package in the mail I cant afford pre-made machinery or fancy set ups ill whip up something in the shop.
Lathe tool grinding angles is not an exact science so a simple efficient jig should suffice for the task at hand.
These are my requirements for this build, X Y Z movement of jig, simple to use, use up what trash I have laying around, its got to be safe, grind down little bits of tool steel to extract everything out of what I have, also I made myself a boring bar that uses old taps so I want use up all those little pieces of old taps etc.
If during the build you see something that could improve on what I am doing feel free to share your idea, I will incorporate it into the design.
So!. I will start it off here,
This is the grinder i will be Modifying

I found some 2-½ x 2-1/2x ¼ angle coupled with some ¼ x 2 stainless steel flat bar and an old Craftsman Cross Fence with angle graduations on it. This shot is just laying everything out to get me a visual.

I liked what I saw so to the welding booth I go to slap some metal on it.

This shot is the jig in the vice, I laid all the flat bar out on the angle iron installed the cross fence and slipped .005 shims in-between the fence so when the steel curls and shrinks I still get the distance right so the fence slides freely.

Well that did not work!. The gap was tighter that a ducks A(&*^s in water, so a little elbow grease with a course file and emery cloth plus a beer I whipped her into shape.

This is it finished lapped, filed and sanded.

More to come in the future. Anthony