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A junkyard lathe and mill tool grinder
vtsteam:
I figured I should pick a bad mill from my donor stash -- here's a rusty victim of my tiny shop's humidity, and spring flooding, plus about ten years of neglect. Let's see what we can do with that........
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vtsteam:
During lunch I plopped it into a yogurt container with some water and washing soda, and connected it to my battery charger. When I came back the rust was gone and I slipped it into one of the Antiquorn's holders:
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vtsteam:
And a touch up by hand on the Antiquorn, and it looks like so....
Will it cut? I dunno. It isn't tomorrow yet.....
Is it hydrogen embrittled because it was electrolyzed? I dunno, I haven't broken it yet.....
Well what can you say at this point Steve?
Uh, it's prettier...
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WeldingRod:
Fingers crossed! Here's to atomic sharpness levels ;-)
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RotarySMP:
The Antiquorn is a great name for it. Having a tool grinder is game changing. I looked at doing something similar, but a mate sold me a Clarkson Mk1 for a good price.
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