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Grinding Turning and Facing Tools for the Lathe

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TLGriff:
Thanks David.

Ned Ludd:
Hi Tom,
Great video but I have to take slight issue with you over hand held versus decent tool rest, (not that awful bit of cr*p that comes fitted to most of  the grinders). You quite rightly say it takes practice to grind and it is indeed a very good skill to learn, but with a tool rest that you can set to the desired angle you don't need to spend time learning and can get repeatable results much more easily. Surely it is the aim of man's intelligence to make things to make life easier and I can't help but feel a tool rest is just such a thing.

Ned

TLGriff:
Ned,

My goal is to teach basic skills first, and learning to grind freehand is one that is very useful in the shop. Once that skill is developed, there is nothing wrong with using fixtures to make ones life easier, if you have such fixtures at your disposal.

Glad you liked the video.

Tom

BillTodd:
Tom,

Love the videos :)

What have you done to the brake on that hlv?  It stops in a fraction of the time my one does!  Do you not oil the cork or have you found a super replacement?

Bill - who's hlv-h takes several seconds to stop from 3000rpm!

TLGriff:
Thanks Bill.

The brake just needs regular adjustment and oil to work properly. There is a section in the operators manual that tells how to do it.

Tom

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