Subject: Re: Looking for a Tool & Cutter Grinder Kit

From: [email-masked] (Peter Brooks)
Date: 2 Dec 1996 23:01:27 GMT

Bill Harnell ([email-masked]) wrote:
: I've been looking for a tool and cutter grinder kit such as the Quorn, or
: one similar to it, for some time.

Well, if you want the real thing, have the 300-400 for the castings, and the
time to do it, contact Power Model Supplies in Missouri.  (See the FAQ
for contacts.)  As far as I know (look Ma, no acronyms!), they are the only
US dealer for the Quorn.  Not sure who sells them in the UK.

Pete Brooks

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From: [email-masked] (Jens)
Date: Wed, 04 Dec 1996 01:30:38 -0800

[email-masked] (Paul Amaranth) wrote:

>And somewhere else, where I can't locate it now, although I think it also
>is a PIM article, there's a pretty sophisticated cutter grinder article
>that includes an air bearing spindle to traverse your cutter against the
>grinding wheel.  It's more involved than the June '96 project.
>One of the illustrations shows it being used to sharpen the flutes on
>an end mill.

If you ever find it I wouldn't mind knowing which PIM it's in so I can
find it in the library.

Jens

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From: [email-masked] (Paul Amaranth)
Date: 4 Dec 1996 23:01:45 -0500

>If you ever find it I wouldn't mind knowing which PIM it's in so I can

I found it in MetalWorking Book Two which covers the years 1990-1991.  The
article was called 'A Small Tool and Cutter Grinder" by Glenn L Wilson.
It's a nice project - there's around 50 some odd parts and three pages
of drawings.  The air spindle needs be be finished to within +.0002/-.0000.
His setup for sharpening end mill flutes is pretty slick.  All in all, a good
winter's (or two) project.

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From: "Bill Harnell" <[email-masked]>
Date: 5 Dec 1996 06:44:18 GMT

I would deeply appreciate that, Peter.

Thanks.
-- 
Bill Harnell [[email-masked]]

[email-masked] wrote in article
<[email-masked]>...
> In article <[email-masked]>,
[email-masked] (Peter
> Brooks) writes:
> 
> >Well, if you want the real thing, have the 300-400 for
the castings, and
> the
> >for contacts.)  As far as I know (look Ma, no
acronyms!), they are the
> only
> PIM arrived yesterday and there is an article about
handles with knobs on.
> They show a Quorn tool and cutter grinder but there does
not look to be
> more than about 30 or 40 parts to the entire thing.
Probably no more than
> 12 or 15 castings. If someone would like a TIF image I
can scan it and
> attach it to an email.
> Peter

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From: Van Baker <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 05 Dec 1996 10:48:58 -0700

Guy Lautard sells plans and/or castings for his Tinker cutter & grinder setup.
Has anyone any experience with these?  As I recall, the plans are about $40,
and include a simpler version which does not require the castings, and the
castings are about $75.  How does usability compare with the Quorn and/or the
PIM version??

Van

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From: [email-masked] (Fitch R. Williams)
Date: Fri, 06 Dec 1996 06:29:18 GMT

>Jens

Phil Duclos did a series on an airbearing attachment for
sharpening milling cutters using a mill in HSM - its in the
book "Shop Wisdom of Phil Duclos" oon page 24 .

The PIM one was a home made version of the DAREX air bearing
cutter grinder with the air bearing spindle based on the one
done by Phil duclos.  It appeared in two issues - the first
one just had pictures and a description.  After much mail to
the editor, the fellow was persuaded to prepare and provid a
set of drawings in a subsequent issue - not a small task.  I
don't remember which issues those were, but it may have been
in the 1990 - 1992 time frame.  I would guess that it was
later included in one of the PIM summary books, the Metal
Working series from Village press - but I only have book 1
which ends in 1989.  It was a cleverly done grinder.

Sorry I couldn't be more specific - the issues are in that
darn box I need to unearth before I go nuts.

Fitch

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From: Eduardo Haddad Filho <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 1996 19:51:54 -0200

In the UK:

Model Engineering Services
Pipworth Farm
Pipworth Lane
Eckington
Sheffield
S31 9EY

phone: 01246 433218

great guys, but they have no fax, or e-mail.

Eduardo Haddad Filho
[email-masked]

On 3 Dec 1996, Bill Harnell wrote:

> Thank you, Peter.
> 
> BTW, where is the FAQ located?
> 
> Peter Brooks <[email-masked]> wrote in article
> <[email-masked]>...
> the castings, and the

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From: Pat Dworzan <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 06 Dec 1996 18:36:34 -0800

Peter Brooks wrote:
> 
> Paul Amaranth ([email-masked]) wrote:
> 
> : A simple grinding table is shown in the Feb '88 Projects in Metal.  This
> : looks like the minimum you would need to be able to gring tool bits
> : properly.
> 
> In Metalworking Book 1.
> 
> : And somewhere else, where I can't locate it now, although I think it also
> : is a PIM article, there's a pretty sophisticated cutter grinder article
> : that includes an air bearing spindle to traverse your cutter against the
> : grinding wheel.  It's more involved than the June '96 project.
> 
> In metalworking Book 2.
> 
> : None of these require any castings, although some do require welding.
> 
> The first table does, though I think the second doesn't.  I suspect you
> could work around the welding requirements for the first table if you
> did a good job at setting it up to bolt together.
> 
> Pete Brooks

You can all stop scratching your heads. The April and Oct'91 issues of 
Projects in Metal featured Glenn Wilson's article, A Small Tool and 
Cutter Grinder. This is the one with the air driven spindle. Hope this 
helps.PD

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From: Paul Pierce <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 04 Dec 1996 19:55:52 -0700

Paul Amaranth wrote:
> 
> Projects in Metal has a cute little cutter grinder article in the June '96
> issue.........

Try "Metalworking Two", page 178, by Glenn L Wilson.  Neat looking
machine.

> None of these require any castings, although some do require welding.
> --

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From: [email-masked] (Paul Amaranth)
Date: 7 Dec 1996 15:50:37 -0500

>did a good job at setting it up to bolt together.

Nah, the base for the second one is made up of 5 pieces of 3/8 steel 
plate welded together.  I agree that you could probably get around the
welding for both of them if you were reasonably careful.

The 'rocking, swinging grinder table' (the 'first table mentioned above')
is high on my list of projects to do once I get caught up a bit ('98?  '99?)

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From: Mark Winlund <[email-masked]>
Date: 6 Dec 1996 15:47:27 GMT

One might be able to buy just the air spindle and collet drawbar from Darex and go 
grom there.

Regards, Mark

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From: [email-masked] (Peter Brooks)
Date: 6 Dec 1996 18:40:30 GMT

In Metalworking Book 1.

In metalworking Book 2.

Pete Brooks