Subject: Re: Quorn t/c grinder

From: [email-masked] (Randolph Lee)
Date: Thu, 05 Dec 1996 09:44:06 -0400

In article <[email-masked]>,
[email-masked] (William Chernoff) wrote:

> Anyone out there who has built the Quorn tool/cutter grinder,

In progress about 2/3 to 3/4 done about to start the spindle

> please give your opinion on 1) ease of construction
a chalenge even with the excelent book... but very satisfying to build

> 2) quality of castings/components

top notch so far... I have 3 casting yet to machine but the rest have been
fine no inclusions or hard spots.

> 3) completeness of kit

Not sure what you mean here I got mine from the maker in the uk with all
the castings, the grinding wheels and some belting the bearings and springs
for the spindle... I did not cart the Ground bar stock back I used O1 drill
rod bought here. and I use UNF and UNC hardware rather than the Whitworth
called for in the prints.
> 4) usefuklness when its all done.

Let you know about easter (seriously I have used a finished unit and I
can't think of anything you can't do on one... though I will not be using
it for sharpining drills... sort of over kill and a lot of set up work...
that why I bought a drill Doctor

>
> thanks in advance
> Bill Chernoff
>
> PS the price for the kit I've seen is about $US 500.

Bill I spent about $220 (to that add about $15 for the O1 drill rod another
$25 for misc steel if you have to buy it ... and about $100 for a speed
controled 1/3 hp motor (from Granger) for the kit 3 years ago from the
maker in england... shipping would be about $80 to 100 I think via UPS  (a
the Royal Mail is royal rip off... I sent 10 kilos via surface mail from
the UK to the US last month and it cost 42UKL! (about $72!) the same
package sent the other way by US mail is only about $32! You can ship a 1
cu meter Pallett via a frieight forwarder fromt eh UK to the US for about
$300 ... And I think the weight limit is over a ton per Cu meter... (note
that the required pallet takes up about 0.2 cu meters) so perhaps a bunch
of folks could get together an order here (yours is the 3 rd request for
info I have seen in a month here) and have them all sent on one pallet...
might be a large savings...unless that $500 US dealer price you mention
includes all the extra steel and nuts and bolts and a motor.

full details on the vendor are in apost last week here.. It had Quorn in
the title so a deja news search should turn it up.

~R

Randolph Lee
Windshadow Engineering

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From: Fred Bruce <[email-masked]>
Date: 7 Dec 1996 00:10:21 GMT

There is a picture and brief description of the Quorn in the Power Model 
Supply catalog.

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From: [email-masked]
Date: 7 Dec 1996 03:19:39 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>,
[email-masked] writes:

>If anyone has built one , if they please post a JPEG or gif somewhere ,
>and  notify the newsgroup , this curious cat would be happy.
>
>PS I need a T/C grinder , it is not just idle curiosity
>
>

Me too. I have a scan from the current PM. It compressed (?) to 1.6M and I
go onto unlimited time after the 8th so I can attach it ti e-mail then.

Peter

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From: [email-masked]
Date: 6 Dec 1996 13:52:45 GMT

>please give your opinion.

Quorn,Quorn,Quorn ! I hear so much about it,  but how does one get to see
an image of one ? how has everyone else seen one ?  Am I the only one who
wonders "what does it look like ? "

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From: Roger Jones <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 07 Dec 1996 11:53:14 -0500

> There is a picture and brief description of the Quorn in the Power Model

There is an article by Ron Chernich describing his efforts building a 
Quorn.  His address is [email-masked].

Roger

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From: [email-masked] (Jens)
Date: Sun, 08 Dec 1996 03:54:19 -0800

>Quorn.  His address is [email-masked].

His excellent write-up is located at 
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~chernich/quorn.htm

Jens

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From: [email-masked] (Randolph Lee)
Date: Fri, 06 Dec 1996 11:31:34 -0400

>PS I need a T/C grinder , it is not just idle curiosity

A web search turned up this.
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~chernich/quorn.htm

for some od reason I did not get in through that link but

http://www.ozemail.com.au/~chernich/hsm.htm

worked fine and folowed the links from this  page to the quorn page

I have not seen a picture of the machine on the web though... perhaps a
note to Ron Chernich (of the above pages) would induce him to include a GIF
of his finished machine on his web page.

Randolph Lee
Windshadow Engineering