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Offline Ky-Flinter

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Grinder set-up for rough shaping gravers
« on: April 29, 2020, 06:01:44 AM »
I use the Lindsey sharpening templates to shape and sharpen my graver bits, but working a square HSS lathe bit down to size by hand is a lot of work, even with good diamond stones.  So I rigged up a grinder to speed up the rough shaping work.  The offset from the fixture to the side of the grinding wheel is the 1/2" the Lindsey system calls for.  I dunk the graver in water often to keep it cool.  Once I have the graver about 90% shaped, I switch to the diamond stones and finish sharpening the graver by hand. 















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Re: Grinder set-up for rough shaping gravers
« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2020, 07:40:21 AM »
What a great idea Ron!  I just might try that.  I have several vintage hand crank grinders that you can run slow enough that the tool won't overheat if you are careful.

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Re: Grinder set-up for rough shaping gravers
« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2020, 02:06:02 PM »
At Tom Curran's engraving class last fall at Canter's Cave, Ron was using such a system and it really worked well.  It is a lot better time saving option than investing several hundred dollars in a commercial system for sharpening gravers; especially if you are not a professional engraver.  That's one of the good tips I got from Ron.  Another is Woodford Reserve ;).

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Re: Grinder set-up for rough shaping gravers
« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2020, 03:00:37 PM »
It's the same one Don.  Tom asked me for some pictures, so I thought I would post them here too.

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Offline Greg Pennell

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Re: Grinder set-up for rough shaping gravers
« Reply #4 on: April 29, 2020, 03:53:35 PM »
Nice tip, Ron!  I definitely need to build one for my grinder...like you said, the initial shaping by hand power is a bit time consuming!

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Offline J. Talbert

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Re: Grinder set-up for rough shaping gravers
« Reply #5 on: April 29, 2020, 04:23:53 PM »
Simple and efficient... Good job Ron.

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Re: Grinder set-up for rough shaping gravers
« Reply #6 on: April 29, 2020, 05:00:53 PM »
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Re: Grinder set-up for rough shaping gravers
« Reply #7 on: April 29, 2020, 05:56:49 PM »
Great idea!  It is a pain to take off all the excess metal by hand....

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