Re: Grinding Lathe Tools (My word)

Peter,

More power to you, but our club demo lathe grinder sucks. As such, I have taught myself to sharpen on it without a nice platform or jig. I have also taught myself to sharpen on a sanding disk mounted on a block of wood on the lathe. This versatility has served me well.

Besides our demo lathe and other's workshops, I have sharpened tools at the Provo symposium and used whatever they had there. Packing my grinder, Wolverine, etc. is not always an option as much as I would like it to be. It does not mean that I need to be fast - just proficient.

Joe

> > >Second, everyone should learn > >to turn freehand whether you do it regularly or not. Our club

demonstrates

>in the community and the grinder we have has those worthless little 1" x 2" > >platforms. If you can't freehand grind, your turning time will be short. > > I must respectfully disagree with you there, Joe. In todays day & age with

all the jigs available to us, I feel there is NO

imperitive reason (whatsoever) to learn that skill. That's like saying

one should learn to turn on a pole lathe because there

might not be electricity available everywhere. All the clubs I belong to

have a grinder with (at least) a Wolverine jig attached.

Let's face it....its the "defacto" standard for turning tool jigs.

Personally speaking, anywhere my tools go, my grinder (and

associated jigs) go also...whether to a club demo or a friend's shop. > > Just my opinion... > > Peter Teubel > Milford, MA >
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