Hi
I needed to make an acurate tool to cut a thread and my off-hand grinding isn't too wonderful. I looked around for a jig and found this one:
http://www.gadgetbuilder.com/ThreadingTools.html
It looked good to me so I made one. Naturally, I added some "improvements".
I used alluminium because that was what came out of the scrap bin. I fabricated because I don't have a mill. I avoided pins by cutting the angle along the base piece. The tool holding block can be located in any one of three positions along the length of the base. I added a fence-plate to allow a wider range of angles to be cut.
No drawings or dimensions. This is a junk box project.
Lathe Tool Grinding Jig
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dazz
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- Hardware/Software: Viceroy TDS 1/1GB lathe, Imperial, stripped down and rebuilt.
Viceroy Taper/Tracer attachment, Shop made cross slide tracer attachment, VSD. - Location: New Zealand
Lathe Tool Grinding Jig
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- The jig being used to grind a tool. The cutting edge is face down because it is easier to hold the jig that way. The ruler is being used as a fence to keep the jig at the right angle.
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- The fence plate screwed in place so it doesn't get lost.
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- When the fence plate is screwed on as shown, the angle is zero degrees.
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- When the fence plate is screwed on, angles up to about 30 degrees can be set.
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- A tool in the guide read to sharpen.
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Regards
Dazz
Dazz
