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Great way to take up time...

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I found this very effective way to waste time. I took my microscope out to the shop and really looked at the cuttings edges on my tooling.

Need I say more. :)
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Yes
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Ha! It was very enlightening to examine some of the edges on tools I was using. I had some that were cheap foreign made carbide that appeared sharp but under the microscope were really quite rough and I am surprised they would even remove material.

I also looked at some that I had dressed with a CBN wheel and then finished with a diamond hand hone. Even with the finest stone I could still see marks under the microscope.

I am considering finishing with the hand stone in the direction that the chips would flow as opposed to honing 90 degrees to the direction of the chip flow. It is probably an insignificant thing but I found it interesting never the less.
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Hey, wait until you start looking at small drill bits. I've seen some where the grind was backwards. Yes, the grinding and stoning should be perpendicular to the edge for the strongest edge. I also suggest people not use carbide paper and such to finish edges because they round the edge right where you need it free cutting. A good stone and remember that a single swipe at the wrong angle can take forever to correct.
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Conrad_R_Hoffman wrote: Mon Dec 17, 2018 4:02 pm I also suggest people not use carbide paper and such to finish edges because they round the edge right where you need it free cutting.
I agree! 8)

There are those who still promote the use of a belt sander for sharpening cutting tools. That's a process I highly recommend AGAINST, for the precise reason you mentioned.

Doesn't matter how clever the operator may think he/she may be--it's the nature of the beast----anything less than a fully rigid surface has the potential to round cutting edges.

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curtis cutter wrote: Sat Dec 15, 2018 4:36 pmI took my microscope out to the shop and really looked at the cuttings edges on my tooling.
That was your first mistake...
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neanderman wrote: Tue Dec 18, 2018 1:59 am
curtis cutter wrote: Sat Dec 15, 2018 4:36 pmI took my microscope out to the shop and really looked at the cuttings edges on my tooling.
That was your first mistake...
:lol:
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Next comes a cutter sharpening machine! :) :)
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That may be the worst result of getting a surface grinder. It makes you realize how badly you need a proper tool and cutter grinder to go with it.
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Ummm. CRH would you please explain why one couldn't use a surface grinder to sharpen tools with the proper fixturing. The toolmaker at a company I worked with used the Boyer Shultz for either operation, and observing him proved to me what could be done. One can do remarkable things with a 3 axis vise or sine plate and a bit of innovation.
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While it's true that a surface grinder can be used for sharpening cutters, they typically lack the locks and other features (like the ability to rotate the wheel head) that make a cutter grinder better suited to the task.

A cutter grinder that isn't well tooled is nothing more than an expensive pedestal grinder. It's the accessories that make them what they are.

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