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Grinder Auto

This document provides instructions for building a low-cost grinding wheel from an old auto-differential assembly. The grinder can accommodate wheels up to 12 inches in diameter and can be built as either a floor or bench model using ordinary tools. Additional details are given on assembly, dimensions, safety guards, and drive systems. An indicator is also described for helping reset the tailstock on a lathe to the exact zero position after turning tapers.

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Grinder Auto

This document provides instructions for building a low-cost grinding wheel from an old auto-differential assembly. The grinder can accommodate wheels up to 12 inches in diameter and can be built as either a floor or bench model using ordinary tools. Additional details are given on assembly, dimensions, safety guards, and drive systems. An indicator is also described for helping reset the tailstock on a lathe to the exact zero position after turning tapers.

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TURDINESS and accuracy are incor-

porated in this inexpensive, roller-


bearing grinder, which you can make
from an old auto-differential assembly.
The grinder will take wheels up to 12 in.
in diameter, and it can be made either in
a floor or bench type. The work can be
done with ordinary tools with the excep-

Use glue between the


angle, it -is best to drill them with a Indicator for Setting Tailstoc
-in. bit, and then. enlarge them with a
earner. In order to tighten the bolts ef- Of Lathe at Zero Position
ively, sleeves are cut from M-in. pipe After turning a taper on work by means
placed over the threaded ends of the of the tailstock setover method, you can
between the kt-iron supporting bars move the tailstock back to align the cen-
the housing as in Figs. 4 and 6. One ters without loss
of each sleeve is beveled so that it fits of time if this in-,
ugly against the housing. The assembly dicator is used. It
f the wheel guards is shown in Figs. 8 consists of a sheet-
9, the latter giving the essential di- metal pointer piv-
sions. The wheel guard is bolted to oted to a pin in the
supporting bar at the back. It is not .lathe bed, and a.,
ened to the housing. The balance of length of spring
assembly for the floor-type grinder wire, which is fas-
overhead belt drive is clearly shown tened rigidly in
ig. 5, while the bench type is shown the pin and
wrapped around
y requires that the speed of 12-in.
g . wheels should not exceed 2,000 wire causes the point
1,800 r.p.m. is better for a wheel stop pin in the tailstoc
diameter. Smaller wheels can be follows the pln. A f t r
proportionately higher speeds. perfectly, mark the po
end on the tailstock
f you have occasion to use a drill that is Then if the tailstock
small to fit pour brace, slip a piece of it back to bring the
and !he centers will
.

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