ratbldr427
Titanium
- Joined
- Mar 21, 2006
- Location
- jacksonville,fl.
Probably not,however let me explain.
Our die dept.has a nice G&L 618 hydraulic SG that they need yo use as a SG.There are times when they need to have stacks of die knife ground with various width notches.The knifes are 14"-16" long and need to be square,so not enough travel in Z even by grinding half & turning to do the other half and don't want a radius cut.
The obvious answer is to buy a T&C grinder(which I have a LeBlond #2 that the wheel head is t-slotted to take a drop down internal spindle).I am not ready to give up my LeBlond and they cannot add another machine in that department.
I can modify the 618 wjth the hyd.feed which will save a lot of hand cranking when grinding the notches.
I see a lot of various spindles on E-Bay particularly Dumore TP.I want to use at least a 6"-7" wheel.I also see some with internal motors but may be to large.
The wheel guard is mounted so that I can remove it easily and make an adapter to take a spindle to mount there,it is strong enough and looks like I can get it close enough to center to notch 16" knifes
I have enough head space and plan to add a DRO.
I know this is weird but has anyone done this or seen some thing like this?
Our die dept.has a nice G&L 618 hydraulic SG that they need yo use as a SG.There are times when they need to have stacks of die knife ground with various width notches.The knifes are 14"-16" long and need to be square,so not enough travel in Z even by grinding half & turning to do the other half and don't want a radius cut.
The obvious answer is to buy a T&C grinder(which I have a LeBlond #2 that the wheel head is t-slotted to take a drop down internal spindle).I am not ready to give up my LeBlond and they cannot add another machine in that department.
I can modify the 618 wjth the hyd.feed which will save a lot of hand cranking when grinding the notches.
I see a lot of various spindles on E-Bay particularly Dumore TP.I want to use at least a 6"-7" wheel.I also see some with internal motors but may be to large.
The wheel guard is mounted so that I can remove it easily and make an adapter to take a spindle to mount there,it is strong enough and looks like I can get it close enough to center to notch 16" knifes
I have enough head space and plan to add a DRO.
I know this is weird but has anyone done this or seen some thing like this?