bryan_machine
Diamond
- Joined
- Jun 16, 2006
- Location
- Near Seattle
I'm interested in an OD/ID grinder, of the sort that could make an MT4 shank ER20 collet chuck, or lathe test bar, or the like.
(This is a personal exercise not a business one - to be efficient of course one buys those things.)
Seems that people do lots of good work on aged OD/ID universal grinders, and at least in videos they don't seem to be all that large.
(I have 3 phase power, etc.)
Is there a good mother lode of these machines somewhere? (To see in person...)
What I'm hoping for here is "Go to CA and visit the following 6 dealers" - as being better than scrolling through ebay.
Also - things to look out for - brand X machines use a center taper unused by anyone else, or brand Z machines cannot actually use dead centers - that sort of weird bit.
thx
bmw
(This is a personal exercise not a business one - to be efficient of course one buys those things.)
Seems that people do lots of good work on aged OD/ID universal grinders, and at least in videos they don't seem to be all that large.
(I have 3 phase power, etc.)
Is there a good mother lode of these machines somewhere? (To see in person...)
What I'm hoping for here is "Go to CA and visit the following 6 dealers" - as being better than scrolling through ebay.
Also - things to look out for - brand X machines use a center taper unused by anyone else, or brand Z machines cannot actually use dead centers - that sort of weird bit.
thx
bmw