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i got the Dawson and Cuttermaster setup to sharpen my own but i am wondering about the marketability of the service
WTF is a mill bit?
...the pro shops sharpening end mills, are using quarter million dollar cnc grinders from Switzerland or Germany, and the speed, quality, and variety they can sharpen is tough to compete with
Depends on how much per hour you want to make. At $10 per hour for sure there is work out there to be found.
Runs will likely be very small so just processing a order may be more time then that grind.
The next machine up is the Cinci tool and cutter grinder which is quick and dirty and easier for this type work.
The bigger cnc stuff mostly does carbide unless some huge blanket orders on HSS.
I have know some to get a niche or the right customer and make some actual money doing just what you ask.
The answer from me is 95% no and 5% yes.
There is no reason a regrind will not run with new or even better if done correctly. Problem here is that people want cheap regrinds.
If my outside regrinds did not do this I'd be looking for a better source. Many will accept or allow a lower life on regrinds or holder rebuilds, I do not understand the why.
Step number one assuming you know how to do the work is how to find customers.
Thousands of people have tried this and given up. Yet some do pull it off.
Bob
STAR ATG-6AC 6 AXIS CNC TOOL & CUTTER GRINDER | eBay
Would something like listed above not be the bare minimum to get into regrinds? That is assuming that machine has probing.....I know nothing about tool grinding.
edit: the listing says it has scales and probing
STAR ATG-6AC 6 AXIS CNC TOOL & CUTTER GRINDER | eBay
Would something like listed above not be the bare minimum to get into regrinds? That is assuming that machine has probing.....I know nothing about tool grinding.
edit: the listing says it has scales and probing
This is what's popular in China at the moment, except this one is about ten years too old. Hard to sell anything older than 2007. 2012 or so is better.
Walter Grinders Inc., Helitronic Production, 6-Axis CNC Tool & Cutter Grinder | eBay
The ANCA's, for some reason, are not as desirable as Walters. Thats pretty much it for popular name brands in commieland.
I've seen one of those on fire. No bueno.
Or it burns the entire shop and the insurance company buys you all brand new machines.That sounds like it could complicate the whole profit thing
How do you start a flood ?Or it burns the entire shop and the insurance company buys you all brand new machines.
I'm wondering if you can't make an entirely new, and better, cutter on the Walter faster than you can resharp an existing dull tool ?There is still a lot of resharp work done on manuals. All that cnc and probing takes time and tweaking.
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