Koett tool post grinder help

CC · Nov 4, 2015

I've acquired an old tool post grinder made by KOETT UNIVERSAL. Nothing shows up in GOOGLE searches. This thing is a very well made piece of equipment. I'm looking for a manual as well as any other info that may be available. thanks in advance.

gwilson · Nov 5, 2015

That is truly a beautifully made tool post grinder!

Boblor · Nov 4, 2021

I also have a Koett type K tool post?? grinder and would like a manual too or any other information. Thanks.
Bob L

Boblor · Nov 5, 2021

update on Koett Universal Inc. Grinder

Boblor said:
I also have a Koett type K tool post?? grinder and would like a manual too or any other information. Thanks.
Bob L

An update on the Koett grinder, I googled Koett Universal Inc. and found some information on the grinder at VintageMachinery.org | Welcome. It is just a short history of the short lived company but enough information to give you an idea how the machine was used.

Boblor · Nov 5, 2021

And another update, if you go to the patent link provided at VintageMachinery.org the patent application provides a good description of the inventor's ideas of how the grinder can be used. And of course patent drawings. It seems like it could be a pretty "universal" tool particularly for a home shop machinist now.

It is too bad I am missing a quill for external grinding, mine has an assortment of collets for mounted grind stones like used on dremel or larger hand grinders.

JST · Nov 5, 2021

No wonder they went bust.... the thing is WAY too well-built. Dovetail vertical adjustment? Yowza!.

Boblor · Nov 6, 2021

Koett tool post grinder

It is beautifully built, and really heavy. I won the grinder in a auction maybe 20 plus years ago and it has been on a shelf until a few days ago. I could never find any information on it until a few days ago. I guess I never tried too hard either. Now I will try to find some kind of "job" for it just to use it. I did use my Dumore 14-011 tool post grinder on my lathe to clean up a Jacobs taper on a friends drill chuck, that worked well but I really hate using grinding tools on my lathe. Maybe I could figure out a way to use the Koett grinder on a LeBlond #1 cutter grinder that is missing most all it's tooling. It has been sitting in a corner for 15 years doing nothing.

JST · Nov 6, 2021

Probably.... I have a Greenfield T&C without the head, and use a Dumore 44 as the head. The original head was driven from an overhead belt, and was not much help.

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