Blackrainstorm
Aluminum
- Joined
- Mar 18, 2018
- Location
- Blacksburg, VA
I was poking around at my local machinery guy’s place looking for a carbide lathe tool grinder. I ran across this odd Carboloy grinder. It has a straight wheel on the left, and then the normal side wheel configuration on the right.
Looking around, Hammond offered this configuration as well according to their brochures.
What is this setup good for? I always thought grinding on the OD of a straight wheel was no good for brazed carbide.
It looks similar to this:
Yes I did steal that picture from another old thread, but I can’t seem to find a good reason for this configuration.
Looking around, Hammond offered this configuration as well according to their brochures.
What is this setup good for? I always thought grinding on the OD of a straight wheel was no good for brazed carbide.
It looks similar to this:
Yes I did steal that picture from another old thread, but I can’t seem to find a good reason for this configuration.