marka12161
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- Dec 23, 2016
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If you were a hobby machinist with limited space, would you allocate space to a surface grinder or a tool and cutter grinder?
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Good point. I'm just pointing out there are some tool cutter grinders out there light enough, and small enough to be manageable in a small shop. However, Mass is king.Not all T&CG are 19th Century lightweights or benchtop single flute cutter sharpeners.
Cincinnati #2 T&CG weighs about 2200lbs, plus tooling.
Mitsui 205MH 6x18 SG weighs about 1900lbs.
Some some/many tool and cutter grinders are not accurate enough to be used as a surface grinder.
Surface grinder can be used for tool/cutter work but are awkward for that.
*So a hard question to answer with not knowing your needs.
A surface grinder often can do .00002 to .0005 work and with a fixture can sharpen some cutters..
A TC grinder with a swing table will likely be off each time you swing the table so more likely to grind .001/.003 grinding surface grinder work. IMHO.
Yes one might shim a mag-chuck or a vise on a TC grinder and get .0005 to .001
If (SG <=$5k<=.001mm) then (SG+sweat equity>$5k+>$5k experience<=0.001mm)Good to know.
Wasn't sure if a TC grinder was better than a surface grinder. Also in the marker for a SG now.
I care more about tolerance and SGs are know to provide surface finishes down to sub-micron.
SGs all day for me too, not sure which one to get for <= $5K.
Thanks.
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