Tool & Cutter Sharpening (Workshop Practice)

I found this useless. You can grind something 100 different ways. All that matters is in the end you have the correct geometry. Out of the 100 different ways I wouldn't use the methods in this book. Use your money and buy the machinery handbook.

book was defective! it had several blank pages, some seem very important. never seen that before. very disappointed

Pages 16, 17,20,21,24,25,28,29 are blank

Good starter book on the subject. I think for some things it was great. I found the section on sharpening drills to be helpful and informative. It explained things I had missed in other stuff I had read. As for end mills and such, I think I'd be hard pressed to turn out an accurate end mill based on the simple grinding rests created in the book. Overall, the book is worth the time if you are interested in sharpening your own tools. It's definitely a hobbyist level book though. I don't think any tool and die guy would get much out of it.

Lots of valuable information about sharpening cutters regardless of which machine you have.

I would like to have seen more complex information and processes for a more mature metal worker with more than basic skills

It's ok if you want to build little accessories for your bench grinder but terrible if you want to learn about tool and cutter sharpening using real machine tools. Most of the book is about the gadgets he built to sharpen his high speed steel lathe tool bits and drill bits. Nothing about using real tools like Weldon air spindles or tool and cutter grinders. All of his books are for the guy playing with little machine tools in his basement...

A fantastic primer on shaping and grinding your own tools. Contains recipes for making basic grinding fixtures. Makes clear what aspects need to be precise (depth of grind) and which can be approximate (relief angles). Teaches you all the words, too. In British. This knowledge becomes essential for manual lathe work when you get into unusual operations like grooving, trepanning, internal features in a bore, things that are not supported by the tool market. Also for achieving fine finishes, as commercial carbides are not that sharp, and leave poor surface quality when used on some materials on a lightly built lathe. They even get into sharpening end mills, dovetail cutters, drill bits, reamers.

Having tried to sharpen drills and lathe tools on the bench grinder in the past without having much of a clue what I was doing I can now see why the results were less than satisfactory. This book explains all you need to know, it's more complicated than it looks. The book covers sharpening of all the tools encountered in the home workshop, not just drills and lathe tools, but also milling cutters, slitting saws and woodworking tools to. For less than the price of one decent cutter it should repay the investment in no time at all. Oh, and all the pages were correct in my copy.

Excellent practical tech advice on cutter sharpening in this text, and no fluff or unnecessary complication. Good value for money.

Detailed plans for home made grinder rest and jigs provided. The book is very detailed and highlights the importance of accuracy and repeatability in the sharpening process. Typically acceptable results are not possible without some form of jig.

Buono

Dieser Titel ist super! Das Anfertigen einer hochwertigen SChleifauflage wird in allen Details erklärt ebenso wie das Tuning einer Schleifmaschine. Dann gibt es Tipps für das Neuschleifen von Bohrern, Fräsern, Drehstählen, Sägeblättern, Stech- und Hobeleisen usw. also fast alles was der Bastler so schärfen möchte wird erklärt. Dazu sollte man gut Englich können und Tante Google oder ein gutes Lexikon dabei haben, denn es gibt natürlich jede Menge engl. Fachbegriffe. Das Ganze ist in Harold Hall - typischer lockerer Sprache abgefasst, kurzum ein Vergnügen zu lesen! Für den Preis habe ich noch nichts adäquates deutschsprachiges gefunden.