“Clog” toolpost- replace?

[William AyerstParticipant @williamayerst55662]

Of course, I keep forgetting I'll in a position to grind my own tools! Is there any recommendation for a grinder, or is it relatively unimportant? A buffing wheel would be nice?

[Clive Brown 1Participant @clivebrown1]

If on a tightish budget, Screwfix do a 150mm d/e bench grinder for <£20. Won't be the best but you can't go too far wrong at that price. I rarely use the coarse wheel, so I could see it being replaced with a buffing wheel, but they tend to be more power hungry than a grinding wheel, so a more powerful machine might be better than the Screwfix lightweight.

[MeunierParticipant @meunier]

Posted by William Ayerst on 31/10/2020 09:02:50:

on the auction site (why do we call it that instead of the name?)

Many moons ago, some fora were a bit squiffy about EBAY and AMAZON and forbade their mention.
People then came up with inventive ways to avoid the direct mention and some folks have continued long past the necessity to do so.
DaveD

[John BaronParticipant @johnbaron31275]

Posted by William Ayerst on 31/10/2020 13:20:26:

Of course, I keep forgetting I'll in a position to grind my own tools! Is there any recommendation for a grinder, or is it relatively unimportant? A buffing wheel would be nice?

You can get a cheap double ended grinder for £20 at various places, these are fine for HSS tool grinding but way under powered if you want to use it for buffing. Most of the buffing machines I've seen use 1Hp plus, and that is a small one.

[John BaronParticipant @johnbaron31275]

Hi William, Guys,

Here is a drawing of the tool block for the Norman patent tool post.

It is quite straight forward to make, though there is a bit of a technique when it comes to the split collet used to clamp the tool block to the post.

I've more if you want it ! I've now made several !

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