Tool & Cutter Sharpening for Home Machinists - Softcover

Hall, Harold

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1565239121 ISBN 13: 9781565239128

Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

Follow the instructions in this book and working with blunt tools will be a thing of the past! Sharpening workshop tools is probably the activity that is least understood by most home machinists. Tool & Cutter Sharpening shows how to perform most workshop sharpening tasks without any need for expensive tools and cutter grinder. It offers a simple design for a shop-made grinding rest, and accessories that can be used with an off-hand grinder to sharpen tools to a standard comparable to using much more sophisticated equipment. Instructions are provided for sharpening the majority of workshop tools, including drills, lathe tools, end mills, milling cutters, hand tools, and woodworking tools. Containing illustrated step-by-step directions with photographs and technical drawings, this must-have book carries essential information for the serious metalworker.

About this title

About the Author

Harold Hall worked as an electrical control systems engineer for thirty-five years before becoming editor of Model Engineer's Workshop magazine. He is the author of numerous books on workshop practice, including Metal Lathe for Home Machinists, The Metalworker's Workshop for Home Machinists, Milling for Home Machinists, and The Milling Machine for Home Machinists.

Edition details

• Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1565239121
• ISBN 13: 9781565239128
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 136