Easy To Make Lathe Mounted Diamond Lapping Table Lap Carbide Tools

[@SteveJordan]

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[@mikemullenix6956]

Steve , you are a gifted inventor. Very few machinest have your ability to design and create tools . Can't wait to make this. Thank you

[@SteveJordan]

Hi Mike thanks for your feedback. I'm pleased you like the tools. Regards Steve

[@paulgreenlee190]

Steve, I'll be praying for your health issues as I can relate to what's going on. I'm an old retired welder who never settled for second best on my work. I am disabled and recently bought a SB 13" X 72" lathe that is fairly tooled. You don't know how much I appreciate this video. You are a extremely educated individual and speaker. I already came up with a mandrel for the diamond cup wheel but was searching for how to complete it and add the angles needed. On a budget so I couldn't just run out and buy a slow speed bench grinder but what you came up with is much better. Thank you for taking the time to share a little of your knowledge.

[@robertlewis4666]

Really neat, ....... actually is bloody brilliant! Nice one Steve!

[@EdAgers110]

You, sir, are a freaking GENIUS!! Why do you not have 500K subscribers? I absolutely LOVE all of your videos, especially ones like this one! Brilliant!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us!

[@colinwarner7762]

Steve this is you at your best, so educational and enjoyable, great stuff. Colin.

[@juanrivero8]

That is brilliantly simple and far, far cheaper than a commercial grinder; it is also far, far easier to build than say a Quorn. I have added this one to my to-do list. Thank you!

[@Spark-Hole]

He has Myford, if you have a Chinese made lathe forget it.

[@hoernst2762]

Hi Steve, I'm from Germany and I'm a hobbyist for metal and wood. I really enjoy watching your posts and can use and learn a lot from them! Thank you for the good contributions, the channel is of course subscribed. VG Holger

[@SteveJordan]

Hi Thanks for your encouraging comments and for subscribing. I do have many more interesting projects to do, but it is far too cold in the workshop at the moment. I'm having to do a few tool reviews indoors at the moment until it warms up a bit. Regards Steve

[@ZygmuntKiliszewski]

A perfect design in its simplicity. Congratulations 👌.

[@ZygmuntKiliszewski]

Thank you 😀.

[@tinker453]

SPLENDID IDEA, EXECUTION, AND VIDEO! My next project . Your attention to detail is first rate.

[@colinnorthcott9219]

You Sir are a thinker. Pure Genius..I am going to make one too. Thanks for sharing.

[@stevelecain886]

I love this channel I am a fairly new sub but I am learning so much, I am 63 yrs old just got my first lathe, its a german made Maximat 7 by emco its a 7 x 28 and has an attached vertical milling head very nice very rigid for the size,I really like your Myford ML7 its a real nice piece of equipment the old stuff seems to stand the test of time.keep up the great videos.

[@renter007]

I got a ton load of carbide tooling that needs sharpening and this table is a nice way of doing it. I got myself a new project then. THX.

[@JimLawrence-ey8ev]

Thanks Steve, Very useful. I will be trying this out...

[@bulletproofpepper2]

Very good. Exactly what I needed to know.i Thought about something like it and the work table is brilliant. Thanks for sharing.

[@SteveJordan]

Hi Sam. Thanks

[@mindiff]

Super creative and informative video, Steve! And what a cute british accent :-)

[@cozydram1]

brilliant Steve

[@glennfelpel9785]

Brilliant idea and well thought trough as well. Good thought about the disc sander attachment too. Thank you for sharing these ideas.

[@SteveJordan]

Hi Glenn, Thanks. I was worried I might run out of ideas. I nearly always wake up at about 3 or 4am in the morning. This is usually when I come up with another idea! Hope I get some more!

[@RLNTEX]

It is very nice that you explained everything in detail. Thank you very much

[@SteveJordan]

Hi Robert, Thanks.

[@basinbaker2]

You could use one of those magnetic digital angle gauges to set up the angles. Great video, on my to do list.

[@dadmezz4024]

Thank you Steve.....like your base ...might work as a stand alone with an old motor.....appreciate the video.

[@SteveJordan]

Hi Sammy. Yes that would be better and it would be permanently set up for quick use. I used to use one like this when I first started engineering.

[@CandidZulu]

Just found the channel and I think it´s brilliant!

[@minskmade]

another great video. plus you sound like wallace from wallace and grommet ..double win... brilliant idea.

[@johnfry9010]

Very nice Steve !

[@ChrisB257]

Great idea - trouble I have is my cross slide has no t-slots. Something that has always bugged me! Must see if I can manage something similar.

[@SteveJordan]

Hi Chris, I can't understand why someone doesn't actually make a small commercial lapping machine for the home work shop! I reckon the Chinese could knock one up, a bit like the disc sanders, that could be sold at a reasonable price. Also I was thinking today that one could easily make one up that could sit on a wood turning lathe. I would have done this on mine and left it set up, but I haven't got any room in the shed! When I do wood turning I do it outside.

[@niltonpolydoro1]

Very nice vídeo. I will make one of this tool for me. Thanks for sharing.

[@edgeeffect]

When you moved the table when the mini-lathe was running, I thought "ooh, I wouldn't trust anything that I'd made to be square like that". But perhaps that's more a statement on my level of workmanship. ;)

[@wykecastlewelding]

A really good simple idea that I would never have thought of and I am going to make one . To go a stage further using the same tool with a further bit of modification by way of a fabricated attachment ,possibly utilising a drill chuck ,I believe you could sharpen drill bits or end mills . As you rightfully say the ML7 is a little slow but bearing in mind the length of the ML7 bed, surely a cheap modified bench grinder could be mounted length ways on the ways ,in front of the spindle with the lap stone mounted in place of the right hand grinding stone, with a turned up adapter?Well done ,really good idea.

[@skeeter50001]

Thanks a lot Steve, good idea and a great video.

[@SteveJordan]

Thanks

[@SneakyMcBastard]

Skeeter Holeman

[@paulbache7917]

useful stuff as usual Steve, something for my "to do" list Regards Paul

[@SteveJordan]

Hi Paul Thanks.

[@davidjenner4426]

Many thanks for the video, another project to add to the list

[@mrmyford]

another good idea Steve, thanks for sharing regards...Keith in swindon

[@panchovilla1486]

what a wonderful idea thank you much

[@AmateurRedneckWorkshop]

Ingenious device there.

[@SteveJordan]

Thanks

[@miguelcastaneda7236]

just a thought how about a small bakers tray mount entire assembly on then you have drip tray protects ways and compound

[@ScottGMerritt]

Excellent. Thanks ever so much!

[@brucewilliams6292]

Nice work. very well thought out. :)

[@matthomer8350]

Can you use this for honing HSS bits also ?

[@SteveJordan]

+Matt Homer (Shaqattack7) Hi Matt yes I do use it for HSS as well

[@wednitesailor]

Very nice!

[@gubelly]

Great idea, where do you get the lapping wheel. I cant find it on ebay? This method could be used for drill sharpening with a few small addition. Thanks for the video

[@SteveJordan]

Hi Thanks. I have just bought one from China. If you type search.......100mm Diamond Grinding Wheel Cup 600 Grit Tool Sharpener Milling Tool NEW X3N8 Regards Steve

[@gubelly]

Thanks ordered one!

[@petek210]

It would be interesting to see you mill and braze the tool bits.

[@SteveJordan]

Hi Yes I hope to get around to this soon.

[@dalemcinnes1834]

I would like that too. I always enjoy seeing someone else doing that type of work.

[@anthonycash4609]

Hi Steve. Can you sharpen high speed tool bits with this set up also. With a different type stone. If so where can one purchase it from. The idea looks like you could get the angles cut much better than using a bench grinder and doing it by hand.

[@SteveJordan]

+Anthony Cash Hi Anthony., I sometimes use the diamond whèel to touch up the edges or put raduis on HSS tooling. It doesnt appear to have any detrimental effect on the wheel. I use a spray oil like wd40 or parafin on the wheel. So if you rough out angles on the bench grinder, just finish lap the tool on the diamond. Regards Steve

[@bsteleven]

Great idea!! Thanks!!

[@kevinwalker1361]

What kind of paraffin are you suggesting as a lubricant ?

[@SteveJordan]

Any paraffin or kerosene jet fuel.

[@kevinwalker1361]

Thank you

[@eddyfontaineyoutu100]

Hi Steve, Good idea ! I read that some of these wheels have to be prepared ( "sharpened" ) before use. That means removing a thin layer of resin to have the diamonds a little more protuding... Is this necessary or can one just use it as is with parafin oil? Cheers, Eddy.

[@SteveJordan]

Hi Eddy. Thanks. The wheel that I'm using here is a non-resin type made by JK Smit, I think. I have just ordered a new resin one though, so I will see if I can find information on this. Regards Steve

[@lilleypadfl]

Steve.....what is the liquid you brush on the diamond wheel? Paraffin oil? Thanks. Ken

[@SteveJordan]

Hi Ken it is parrafin.

[@lilleypadfl]

Forgive my ignorance......but paraffin as in paraffin lamp oil?

[@SteveJordan]

Yes ordinary paraffin.This is what the diamond lapping machines had in them in the past.

[@ErikBongers]

A poor man's D-bit grinder. Simple and effective.

[@nathan21388]

does the ml7 come with screw cutting

[@SteveJordan]

Hi Nathan, Yes I have all the crew cutting gears. I hope to do a video on screw cutting sometime.

[@nathan21388]

yes steve that would be great I'm just starting out got 1947 ml7 just learning about the screw cutting

[@SteveJordan]

I think mine is a 1947 model. I used to do a lot of screw cutting on a Colchester 2000 lathe. I will have to learn another method for the Myford as I do not have reverse drive.

[@fpreston9527]

Fantastic

[@SteveJordan]

Hi Thanks for watching.....Regards Steve

[@johndoe9536]

Hi Steve, Like the idea but need to know the total costs ? £12 for the plates, £3 for the hinge or i could use an old door hinge for free. How much for your ? 1/2" square stock ? and how much for the carbide ? Also the cost of the diamond lapping wheel ? Then you have the brazing flux/rods/mapp gas offcourse. Im trying to determine the cost of making the tools versus just buying them. Offcourse sharpening tools will save money i guess in the long term. Also is it not dangerous to grind carbide or am i thinking about Tungstien :/

[@SteveJordan]

Hi John....I only did this video for people that like making tools. It is much less bother and a lot more cost effective to buy low cost Chinese insert tooling, which nowadays are excellent quality. Before the Chinese tools became so easily obtainable, making your own tools was worth it, as the insert tooling was too expensive to buy. I have very few home made HSS tools that I regrind for specific jobs, but nearly everything else is insert tools. Also the downside of making brazed carbide tooling is the grinding, having to use expensive green grit grinding wheels, that do not last long.. It really isn't worth it now. A good set of insert tools that all have the DCMT 070204 inserts is the most cost effective tooling solution now,

[@johndoe9536]

@@SteveJordan Thanks Steve. I was intending to use HSS as i always thought carbide was too brittle but even now with low cost Chinese inserts isn't HSS still cheaper and more adaptable ? I like to make tooling as well but with a clear focus on that its saving me money as well as for the fun of it :) I like the hobby but not so much when i have to dig into my pockets :) On a side note, know where i can get some quality steel washers with a small 45deg chamfer on on side only of the outer diameter. Imperial Sizes. I am missing a few of a lathe i am restoring an old Zyto, and they seem to be harder than the punched variety that you get nowadays. 'Im a bit younger than you and don't quite remember the quality UK used to produce.

[@kevinsmith1976]

A Myford tool & cutter grinder.

[@miguelcastaneda7236]

small.tip when. cleaning hands after grinding ...carbide use oil first....then soap and water..otherwise will drive it into flesh

[@johnduncker1655]

I can see a short wooden plank with a wooden wedge in my future

[@mikemullenix6956]

I watch this several times and going to make it. The only other options for this can cost you over a thou. .

[@kevinsmith1976]

Please wear a mask when grinding carbide.

[@rizdalegend]

Didn't see any lapping...

[@XTL_prime]

A hundred upvotes for saying never leave cloth near spinning machines! That is repeated all too rarely in instructions.

[@SteveJordan]

+Harri Haataja ...thanks for watching...Regards Steve

[@randomdude1786]

ya anything and everything you know on sharpening jigs, fixtures,simple ways for beginers to make cutting tools you know that's a money saver adjustable hight bench grinder tool rest myyour craftsman 6" center hight is 5.75 .450 above that on a 6"wheel gives a relief angle of 10' us a junker square and that's all you need no hight gauge or nothing I use a big ol' rght angle plate 8" web an as smaller on slotted holes 1" centers on the big plate and protractor on the little plate and can facet a boring bit like a diamond with a square block with a set screw and a hole the size of the bit and a little clamp to hold the guide plate more needs to be done with tool sharpening on youtube thanks yore doin good!

[@MsSuperdong]

You may want to protect you ways from those abrasive residues.

[@elh3809]

läuft doch viel zu langsam deine drehmaschine um zu schleifen

[@juliusvalentinas]

never grind anything on lathe with abrasives.

[@SteveJordan]

Its fine as long as you keep the ways covered and clean after use. The abrasive particles that come off are minimal when lapping, compared with what comes off when you use wet or dry paper or emery for polishing on the lathe, which everyone does.....Thanks for watching..... Regards Steve

[@juliusvalentinas]

vacuuming at the source is best alternative imho

[@CandidZulu]

Watch and clock makers do it all the time. The dust in the shop will land on all surfaces anyway, so all sanding will contaminate your machine no matter if its done on the lathe or otherwise.

[@gh778jk]

From an engineering point of view, one can't but admit that the tool is well thought out, simple and effective. However...... carbide grinding dust, diamond dust (from a wheel that runs waaaaay too slow) and sanity help us , crud from a sanding disk,are all things that need to be kept away from lathes as far as humanly possible. In the days of yore one could be forgiven for having just one machine and having to make attachments like these. I this day an age... where a grinding motor cost less than half a night in the pub, that excuse doesn't wash any more. I do a fair bit of grinding, and the drill grinder, tool grinder and the surface grinder all live in a separate room in the workshop .... just to avoid this truly destructive dust getting anywhere near one of the lathes, milling machines or any other tool. If for some reason, toolpost grinding in a lathe is inevitable.... all other machines are covered, shop vacs are pressed into service and the chuck, saddle, slides and tailstock are taken apart and rinsed with alcohol and then re-oiled after the grinding is done. Please consider making a stand alone machine for this.... and stop this 'Cruelty to lathes' !!! Paddy

[@SteveJordan]

Hi Paddy, Thanks. I only have a small 10'x8' metal shed as a workshop and do not have any room for separate grinding machines. That's why I made this tool set. It does run too slow but it still does the job perfectly. Also one can protect the lathe by covering the ways etc and good cleaning practices. I worked in the aerospace industry for about 26 years. In this factory the manual lathes, CNC's and grinding machines etc were all in the same workshop. Also each section of machine tools had their own manual grinding wheels for re-sharpening tools, some being very close to the lathes, for quick use. Machines were just cleaned down at the end of the week. The tool I have made here is for people that may be in a similar situation as me. People that may only have a small shed or workplace. Also people often get put off of engineering because they cannot afford all the equipment. This video shows that you can get by perfectly with minimal home made tools to do the lapping. If they clean and oil their machines afterwards, they will have no problem. If there is a slight bit of wear after sixty years service, due to some missed dust. Who cares? At least they could have a go and get on with machining like I have.