Workshop tooling - Part 8 Cylindrical grinding attachment

[@baconbuttybash]

To my eyes i think you are running the the attachment to fast and i also think that the pully needs to be made of steel or cast iron on the headstock to keep the momentum up. Most grinding m/c's have the spring tension on the tailstock. It looks on the video that the wheel is not over the centre of the fixture.

[@bizzibeeworkshop]

Hi. Thanks for the comment/suggestions.. You may well be right about the speed. I am not in any way experienced with grinding - cylindrical or otherwise. Obviously a bit of experimentation is required. As a matter of interest, the motor driving the workpiece is a low-power sewing machine motor with a crude 3-postion speed control, so subtlety is not its strong point and I'm having to work it with one of my other hands! I followed Stefan's design for the end pressure as I didn't know any better! I set the grinding wheel deliberately in the "two o'clock" position to prevent it possibly grabbing the workpiece and doing it (or me) any damage. Having re-watched Stefen's video, I'll address the wheel position in further trials.