Grinding Rest

[Moe6931]

Has anyone used theirs yet?

I've studied the drawings in both the milling and grinding books, but I was wondering about the thin angle forming the bottom part, and whether vibration might cause chatter at the grinding wheel.

I don't think that will a problem as long as you don't feed too hard. The base angle is pretty substantial, I couldn't find the specified 40 mm angle so I cut down a really solid offcut of structural angle and milled a proper 90 degree corner in it. The whole rest looks and feels quite heavy and chunky. I haven't mounted it yet - I have to extend the top face of my home made grinding pedestal. It's a very hot summer down here and I really don't want to be welding :welding: in the garage or driveway where I have to do it at the moment. I'm making some of the accessories in the odd cool evening!

Thanks to everyone for your kind words,

Moe

 

[Jimbo]

Looks like great work! I have that book and was thinking about building this but wanted to know if it worked well. Keep everyone posted on what your doing with it and the accessories you add.
Jim