High speed cutoff

[Old Everything Tech]

I have had several lathes over the years.
My first: A 19" Springfield.
It was during those years I offered to turn some airplane brake rotors for a buddy.
Well, I found that I was ill prepared to turn them. They were so hard.
I needed a grinder that I did not have in the shop.
I was left to back up and withdraw my offer to turn them.
On one of the last lathes, I had I made a high-speed cutoff for it.
I have forgotten just how I did it, but here I am again.
I am going to put up some pictures of just the beginning of this project.
This HS cutoff can be bought for about $40 and I have had it sitting for some time now.
Bear in mind some of my slot cutting lacks professional work, but for now it is just a start.
And too, I am in my eighties.
My plans are to just quick attach it to the bed way and not to the carriage.

 

[dabear3428]

I have had several lathes over the years.
My first: A 19" Springfield.
It was during those years I offered to turn some airplane brake rotors for a buddy.
Well, I found that I was ill prepared to turn them. They were so hard.
I needed a grinder that I did not have in the shop.
I was left to back up and withdraw my offer to turn them.
On one of the last lathes, I had I made a high-speed cutoff for it.
I have forgotten just how I did it, but here I am again.
I am going to put up some pictures of just the beginning of this project.
This HS cutoff can be bought for about $40 and I have had it sitting for some time now.
Bear in mind some of my slot cutting lacks professional work, but for now it is just a start.
And too, I am in my eighties.
My plans are to just quick attach it to the bed way and not to the carriage.

how do you plan to deal with the grit on your ways?

 

[Old Everything Tech]

The cut is with the lathe in reverse.
Most of the dust hits the backsplash or the guard.
I remade the bar with aluminum and drilled many cross holes.
I used a 1/2-20 bolt down thru the bed ways to mount the saw.
I am having trouble with the travel distance on the saw.
I may have to bend the crossbar downward.
I am not where I want to be yet, and I may not it get it to work right.

 

[Weldingrod1]

You can get a fine pitch carbide saw blade and only make metal chips

I've set up and done that before. Hmm, I wonder if I could cram that into a tool holder....

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[Old Everything Tech]

As of now I am having difficulties getting the right angle of attack.
This is obviously not going to be a project that I can just throw together.
The bought device is hinged and is too straight down.
It needs to be a slow angle of attack.
I am going to have to rethink this.
OK
So, I ground off the stop shown in vid 1, and removed the spring.
Then I tightened the tension screws on the cut off mount.
Then set it up.
You can see that it will work as planned.

 

[Pevehouse]

As of now I am having difficulties getting the right angle of attack.
This is obviously not going to be a project that I can just throw together.
The bought device is hinged and is too straight down.
It needs to be a slow angle of attack.
I am going to have to rethink this.
So, I ground off the stop shown in vid 1, and removed the spring.
Then I tightened the tension screws on the cut off mount.
Then set it up.
You can see that it will work as planned.

I see where your headed with this. Interesting

 

[Old Everything Tech]

There is one other plus to this setup.
I could set it at any angle on the bed ways and use it to grind an angle finish.
By adjusting the two tension screws on the hinge I can lock it into a set position for grinding.
Then there is an extended lip on the lower back that with some thought could have an adjustment screw mounted on it for a fine feed.
I gotta give that some thought.
After thought:
I wish I had mounted it on the compound so I could use it to grind a finish on a piece. Hummmm...

 

[Old Everything Tech]

Here is a source for the holder:

Angle Grinder Stand Angle Grinder Holder Metal Cutting Machine Aluminum body for 100/115/125mm angle grinder on Amazon​