Kunming KXM10 4" Universal Cutter Grinder

[Ulma Doctor]

So it’s currently as it sits for two flute end mills, drill bits and the like? And just sharpening the ends of said stuff?

apparently it is better suited to sharpening things than originally anticipated.
i found out that there are more indexing capabilities, by accident- there is some grinding dust that interferes with the pawl operation
i'll need to clean that up to use the indexing function fully !
more mysteries uncovered by the moment!

 

[Ulma Doctor]

I have a very similar grinder . And when the cutters dull I repurpose the carbide shanks and make micro boring bars out of them.

now i do too!

 

[chips&more]

now i do too!

Looking good Mike! That outta work! I have a few watchmaker lathes. And I dedicated one of them to the harsh environment of grinding swarf. The boring bars that I make (pic) are typically very small because of my work envelope. I can bore 0.010” holes (but have not done that in a while). More like 0.025” and bigger is the range for my retirement years. Please make sure you use a vac system when grinding carbide…Dave

 

[Ulma Doctor]

Thanks Dave,
Wow those are some cool boring bars!
I'm waaay to heavy handed and clumsy to use such well crafted and small tooling

Thanks for the reminder about carbide dust control and collection!

 

[Ulma Doctor]

as a point of information,
i did some more investigation, the head pawl has 15* set index points plus a vernier rotating feature that allows for virtually any angle to be indexed.
a very well thought out feature.

 

[mikey]

Mike, living vicariously through your posts is not making me happy!

 

[Ulma Doctor]

Mike, living vicariously through your posts is not making me happy!

Hi Mikey,
i have wanted my own machine shop since i was a kid. my grandfather had a lot to do with it!
he had a modest shop with only a few tools, but he made useful things that are still being used- although he has been gone 40 years now.

i don't want to make money from the machine shop, that's not my intention.
this is a venture of blind love- arguably, the a quest of a fool who loves tools.
i just want to have the oddest/coolest tools i can get my hands on to construct or repair things of interest.

if my ramblings and show and tell inspire others to do something or go after something they would like, then i'm happy to to be the beacon.
if my work serves no other inspiration than a way to instruct others as how NOT to do something, i'm cool with that too.

i really do appreciate all the folks who stop by and read my crap or at least look at the pictures!

 

[Ulma Doctor]

after looking around in the cabinet that was furnished with the cutter grinder, i found the original Chinese/English manual from August 1982 !
i scanned the english portion of the manual for those interested as follows:

what is really strange/coincidental,
is that i live in the 209 area code, the S/N is 209

 

[peter.van.haren]

Hi, I just found/bought the same model. It's 380 3 phase so won't be running it for a while.
How's your's working for you?
More later.
Peter

 

[Diecutter]

My Deckel SO had a 3 phase high voltage motor on it when I got it. Switched it for a Delta compact bench grinder motor and have been using it daily for 25 years. The motor layout in the manual hints that you may be able to do this if this option appeals to you. Make sure the rpms of the motors are the same.