TOOL BIT GRINDING #1 South Bend Atlas Lathe tubalcain

[chipism1]

thanks, my dad tried to teach me this when i was young and i think i successfully screwed up every tool bit that he had, i was just to impatient trying to get to the fun stuff, and now i'm glad that someone wants to take the time just to show us how to do it. thanks again



[122436Joe]

Thanks for the great videos! Appreciate all the detailed explanation and enjoyed your nice presenting style

I'm going to the basement now to start grinding my first tool on a 5% cobalt blank - didn't think to order softer... I just got an old Atlas/craftsman 101.21400 in great shape. It came w/ carbide tools, mostly chipped, which of course gave poor results on some 5/8" CF round I had.

After reading the South Bend book, it seems grinding tools the old way is likely best way to start & learn

[yinnieism]

GREAT INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO, I( have followede this and was very successful at creating good working tools, many thanks, regards John

[jimcc66]

Thank you for making these videos! Very good and informative. So glad your sharing your vast knowledge!

[MrAde1b]

great vid

[bendriggs]

thanks!

[flaskandsarnies]

Mr Pete I have only recntly discovered you and you are the best teacher anyone could hope for. this video explains some of the mysteries that my teachers missed out on grinding and the importance of all the angles. I wish you had been my teacher at school!

[FiddyFour]

@flaskandsarnies

agreed!! had i an instructor such as mr. peterson, i would have learned a whole lot more than to simply make an ashtray or a tool tray.

[Moronicsmurf]

Awsome, i needed to grind my own tools after destroying a bunch of carbide on a very soft steel. And this solved everything.. The HSS tool works much better on really soft steels in my case than the carbide tips i'm used too.

[richharr]

just picked up a montgomery ward/logan 10" lathe, your videos are helping me along nicely. keep up the good work

[acemagneeto]

Very informative and much appreciated.

[pollaccia1]

Like your lathe videos, I would like to see you do some for facing .

[doyouwanttofuk]

BEST YOUTUBE VID EVER, i wish you where my trade school teacher.

[dig812]

Thanks for the great video! It was very helpful. Keep up the good work.

[wintermire]

Thank you so much. The use of the large piece of wood gave me instant understanding of the process compared to other instructions I was reading about.

[abtimilsina]

cooooooollllllllllllllll



[JIMSPSYCLESHOP]

FANTASTIC IDEA USING A WOOD TOOL MODEL. THIS IS A BRILLIANT WAY TO DEMONSTRATE TOOL GRINDING. VERY WELL DONE. jrs- Naperville, IL

[lampadophoros]

One of the best explanations of **anything** I've ever seen!! Great teaching, Thank you so much for this series of clips!!

[DBTMedia]

Thank you for posting this video! I am taking a machine tool class in college and we are making our own tool bits. Its hard to see whats going on with 20 other people surrounding a grinder, so this helped me a lot. Thank you.

[TheFirearmEnthusiast]

That nose radius also prevents weakness at the tip.

[d25j4149]

another informative video

[arnoldcustom]

part 1 of 2, thanks for the great vid, I have a homemade boring bar I use to use in a drill press with a bearing plate in the table vice, the a machines guy made for me when I worked in the bush, but have not been able to use it for years, as all the bit he made for me plus lots of extra tool stock, but I cannot sort out how to sharpen them,

[arnoldcustom]

part 2, they have this strange hollow grind up one side, and a very sharp point on one corner, could you “please” do a vid on how to do this drill press boring bar tool cutter, a baring block is clamped in the drill press vice or I welded it to a log loading clam ear with another boring bearing plate on the other side and drive it with an old washing machine motor and pulleys

[servicefamily]

Excellent video! I am a beginning machinist and found your video to be very clear and concise. Thank you

[parkert51]

Great video, easy to understand and fallow. Its a great service for beginners that you provide! Thanks...

[gyrfalconfalcon1]

Great video Keep them coming....Obviously you have used a lathe a great deal and it is nice to see a well thought out, precise demonstration

[habibnajjar]

Thank you very much for your clearness and distinguished presentation. Very Very useful.

[afnan089]

thank you vry much 4 d video....

[ray5961]

Great video! You don't know how helpful some of these simple topics are to someone new to lathes. You have a great way of explaining stuff. Thanks for taking the time to make each video. I make videos myself and know how much work goes into it.

[forbbbi]

yes make more . make more on everthing. keep teaching. i am new to this and its all i want to do. when i learn it all. i am going to get a lathe, i most like cnc machines. but this looks like more fun.

[karavshin]

I'd like to see how you'd actually use the bench or belt grinder to do that.

[grieske]

Thank you. I think I'll start with grinding mild steel tools and using them to cut plastic, just to learn it.

[730M]

I mostly use carbide but I drawers full of tool steel up to about inch dia. every so often I have to use tool steel ones for a certain project with curves or notches or spap ring grooves .but its so long between those types of jobs that it takes awhile to remember how to get started with your help it was easy to get back in the swing of it Thanks Bob

FYI If you teach it we will watch

[jlhuffaker858]

best training on cutting hss I am a novice, and this is like sunlight shining, thank you so much.



[wawoodman]

Many thanks for taking the time to help so many people!

[mrpete222]

Thanks for the kind words.

[jmpkool]

i cant thank you enough..im in my apprenticeship currently and you are the best one to show me on how to sharpen a lathe tool. thanks again.

i will continue to watch your videos ...if time permits pls make more if you like. and like another guy commented its confidence building.

[chwuwd]

nice video, but this is actually a *left hand* turning tool because you feed the tool from right towards left

[astrotrain101]

thanks heaps,, awsome vid

[goodytruck1]

thanks i love it and would like to see more

[goodytruck1]

thanks i love it and would like to see more

[Gmudan1]

very good , very helpful, keep on posting....

[zealte]

Thanks for taking your time to do these great educational videos.

Just got me an old lathe to learn how to do metal turning.

What i am curios about is the rake at the top,the insert types are flat on the top,so i am wondering why the square HSS tool bits you grind yourself should have the rake on the top?

[teeterbuilt]

These videos are super helpful and confidence building.

[porkoduk]

Thanks very much for these cutting tool grinding vids. I've been doing some

of this with threading tools and a really miserable grinder setup. I've got the

southbend running a lathe book but this is tons better. What's a good grinder

setup? I'm trying to get by with a 6 inch low power thing and I don't even know

what kind of wheels or where to get decent ones. Also, any advice on setting

the angles? Do you just freehand it after layout?

Thanks again for all the info.

[weedoni]

my Logan 10" did not have a tool post when I got it. I installed an Aloris AXA post & holders. as the holder presents the tool to the work, at right angles, I guess that tools ground to use in it, do not get the releaf ground on the top of the bit. as you showed in the discussion, where you also showed tool holders that did not have the 16-1/2 degree back rake..do you have a video that showes the use of these type of tool holders?..great instructional class by the way..

[mrpete222]

@weedoni I use regular HS tool bits in my aloris. Rotate the whole tool post to get the angle you want. And yes grind a little more back rake (top) on the tool.

[kazlx]

Great video, very helpful.

[mikewings]

This was a good refreshere.. The last time I ground cutting tools was in 1967 while in Mechanical Engineering shop at the University of Maine..

[doorguru168888]

Good stuff !! This has been very helpful to me. I would like to see you do a video of tool bit grinding using the belt sander, as you mentioned in one of your other videos. Thanks Again!

[loonylecky]

Excellent instruction.Thank you.

[xKmotx]

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! :)

What a great teacher you are!

[MGARestoration]

Thank you again for your instructional video...

[ostosix]

great video. Im gonna work my way through them all. Thanks.

[dprime99]

Great instruction! Thanks!

[D35pilot]

Yes i would like to see more of these sharpening videos. They are very helpfull especially your use of the large models!!

[pdms2020]

well done thank you

[jatpoo928]

I liked the video it was very helpful keep it up Thank,s

[irrops]

Thanks for taking the time to explain and present this technique. I will keep on watching.

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[MrJewsHarp]

You're offering what is needed. Thanks very much.

[zambezi101]

Great video and great demonstration! Just what I needed.

[CornishMiner]

This was a first class tutorial and VERY useful to a lathe beginner. Many thanks.

[viannaus]

Thanks, for your help. I never use a lathe before and appreciate your teaching. Viannaus.

[avidda99]

thanks ,the wood model is great ,yes i would be keen to see more ,dave

[ektoz]

THANKS!!!

very helpful

[MRIDOC1]

Thank you for explaining it. I just got a mini-lathe and now can start grinding or sharpening the HSS bits I need.

[pseudoyoink]

Very useful! Thanks, Tubalcain!

[drbabar77]

Very good. I think I finally understand the difference between clearance and rake. I second the request for some help on boring.

[Srbija575]

Thank you for an excellent illustration of the tool grinding process- the large wooden model is an exceedingly good visual aid. Just a suggestion if you are taking requests: I would personally like to see the back rake being put on the tool (many of us have newer lathes with the 4 position tool posts or quick-change tool posts and have no opportunity to use Williams tool holders). Also would love to see you grind a boring tool; that is a real stumper for most of us.

[ironflyer]

Thank you very much for taking the time to make this video. I am at the early stages of learning my 'new' 100 year old lathe and to see the tooling angles is very helpful.

[RockstarMan1000]

"Tubal Cain you magnificent bastard, I read your book"

[deere3321]

Great video. I just got my first lathe and know very little about them, but want to learn. Thank you.

[FreePwr]

I cant thank you enough!! I just got into this to make my own parts.......thank you!

[shawn12ization]

great explanation,thanks

[leavy1]

Count me in for learning how to grind threading tools! Thank you sir for taking the time to make these great videos. I've spent a good chunk of my Saturday watching five or six of them so far. I work for an aerospace company that makes helicopter rescue hoists, I run a small machine shop in the engineering lab. I think I'm one of only a handful of people my age (34) that knows how to run conventional machines. I've had part of one class being formal training, the rest I've learned at work.

[leavy1]

Count me in for learning how to grind threading tools! Thank you sir for taking the time to make these great videos. I've spent a good chunk of my Saturday watching five or six of them so far. I work for an aerospace company that makes helicopter rescue hoists, I run a small machine shop in the engineering lab. I think I'm one of only a handful of people my age (34) that knows how to run conventional machines. I've had part of one class being formal training, the rest I've learned at work.

[sandwon]

Thank You Sir.

I am Currently in a Machine Shop Class

I have Learned Alot From Your Video's

God Bless You

[smithysmithy1]

Great informative video thanks its what alot of us out here are looking for, how about doing one on tool shapes and applications , much appreciated.

[J800613]

very good video as usual. thanks!

[simpleinseattle]

Very informative and helpful. I appreciate your efforts and knowledge. I would appreciate any shaper tool bit grinding videos if you have the time.

[LostMachine]

Good Stuff. I think I'll practice this a little today. Thanks

[rook440]

very good ,budd ,,thanks ,,,I wish you lived closer to Creston Iowa ,I would take you out to lunch .....

[bbzeered]

i liked the vidio and want to see more

[squiffyboy]

great video i have just bought a lathe and your video has been a lot of help with sharpening some blunt tools thanks

[Titan338incher]

I want to say thank you for the video it was very good and helped me learn some tips on tooling

[pyroarch57]

I spent an hour looking at diagrams on this and just got confused. Then i found your video and it all became clear. Thank you very much. Excellent!

[swm40245]

Thank you. The video was very informative please.

[alandavs]

Thank you very much! This is great for a newbie.

[markchillery]

I found these extremely useful. So much easier to understand than reading. Grateful for your time.

[tehorizon]

Great video. I would like to see more tool grinding.

[seksek55]

TubalCain - how about a video on adjusting gibbs?

[SmokeTatum]

Thank you for time spendt on this Video Im Machinist too, worked on cnc Lathe and now on cnc mill and your tips are very helpfull for both. I usualy use modern tools witch changeable cutting plates but some of our work parts still have to be done with hss tools (due to custom shapes or dificoult placement)

[ronsconcritters]

Great video, when you have the time please create a facing tool sharpening video.

[ronsconcritters]

Great video, please also do a facing tool video when you have the time..

[jameasun]

Thank you. I'm am just starting out. I really didn't understand edge geometry. This defiantly helped!

[ilivensoca]

I'm a carpenter by trade. I have a metal lathe and I'm learning how to use it. Videos like yours are so helpfull. Thank you.

[wackedoutdude]

Another ace vid very usefull. Keep 'em coming mate.

[OlliKochi]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge!!

[ruawakenow]

Excellent! I was looking for just this information today.

Thanks.

[w1qg]

Simply EXCELLENT. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and for the very fine presentation.

[prairiemountaineer]

Thank you so much for such a great video. I am fairly new to machining. It is people like you who make youtube such a great learning aid for someone like me. Please keep up the great work!!

[gohuskies583]

Nice illustration with the block of wood, made it very understandable. Esp with the contrasting paint colors. Great Video!

[themrfleegle]

Thank You Very Much For your help

I am a C.N.C. machinist but I am finding that I can be more valuable knowing manual machines also.

[steamaholic1225]

Thanks! Very informative and excellent visual aids.

I'm also a micro lathe user (Taig/Petrol not Sherline) and have seen a lot of interesting shapes turned with "curved" and other oddly shaped bits. Would love to see more on how to grind some of these different shapes.

[jetjock07]

Tubalcain, you did it again!! Outstanding video!  You make it easy for a "new beginner to learn" Thanks again

[AkGrayWolf]

Thanks, exactly what I wanted to know. Have enjoyed all the videos of yours I have seen and I plan to watch them all. Great teaching technique!

[mrpete222]

Thanks for all your nice replies.

[proaudioguy]

Thank you so much. I am a Sherline user. I picked up my kit second hand last May and have not had a lot of time to use it, but whenever I can, I like to make chips. I have read a lot of info, but just 30-40 seconds of your video has cleared up a lot of confusion and misconception for me. Keep em coming!

[mrpete222]

THANKS

[vinceofbmlc]

Thanks, you have cleared up the confusion with this video.

[dperfetti1]

Very good video!

[davidclaywood]

Very interesting and very helpfull.

Thank You

[tpatf]

This video is very helpful in understanding some of the tool angles a novice machinist needs to grasp. Thanks for producing it.

[Bobbyl007]

I think this exactly the type of video one of beginning metal destroyers needs. Keep up the great work.

I am curious. Some guys are strongly against dousing your tool in water.

[fooappbar]

Great videos, very very useful.

A picture is worth a thousand words,

but a video is worth a million.

I purchased a combination lathe/milling machine and I'm teaching myself to use them. Your videos are a godsend.

Thanks!

[JohnLoganMcKee03]

Tubalcain, Thanks! That was very helpful!

Hope to see the others you had mentioned.

A video on materials and cutting speed and why, would be nice.

[stevethul1]

Great job explaining the proper methods to use and maintain the tools we use everyday in life.

Thanks for the work you have put in to your videos.

take care and I will watch more in my venture of learning...

[WaveDudeTX]

Awesome vid. Thanks for sharing!

[dnfwrunkdnfw]

Very nice, I have spent this evening watching your videos, what a great teacher, you are.

was that your profession?

Gary

[mrpete222]

Thanks for your interest. Yes-- a teacher for 40 years.

[sashaleybl]

Very useful & interesting. Thanks!

[MrBigSand]

Thanks Tubal. Keep up the good work. Very informative!

[gohuskies583]

Great illustration of grinding angles. This give you a vision of what it should look like but I would like to see it demonstrated on the grinding wheel. How do you hold the tool, postion of the cutting tool on the rest,  safety, etc. I am a newbie at this, so I am really loving your videos. they help a lot.

Dan

[mrpete222]

Thanks---may do that in the future.

[gohuskies583]

@mrpete222 It you do try to video the grinding process, get someone to hold the camera for you! :) Im sure you thought of that!

[chrissd40]

This is a fantastically informative video. Thank you very much for taking the effort to make this!!

[cvmikeray]

Great video for those of us that don't have access to folks like you to give us this knowledge !!! I'd love to se videos of the other grinds for tools. So many use the disposable inserts, but I want to learn how to do these type tools !!!

[mrpete222]

Thanks -will do one on drill bit sharpening some day.

[DrFrankensteam]

Another informative video. Thank you! After seeing your 4 jaw chuck demo, I went out and bought one for myself. Used your method to align stock in it and it worked like a charm. Was wondering if you could reccomend angles on a hss bit for turning stainless steel. Thank you.

[mrpete222]

Thanks for your interest. Cannot help with SS, had very little experience with it.

[wbulte]

Very instructive and very useful for a BSCS gone-south onto the slippery machinist road ;-) I have an EMCO lathe and an EMCO-derived mill in my garage. 'Derived' means an EMCO milling head from a Compact-5 combined lathe/mill that I put onto a large/seperate Chinese XY-table, making it much more useful.

[mrpete222]

Thanks--sounds like you have a nice shop.

[LLLuigi01]

Excellent video. You were clear and right to the point. Thank you.

[brotsten]

Well done. Thanks

[atomictroy]

Thanks for taking the time to make this tutorial.

[1949OceanParkway]

Wow! What a great lesson. Thanks!

[mackdawg100]

Thanks for the help. Exactly what I needed. Look forward to more on the parting and threading tools.

[bailybuddy]

Excellent video - thanks

[skankkyho]

excellent video,can you do one on" using a boring tool" cheers.

[FLHS89]

I've been looking for a decent explanation of HSS tool sharpening and you just gave it to me. A great video, Thanks.

[bpaavo]

Awesome, thank you for using the teaching aids. I'm a small business owner starting to do some workshop stuff myself. I read about the process, but your work made it much more clear. Thanks teach!

[GroovyVideo2]

Thanks --

Great instruction video --

I would like for you to make more videos --

Its easy to tell you have Much knowledge

you can share -- Jay--

[TheKirbot]

Thanks for a great video! Great Idea to use the wood.

Thanks for mentioning the atlas book to, I have the South Bend book, but I never heard of the other one.

[cozybldr]

Great explanation!

[cumulo25]

great use of visual aid. I love it! keep it up!

[togaida]

I would love to see other videos on lathe bit grinding, if they are as grat as this one was, yeah show me more, I am especially interested in grinding screw cutting lathe tolbits.

[russtuff]

very helpful! thank you for posting this video. I would love to see more tips on lathe tooling as well as you actually working your machine.

[richieT737]

Very useful and interesting video. Many thanks

[JCLabs]

Thanks for posting this, it was very informative! I'd love to see some more videos on grinding HSS bits.

[hvolboll]

Thanks very good info.

[apowellz]

Well done as usual!

[baconsoda]

Yes please, I am very interested because I have been offered a Myford Super7 in perfect condition out of a friends machine shop and I am very tempted to buy it because it will come complete with extras so my wallet might be able to take the strain of having a metal lathe as well as a wood lathe.

Best Wishes,

Brendan

[keithk98]

I'd like to learn more. Thanks!