Member postings for Steve Griffiths

Hi Duncan - It would definitely be worth a look, although it would probably end up being made by a lecturer ! (We just don't have time with the kids to teach them more than the absolute basics).

I've just completed 3 Hemmingway knurlers (I had to redesign it in metric though haha) - I'm certainly looking for another project

Edited By Steve Griffiths on 26/03/2023 17:55:27

Clive, you're a diamond.

That looks perfect, I'll definitely be following that one up.

Cheers

Ebay is a bit problematic for us - our finance department really, really do not like staff using it. (I assume they think we're all going to start buying stuff off our mates for massively inflated prices !)

Edited By Steve Griffiths on 26/03/2023 13:34:45

Edited By Steve Griffiths on 26/03/2023 13:35:16

Thanks for the replies folks.

Chris - I'm from Brum, now working in Shropshire.... small world

Martin - There are certain parts of our course that require side cutting - just not a lot of it. I completely forgot about insert mills, it just never occurred to me to have a mix of both types ! I'll look into that tomorrow.

The EMG machine looks perfect - now to find who sells them

Thanks again all

Hi,

I work in the engineering department of a college where we teach milling and lathe work. (We have 12 vertical mills)

At the moment we just throw away our blunt milling cutters, which is extremely wasteful - especially as the students only tend to use the bottom 1 or 2mm of any milling cutter.

Can anyone recommend a half decent machine for sharpening 2-4 flute end mills?

I know a lot of machines only sharpen the bottom of the bits, but even this would greatly extend the life of our budget !

Thank you.