Chinese End Mill Grinders

Just a late addition to this thread.

The EMG-12 which ARC sells was something which the late John Stevenson wanted us to promote. If you would like to read the debate in-depth to get a clearer picture, I would suggest reading this thread.

A couple of years before JS passed away, he sold his Clarkson as well as his original Deckel and clone, mainly due to the time required to set-up those machines/foot-print, as John was preparing to move workshop from his original big space to a much smaller new place. Nothing wrong with them (not disrespect meant), it was just that he wanted to re-sharpen his end-mills quickly... on the ends, and he wasn't really worried about re-sharpening on the sides. There were usually queues at the shows from people who brought him their end mills to be re-sharpened... for free or donation to charity.

As a result of the demonstrations which JS did at the shows, we sold many of these grinders to end users, including business users and clubs. Unfortunately, demand for these grinders has reduced heavily due to inability to demonstrate, so they will be discontinued after the last few are sold.

Ketan at ARC.

Edited By T.B on 16/03/2021 16:46:59

Yes Indeed, we will continue to sell the replacement grinding wheels for a while, even though based on on JSs experience with them, they really do take a long time to wear, and we have very low demand/requirement for replacement wheels, even by business users.

Ketan at ARC.

John Stevenson sharpened some end mills, at a show, for me, in a matter of minutes.

Didn't stop me being careless.

Just wish that I could justify the cost of such a useful machine!

Howard

+1.. me too ! last Harrogate exhibition.

George