New ideas for tool grinding in the workshop

Just to add that I spent an interesting 10 minutes or so viewing Gary's video today and the Acute system looks awesome, very well thought out.

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Briefly breaking my silence ... Agreed!

Using a pantograph is a stroke of genius.

MichaelG.

I can not see any information on cost.

Dave,

click on the whats new tab at the top.

Prices for the three tool sharpener options have now been finalised and the items will be uploaded to the shop as soon as the DVD manual is finished.

1. Drawings and DVD - $40 ($44)

2. Parts kits - $250 ($275)

3. Finished units - $450 ($495)

Prices in brackets are for Australian customers only and include 10%GST.
Shipping costs are not included in the prices above.

Welcome to the fold, Ralph!

Neil

Well, my Acute grinder is on its way so I'll report back in a few days!

You mean it's available now? the website still says "Coming Soon".

It is available, but perhaps the UK stock may not be in the country yet?

www.eccentricengineering.com.au/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=33&Itemid=3

Also see the UK Distributor page:

www.eccentricengineering.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17&Itemid=43

There's also a USA disty.

Neil

Edited By Neil Wyatt on 28/10/2015 08:51:07

.... but when I go there and click on < Drawings, Kits and Finished Units> the next page says "Coming Soon - Sorry for the Delay" - as it has for months.

(I'm in Canada so the UK site isn't attractive. Nor, in fact, is the US site as I suspect I'd be better off ordering direct from Oz)

I suggest sending Gary at Eccentric an email.

Bear in mind he makes them himself, in batches.

Neil

Apparently first batch despatched to UK beginning of last week, must have arrived quite quick because Hermes says mine has been collected by courier yesterday and is somewhere in their system I guess.

I ordered a diamond Toolholder directly from Eccentric Engineering in Australia to be delivered to me here in Canada, It was considerably cheaper than ordering from their US distributor. So I would guess that the same would apply to the Acute.

Clive

Coming in late with a few comments.

1) Thor's picture, is not too unlike the TipLap grinder recently acquired at auction by one of the volunteers at The WaterWorks Museum. By the looks of the gunge that I did not remove completely, from it, never been cleaned from new. Their ambition is to use it, mostly for End Mills, but obviously Lathe Tools and Drills should be fairly easy, once set up with a suitable cup wheel.

2) I use a Worden, (a barely started kit, bought second hand, ) which does most of what I want. One day I may become proficient at Four Facet Drill sharpening?

A fairly basic machine, but does what I want. For the amount of tool grinding that i do cannot justify a Vertex, EMG or anything that sophisticated.

3) A diamond wheel is ideal for sharpening Masonry Drills. Ground as if for metal, they EAT bricks, on the very rare times that I use them!

My take? Decide: What you want to do with a cutter grinder?, ie what tools to sharpen, How often? Size of budget? Space requirements? When you have answers to all these that you consider to be satisfactory, search for/ buy / make/ modify a machine.

And then use the sharp tools to make all the bits that you want/need, and enjoy yourself.

Howard