Identify grinder please

Hello Guys,

Does anyone know any details about this grinder? Is it T&C one? Any manuals, description of use, accessories, etc.?

Thank you,

Martin

Not sure I'd go as far as Tool and Cutter, at least as seen, (implying sharpening milling-cutters that would need additional accessories) but certainly a hefty Tool grinder, for lathe tools or similar.

That is one seriously elaborate headstock though. What's in there? A pair of speed-change pulleys?

Judging by the angle of the tool-rest its last operation (so far!) was sharpening some sort of lathe tool.

This the industrial version of the simpler bench-grinder based arrangement Harold Hall describes in his book on tool grinding.

Thanks Nigel,

I'm still not too sure how this is used. I've found in some old US military used machine list that for sure it is single lip T&C grinder, but no more information....

Any one else out there in wild west grinder world who knows more?

Cheers,

M.

If its intended for doing single lip (and D shape) cutters that implies doing cutters for engraving work.

Looks as it it might be a bit more repeatable in semi-skilled hands than the common Deckel SO style grinder commonly used for such work. But, as Nigel says, in comparison its seriously over engineered for the job and inherently much, much more costly.

Can't help thinking that there were a boatload of other accessories for the basic machine to make the jobs it could do worth the price.

As its a French machine the engineering may well have a certain different je ne sais quoi in both concept and execution.

Clive