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Steve, in the late ‘70’s I worked in a pre-CNC machine shop. My friend worked as a tool and die maker and so he operated one of the SFM-type grinders. Our company used some extremely heavy-duty multi-spindle turret machines like Wickmans. He routinely would precision-grind tools with machines such as these. I remember him using the profile viewer as well. Cool tool indeed!
The circle cutter actually works pretty well, but the fore/aft adjustment is critical. The point has to be right at or very slightly ahead of the blade teeth. Also on my DoAll I use the on/off as a master power switch for the saw but I added a foot switch for the blade. I figured that if something goes bad with the saw I didn’t want to try to get out of the blade and over to the switch. Something happens, I step back, blade stops.
I added a foot switch to my drill press for the exact same reason. Best upgrade I have made for a long time.
@@richardl4556 same here!
A 'dead mans' or a kick to stop?
Truely skilled men that designed and made those machines.
Steve I love your shop videos, but ive absolutely feel for your dog Cora, shes a real sweetheart and reminds me how much I miss my dog Lady, one of the best dogs that ever lived. Cora seems like such a well behaved good natured pup, Id love to have one just like her
Seeing Cora enjoying herself made me smile. Lost my shop buddy this week
Sorry to hear that.
Sorry to hear that. They don't last like they should. Hard to let go of good friends
@@SteveSummers thanks
@@dcollins4679 thank you been tough
Very sorry to hear of your loss. We're blessed while we have them.
Holy Cow! that must have been one expensive tool in it's day. Nice addition for they guy who does not mind making his own tools. Outstanding Steve.
That grinder performance is jaw-dropping. Amazing machine.
I like a man with so many machines that he has to use a stick to reach the on/off switch of some of them!
Christmas day makes a return! New machine tool day yippee! Good morning from the UK Cambridgeshire fens on a cloudy day!
Morning all!
Amazing tool that I didnt know I wanted. Al comes through again. Bet even Stan was envious.
As an apprentice I had the opertunity to use a machine similar to this. Was very satisfying to use to turn a tray of dull drills and end mills back into usefull tools.
That’s a very fancy grinding machine, I think you will enjoy learning to use it to it’s full potential. Good girl Cora. 👍
That one machine is a whole business in itself. A young man with a good attitude could easily make a nice living with it.
Wow Steve! By finding and refurbishing all of this shop equipment, you now have an amazing shop. Then with everything you learned in the process, you have a wealth of knowledge. Now you have completed the trifecta by being able to turn every old dull tool that you find, in to a brand new cutting tool or make anything you need. When the SHTF you will rule the world. I'm proud of you!
Need to add a dedicated grinding room to your shop - looks like a great side business.
I think that new grinder is the perfect fit for you to enhance your grinding skills look forward to future videos.😀
We can count on Steve & Keith Rucker to bring us such fasinating machines and one who has the needed skills to properly use them.
First thing that came to mind seeing that was rifling broach fluting. That built in optical comparator is the neatest thing since sliced bread on a shop tool. It's really a tool station. Good investment
I used to machine miniature heart surgery devices for a catheter type instrument. Optical comparators were our only means of inspecting tiny parts with tolerances in tenths of thousandths of an inch. 1/2 my day every day was spent looking through a microscope to inspect and deburr parts.
That RO grinder was really something! Your demonstration spin-up of the grinding wheels to tens of thousands of RPM was amazing. Sort of like DARPA testing a new kinetic energy weapon.
It's scary fast. Putting on the wrong size wheel or a bent shank stone could = trouble quickly
NO JOKE. I saw a 24" wheel explode on a surface grinder once. Fortunately I wasn't the one operating it. A big chunk of the wheel was imbedded in a wall.... Pretty impressive. I also witnessed a CNC lathe crash and the large workpiece went through a wall and bounced off the 2nd wall. The laws of motion and inertia MUST be respected.
28:20 Sounds great!! - wind that up enough the workshop goes into warp factor nine, please Mr. Sulu!
Steve, Nice machine. Back in the 70's, I would periodically stop at a cutter grinder shop a few miles from our shop. Their shop was full of tools like this as their main business was end mill regrinding supporting the plethora of tool and die shops around at the time. Sad to say, most all are out of business and the cutter grinder with them. Ahh, the old days.
Awesome relief grinder! One only dare think at what it cost when new! You are a lucky man! Phil
Very nice machine! Al done did it again! I bet Vintage Machinery is drooling 😁
When I saw how much those balancing stands cost, I went in another direction. I bought an accelerometer sensor ($5) for an Arduino microcontroller and was able to dynamically balance it. I made a plate so I could add weights around the perimeter and moved them until the vibrations were reduced as much as possible. It really improved the surface quality of my ground finishes.
That is a really cool idea. You should send me a photo of the setup. I would like to see it
@@SteveSummers I sent you some pics.
this was wonderful Steve....cheers from Florida, Paul
Spent many hours running one of those !
Awesome machine. I found myself reaching for my safety glasses when you turned it on…..
Steve, a great mix of content and my Saturday morning is now complete. Thank You.
Very cool that's the only 2nd one I've seen I thought it'd be fun to learn how to use that Thanks for the video
Good morning Cora and Steve, your videos always put a smile on my face 😀. Thank you for sharing that awesome tool/cutter grinder.
DoAll bandsaw an excellent piece of equipment,the add ons are great pieces probably thought up by consistent users of the machine.
Hi Steve, as an amateur machinist I was so relieved to see how you balanced those grinding wheels. I made a balancing jig that works on the same principle as your commercial one and used it mainly on those horribly unbalanced wire wheels with excellent results. As there isn’t much to dill on a wire wheel I would add self tapping screws to the light side to even it up. What a difference that makes. Anyway I used the same jig to balance the wheel on my surface grinder and like you I drilled the stone to balance it. I thought it was probably a very shoddy way of doing it but I feel a whole lot better about it now. That grinder is an amazing piece of kit and I shudder to think what it cost new but I’m sure neither you or I could afford one. I love those Do-All accessories. Cheers Stuart 🇦🇺
Good afternoon Steve 😊 like your new toys.
😆 loading up a pickup load of drills, taps, reamers, countersinks, and all the other dull things. That way you don't run out of things to practice on 🤣😂. A great addition to your shop 👍 looking forward to learning it with you. I'm still trying to learn my tool and cutter grinder. Wonderful video and thanks for sharing 👍
When you said Treppaning tools I laughed out loud. Then looked it up, and it wasn't for skulls, lol. Cool tool though dude, never seen one before.
Ho Lee Cow! How have I never heard of an RO grinder? Great vid as usual Steve.
Cool machine! Thanks for sharing, looking forward to what that can do. As always: 👍👍
That grinder is cool AF. Thanks for the video Steve!
Looks like a good side gig sharpening tools for folks.
That work light is awesome Steve.
Is there anything that machine can't do? Amazing. Thanks for letting us take a look!
amazing grinder, so lucky to find one and one that is complete like that
Fabulous new grinder Steve. Neat the way the cams are profiled on both the radial and axial sides.
Nice machine and like the new tools for the shop. Thanks for sharing.
It might be better than the drill doctor 😉 nice ad to the shop. Super cool machine.
Great shop also like the square body in the back round .
That thing is cool. I'd really like to see how the comparator works when mounted on the same assembly as the tool grinder. Seems like that swivel head would catch stray grit and lose registration.on the display. Maybe it has other hidden talents...
Very cool machine Steve thanks for sharing
Good morning. That is one handy machine. Congratulation on getting it. Have a great week ahead.
Al came through again, fantastic picking. Great demonstration. My dad had a etching hand wand that used a 12 volt battery. As a kid I don’t know how it worked but tried to use it and destroyed a deep cycle marine battery. I was using it on the steel weld table and set it down to long. Thanks for sharing.
I thought Keith Rucker's new mill was neat. Your new grinder tops it. Way cool.
Nice new tools! Thanks for sharing.
That grinder neat machine indeed
There was an old-timer in the town I grew up in that had a reputation for being able to sharpen everything and anything. He sharpened my old rotary Cooper Clipper. His garage shop was filled with machinery I could not identify. I would imagine that he had a cutter grinder of some sort and other specialty tools.
I’ve never seen a machine like that but I think it is great. I wish you good luck on the machine. Great video.
You are very lucky in life. So glad you are sharing all this. My dad watches the History Channel and other crap. All those shows are about people screwing others or rooting for someone to fail. I would much rather watch you,Keith Adam, Clark, Quinn, This Old Tony, Mister Pete, the list goes on. All of you bring positive into the day. You show your struggles and mistakes and persevere through them. All of us are rooting for you. I think the big thing is that we all want to do what you do and when we start you would root for us too.
I'm a machinist who also enjoys history. History isnt all bad! I'd agree, the History channel isn't that great. I prefer reading books. On our own we can do small (or large) things that can make our daily world a better place to live. Make 'history' on your own. During my school years, history were some of my favorite classes, besides math and shop class. History can help us learn why things are and how we've become what we are. We can also use history to learn from the mistakes of others. I've often used the 'history' of my own and other's fabrication experience to become a better machinist.
Years ago the History Channel was petty good but now it's in the toilet far as I'm concerned. Much better here..
Great video. Awesome grinder. Thank you for sharing.
Fantastic video, Mr Summers. An absolute slew of nuggety 'tool dorkery'. None of which I /need/ (except maybe the light), but all fascinating. I have learnt stuff. (The base usefulness of that stuff maybe debatable... 😶 but learning is good in itself.) And that Bandsaw etcher may be the coolest niche accessory I've ever seen.
I'm pretty sure it's SENECA Sen-a-ca Falls Machine co. Once located about 45 miles north of me at the north end of Seneca Lake and nearby Geneva, NY. Gone now, they built engine lathes and other machine tools for 100+ years.
About 35 years ago I worked in a shop that made heat exchangers. The tubesheets and baffles required hundreds to thousands of holes to be drilled, reamed, and grooved. About 90% of the time these were 3/4" diameter, occasionally 1". We would drill them using radial drills, and there wasn't a CNC machine in sight. We never drilled pilot holes as this would significantly increase the hours on a big tubesheet. The swarf was a pretty reliable indicator of when the bit was sharp and when it was dull enough to require sharpening. My recollection is that a sharp bit would eject swarf from both flutes of the bit evenly, and the swarf would not tend to break off unless you disengaged the feed and pulled the bit up a little. This is exactly what your sharpened bit did, so I reckon your grinder was working well. We had a similar grinder in the toolroom of that shop, although I don't remember the manufacturer of it. There was a lot of demand for heat exchangers at that time; the radial drills were in constant operation and the grinder was frequently in use to keep the bits sharp.
That’s a very nice addition to your tool grinding kit!
Didn't know such a machine existing. Awesome video.
good video steve and Elizabeth
I like your fancy pants drill Dr. Great video Steve!
What a wicked machine!
“…and cool. If you’re a tool dork, I guess.” I feel seen 😂
Don't feel alone 😄
Lincoln Electric made a similar etching device years ago. My Father had one in his tool box. It was 12 volt. You tied one alligator clip to the positive and one ground lead to the battery ground. I used it a couple of times and it was perfectly able to mark your parts or tools.
If you make a ‘Tool Dork’ t-shirt, I will buy it.
They are in the works😁
Never seen a machine like that ,I’m a tool / machine guy thanks for the video
Steve, I do hope you have a box of drills and taps which you always meant to sharpen and perhaps should have thrown away long ago,. to practice with on the new machine. 😀
Thanks so much taking us along. Learned alot. Your new machine is awesome. Can't wait till you learn more about it. New parts, new machine, you're like a kid in a candy store. Take care and thanks again.
Thanks Steve
The spindle sounds wicked Steve!
Killer machine man would have to go to school for about 3 years or so before he could make any real money with that. Thanks for the show. Tell that dog tony says hello.
Nice score man that thing is freaking awesome throw a big bit in there and it does it's thing fast and accurate really sweet find 👍👍👍 I'm sure you can get a ton more work out of old dull cutters and make cool custom tools as well 👍👍👍
Nice to see this machine in your hands , I’m sure you will put it to good use . It may look like a complicated machine , but it simplifies the process accurately. Thanks of sharing from au
Thanks for the flashback " cleaning a grinder "..! Coolent flood tank on a 26 inch diameter, 4 inch thick wheel with a 24 foot bed cylindrical grinder every 4 to 6 weeks .. the goop got everywhere . I do Love the toolroom grinder.. and love the channel each Saturday morning is the first channel that I look for.
Thank you 😊
Hey Steve. Nice find on the SFM grinder. You are lucky to get it fully tooled. I can't imagine trying to find all those accessories on ebay. Well maybe I can.... All the best, Tom
Thanks for stopping by Tom, good to see you. It wouldn't be easy to find tooling for this grinder anywhere. They don't seem to be all that common.
that is one awesome grinder.
Good video. I always enjoy a new machine. It means I get to learn something new and become a master of it. Thank You and Thank You for the acknowledgment of service in the military. I would do it again if they’d let me.
A lot of guys and gals who's time is up in the military don't want to leave or want to return when they are out. The brotherhood is real and almost impossible to find in civilian life. Thank you for the service 🙏
You could end up making a whole video series of grinding cutters, drilling tool bits.There has to be a galaxy of possibilities with your new to you machine,even creating your own cutting tools!Hope we see this again,I know this could be a dry ,boring topic for some, but cutting tools are an artform ,thank you.
The first thing (besides shop safety) ANY machinist student should learn is to hand grind tool bits and drills to learn cutting action and how a chip is formed.
Very VERY neato machine!
Hi Steven I work currently at IDE Machine in Cayuga, NY and we bought royal oak grinders and still build and refurbish them regularly.. I have seen many of these machines come and go .. yours is bit older with a lot of sweet add ons . Not many like ur take care of it.. if you ever need any parts for her .. I still make alot of them regularly…!!!
OK Steve, that has to be one of the cooler machines that I have seen in some time. Not to mention the condition and how well outfitted it is. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful machine!
Steve: AWESOME!! It would take me a year of Sundays to figure out, but you are a master. Well done!
Thanks for the video Steve and what a good machine added to the shop. Fletch from the UK
Minus 42c in Canada this morning.
Sounds a bit brisk up north 🥶 -2 sounds better to me
@ 32:41 I use drills sharpened (not by me) with a point... Saves me using a pilot drill when cutting soft metal;... Aluminium;... Copper Bus Bars to connect cable lugs... & it eliminates the drill snatching;... digging in...
Thanks for another great video, Steve. That grinder is pretty sweet! I especially liked the DoAll's take on the circle cutter. Gives me ideas for my wood cutting bandsaw! Cheers!
That's a really good machine Great video... ☹🇬🇧
All those cool tools and cameos from Cora! Thank you Steve!
Thank goodness you made your shop bigger if you are going to start getting tools like the world's largest drill bit sharpener! 😁 Cool tool, Steve, I am jealous.
Steve, like Cora, one of my cats loves to play fetch. Growing up, we always had dogs that would chase a ball, but rarely ever did they bring it back to me. This cat is rather persistent in playing his sport. It's kinda unusual for cats to play fetch, but I'm glad he does.
Great video Steve, as per normal. But I had to laugh at your cold outside comment. Its minus 26C here this morning and with the wind chill minus 41C. And yes it is indeed cold outside.
Interesting ... I'd have assumed a hydraulic feed table on that DoAll 🧐 👍But that tool grinder w/the comparator is SWEET It gives SOO much added value to your shop....>me with watering mouth and Chinese diamond plate
very nice adds to the shop
The Relief Grinder is one of those machines you could spend your whole working life running and still not do everything that can be done on it. I have a drill grinding machine that does twist drills in pretty much the same way, though only two axis of movement but it has inbuilt cams for 2, 3 or 4 flute drills, it is so nice to be able to quickly sharpen a large drill and get perfect even cutting edges.
Always a relaxing and learning Saturday when your video comes out. Greatly appreciate them.