by Phil Kerner | Jul 9, 2018 | Members Only: The Tool Room, Surface Grinding
In this lesson, I'll show you how I set up and locate a split line to cut these large retaining rings in half. It should be noted that with a little care you can do amazing work with a scribe line and a good set of eyes. I can't tell you how many times during...
by Phil Kerner | May 5, 2014 | Members Only: The Tool Room, Surface Grinding
Whether you own a surface grinder - or not - this last grinding video shows how a toolmaker looks at assembly. We've got a jaw that needs to be precisely "fit" into a slot, yet we can't fit it so tight that it can't move freely. Besides the slot, we're going to be...
by Phil Kerner | Apr 20, 2014 | Members Only: The Tool Room, Surface Grinding
I hope that you all appreciate the fact that I always keep the camera rolling - no matter what I run into - just so you get to learn what kind of problems can occur and how I solve them in real-time. Well...a few guys kind of freaked out when I ground the slot in the...
by Phil Kerner | Apr 20, 2014 | Members Only: The Tool Room, Surface Grinding
In this video, I introduce a "secret weapon" that got the body of this vise perfectly square within .0001" total indicator reading (TIR) on the first try. If you've been following this series, then you know I've definitely had a few challenges when it comes to getting...
by Phil Kerner | Apr 20, 2014 | Members Only: The Tool Room, Surface Grinding
As I've been moving through the grinding series, I've been reminded that there certainly are "absolutes" that we as toolmakers rely on almost every day to check set-up and check our work. Here's a few "absolutes" that I count on, along with some thoughts on the...
by Phil Kerner | Apr 6, 2014 | Members Only: The Tool Room, Surface Grinding
This one's a long one, just about an hour and a half. You're going to learn a LOT on this one as I decided to "rough grind" both the body of the vise and the jaw instead of trying to "finish" everything as I go. The purpose of doing it that way is that I now know that...
