by Phil Kerner | Dec 16, 2013 | Members Only: The Tool Room, Surface Grinding
In this video, I'll show you how to dress a simple 45 degree angle on a wheel and then grind that angle onto a pin. I did make a mistake with my math on the video, as I had planned out the lesson to tip the entire Whirly-Jig on a 45 degree angle and had prepared my...
by Phil Kerner | Dec 16, 2013 | Members Only: The Tool Room, Surface Grinding
I like to start with the end in mind: Here's some examples of where we're going next...check out these grinding wheels and also get to meet one of the single-most-coolest accessories you'll ever see in ANY top-rate toolroom: The Kuhn "Clearview" Wheel...
by Phil Kerner | Dec 8, 2013 | Members Only: The Tool Room, Surface Grinding
I have to say that - so many years ago - I really felt like an expert in the Tool Room when I started using the Whirly Jig. It looks cool on the bench, and even cooler when it's being used. I brought this home over the weekend to get you familiar with how it works...
by Phil Kerner | Dec 8, 2013 | Members Only: The Tool Room, Surface Grinding
Now that we've learned how to grind a piece of steel flat and parallel, the next step is how to handle grinding a part that has a shoulder or a step on it. There's definitely a right way to do it, and in this video I'll show you how it's done.
by Phil Kerner | Nov 25, 2013 | Members Only: The Tool Room, Surface Grinding
I know that I've recorded several videos where I am using my nifty surface gauge attachment to check the squareness of my work...so in this video I'll show you how to make one right from scratch. Obviously, you'll need your own surface gauge to start with, but in this...
by Phil Kerner | Nov 24, 2013 | Members Only: The Tool Room, Surface Grinding
That rail on the back side of your magnet isn't guaranteed to be perfectly parallel with the wheel...and once it's removed for any reason and re-attached, it needs to be re-ground. Here's how I do it:
