Tool & Cutter Sharpening for Home Machinists - Paperback

by Harold Hall (Author)

Follow the instructions in this book and working with blunt tools will be a thing of the past! Sharpening workshop tools is probably the activity that is least understood by most home machinists. Tool & Cutter Sharpening shows how to perform most workshop sharpening tasks without any need for expensive tools and cutter grinder. It offers a simple design for a shop-made grinding rest, and accessories that can be used with an off-hand grinder to sharpen tools to a standard comparable to using much more sophisticated equipment. Instructions are provided for sharpening the majority of workshop tools, including drills, lathe tools, end mills, milling cutters, hand tools, and woodworking tools. Containing illustrated step-by-step directions with photographs and technical drawings, this must-have book carries essential information for the serious metalworker.