A wise man continues to learn. I'm almost 70 now and learning is one of my greatest pleasures. Thank you for contributing to the limited knowledge I have. I love my small machine shop thanks in no small part to you!!! Ken Autry
Mr. Pete, I thank you for sharing your knowledge so selflessly. You are a great teacher 'cause i know how slow i am but you made it very easy to understand. God bless you.
It is August 06, 2020 - I am grateful for the great teaching gifts that you're sharing with all of us. Thank you, Mr. Pete! Just restored my Atlas TH42, can't wait to make some chips!
Mr Pete I have only recntly discovered you and you are the best teacher anyone could hope for. this video explains some of the mysteries that my teachers missed out on grinding and the importance of all the angles. I wish you had been my teacher at school!
Thank you very much for taking the time to make this video. I am at the early stages of learning my 'new' 100 year old lathe and to see the tooling angles is very helpful.
This is very generous of you Mr. Tubalcain, Thank you so very much. I've been watching most of your videos on the lathe machine, and I'm going to be designing a plumb bob based on your video. I deeply appreciate this. I'm so glad to have found the right video for my purpose.
Thanks Tubalcain, Your unselfish sharing of you knowledge and skill is a blessing to me. I recently purchased a Smithy mill lathe machine and I find it a fascinating learning experience. Your clear approach and beginning with the basic skills will serve me and my son for generations. Thank you for handing down your knowledge to the next American generation, your a true patriot , and those are rare these days.
Count me in for learning how to grind threading tools! Thank you sir for taking the time to make these great videos. I've spent a good chunk of my Saturday watching five or six of them so far. I work for an aerospace company that makes helicopter rescue hoists, I run a small machine shop in the engineering lab. I think I'm one of only a handful of people my age (34) that knows how to run conventional machines. I've had part of one class being formal training, the rest I've learned at work.
Excellent! I just bought an old Craftsman 12" Commercial lathe. It was really rusty and dirty and I spent over ten hours cleaning it and oiling it. It's really in pretty nice shape and was mostly neglected and filthy. I just finished my first project, I made a bushing for my Bobcat seat safety bar. I discovered I have a lot to learn and I will be watching your videos again and again. I can already see mistakes I made earlier today. I'll check eBay for the books. Thank you so much for taking the time to teach!
Thanks, Mr. Pete for making a fairly (for me) complex subject understandable. I am a 67 year old woodworker, who is very interested in learning how to machine various materials on my antique Dwight Slate lathe.
Thank you for the informative lesson.....I am a old carbide user and have done very little work with H.S. steel. cutting tools so this was a great video to refreshing my memory,it has been a long time since I learned the sharpening tech. Thanks again!
Great job explaining the proper methods to use and maintain the tools we use everyday in life. Thanks for the work you have put in to your videos. take care and I will watch more in my venture of learning...
Thanks Pete. With your wood models it does make it much easier to understand the basic grind steps. Your instruction is really a big help to a newby like me. Keep um' coming.
Thank you for posting this video! I am taking a machine tool class in college and we are making our own tool bits. Its hard to see whats going on with 20 other people surrounding a grinder, so this helped me a lot. Thank you.
best video I've seen so far on how to sharpen these properly. love the large wooden blocks and explaining the why of all the angles. Thank you for this
Mr.Pete as I learn with my Brand New! (to me!) little southbend 9a lathe I find video's such as these priceless. I find this one particularly helpful as I can spend my down time at say work honing my tooling, and this video is an Amazing aid in doing that and grinding. If you have the patience for teaching as many different tool shaping videos as are prevalent many of us would be extremely grateful. For all your videos we already are, thank you sir.
Thanks Mr Pete. As a retired instructor myself, let me just say your teaching techniques are wonderful and easy to follow. I find myself coming back to your presentations often.
Excellent presentation. You are a very good teacher, well prepared, concise, clear and not least appropriate in language and tone. I so appreciate your videos. I live in Nuuk, Greenland and access to both materials and education in machining is hard to come by. You have made it so easy (and pleasant) to get to the point quickly. You, sir, are a fine example of those who wish to be of service to mankind. Well done.
Thanks so very much for your videos. You are an inspiration to any one wanting to be educated in machine work. Keep the coming! I dont think you will ever run out of subject matter as this field is so broad and diverse. I took Machine Shop in high school about 44 years ago and loved it but couldnt make a living at it in this area. I have just retired and bought a 10" and a 15" lathe and am learning so much from you and refreshing up on trade practice now.
I am on my first semester of cnc machining and on Monday I'll be trying the lathe. I need to make my first tool and your video has help me a lot, thank you
I recently purchased a Southbend 10, and am in the process of restoring it, hopefully for future use. I have a very strong mechanical background, but no machining experience at all. I find all of your videos to be a huge help in getting started in this field. Please keep producing on any of the subject matter you feel necessary to machining. Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge.
A very kind gentleman has given me a Lathe ,, so im just starting out ,,, I have watched many of you workshop tips an all sorts in the past ,,, but now needed to understand the basics of a lathe cutting tool and that was a brilliant starting point many thanks ,,,,
Tubalcain - Thank you soooo much for taking the time to make these videos and for sharing your years of experience with us. You've taught me so much. Metalworking has become my passion. "Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another". - Proverbs 27:17 . Thanks for sharpening me!
I never had a chance to study machining so I am starting from scratch. I am very grateful to you for your videos and encouragement. I also think that such training needs to be more available in schools.
Was given a 1945 SouthBend10L. After 2 years of cleaning replacing the gear box a lot of elbow grease its cutting a decent tolanance!!. I took a BOCES machine trades class in 1978 been hooked ever since! Your toll grinding is awesome brings back memories.Want tto get a decent mill next. Keep uo the awesome vids ThankYou RAY PS love the old AMERICAN MADE MACHINES HAVE A FEW MORE THATS FOR A NOTHER POST ThankAgainRAY
Thanks for taken the time to teach others, all your vidios have been a blessing. My grand father did machine work, never taught me, but now that i am learning i see the value of this. Thanks again joel
This is an excellent video of how to grind a lathe tool. I have never seen a better description of how to do it and so well explained. The tool angles, clearance angles and rake angles can be somewhat confusing but you cover these so comprehensively. I have sharpened many lathe tools and used wooden models myself as teaching aids but I still learned some useful information from you. Thank you.
Greetings Mr. Pete, I am gratified to see that you are educating a new generation of machinists. The continuing outsourcing of this trade is very detrimental to the continued growth of our nation and destroying the manufacturing base. Without the knoledge that people like you are sharing, this trade may be lost forever. Thank you for providing these videos, not only are they informative, I, for one, find them most interesting.
Mr. Pete, your videos are fantastic. Your simple yet detailed manner is informative and easy to follow. You have been a great help! Go make some chips and teach us more! Thank you!
Tubal I have learned a tremendous amount from watching your videos! They are very well put together and keep things simple but still provides the importance of key notes. Your last comment is what made me write to you now. I have a great amount of respect for you and for the knowledge that you offer to everyone. The most special part of it, is you do it for free. Obviously it comes from the heart and that is where this comment comes from. Thank you so much!
There's nothing so valuable as a proper grounding in the basics. There will always be a need for this. I was thinking carbide but have decided to opt for HSS instead. Thanks so much for this.
Excellent job! Very clear and concise. Always learn something when I watch your videos. Been a mechanic many years and now learning lathe work. Never too old to learn! Thanks again.
I wished I had you as a shop teacher when I was young. I purchased a Atlas TH54 6 months ago, after taking apart, painting am now ready for my first chips. Im cutting my back plate off as a first chip experience. I seen your stuck chuck methods and i tried them all. And I seen several grinding HSS videos, most were with tool posts. It sure is nice to see how it is done for a lantern holder. with a wood model. Im now ready to re grind my HSS and try again.. Thanks Mr Pete.
I am totally new to machining. This is best video I have found on the subject of tool grinding and angles. The video really helps me understand why the angles are there, why they are important, and the suggestion of a very slightly rounded leading point of the tool was like seeing a light in the distance for me. thanks much
Good video. I had my first week of CNC school and we had to grind our tool. I had alot of trouble cause our instructor failed to tell us about the little angle we needed to have when we did the initial angle grinds. Its starting to make sense now, thanks.
Mr. Pete, I love your videos! Excellent work. I learn so much every time I watch them. You explain things in such a way that the nuances become apparent...and the lessons really stick with me. Thanks for all the hard work you put in to make these instructional videos available to the rest of us. You're the best!
Just started watching all of your machining vids and so far they've been tremendous help! Ive never used a lathe or a mill(for anything but a glorified drill press) but im extremely interested. If i learn I'll be the only person at my workplace who can and your vids are a great place to learn! Plus I ordered myself a copy of the south bend book
Found the visual "model" demonstration approach useful for getting my head around why the resultant cutting tools are shaped the way they are. Excellent.
Your the man Pete.... love all your videos. Learn something from all of them. I just purchased your monthly instructional video series. Been watching for over a week. Just started making my own lathe tools and this was very helpful. Keep the videos coming!
Thank you so much for producing all these videos. After watching this video I went and ground my very first hss tool and I am no longer scared of the process and the tool performed beautifully
Hi Mr Pete. I absolutely love your videos, I’ve learned so much. This one particularly, as a self taught machinist I never quite ground my tools properly, well thanks to you I do now. Brilliant
Love the videos. I'm just a beginner when it comes to machining. When I need to know how to do something I always look up what Tubalcain has to say about it. Always a first rate source of tried and true information. Thank you for taking the time to put all of this information out there. I know it takes a lot of time and effort on your part, but rest assured that your efforts are greatly appreciated.
Thanks! Very informative and excellent visual aids. I'm also a micro lathe user (Taig/Petrol not Sherline) and have seen a lot of interesting shapes turned with "curved" and other oddly shaped bits. Would love to see more on how to grind some of these different shapes.
Thanks much, Pete. I just started a machinist course. Tomorrow is the first day on machines, and grinding bits is project #1. I hope this video will give me an "edge" on the rest of the class.
yes make more . make more on everthing. keep teaching. i am new to this and its all i want to do. when i learn it all. i am going to get a lathe, i most like cnc machines. but this looks like more fun.
Thank you so much for such a great video. I am fairly new to machining. It is people like you who make youtube such a great learning aid for someone like me. Please keep up the great work!!
Thank You, I was assigned to watch this video as the source for creating a lathe tool, at my trade school.. I finished it tonight, and I'll be using it on a lathe for the remaining of our class.
Thank you for time spendt on this Video Im Machinist too, worked on cnc Lathe and now on cnc mill and your tips are very helpfull for both. I usualy use modern tools witch changeable cutting plates but some of our work parts still have to be done with hss tools (due to custom shapes or dificoult placement)
been using indexable inserts for years and finally reached the point where i am doing more advanced cutting and need specific shapes cut. geometry is really they key when i see people bluing new HSS cutters its usually because of wrong choice or rake on the cutting edge. an easy mistake if you've never been taught the proper way. great video.
Mr. Pete, thank you for the great tool grinding video series. I realize these are older videos but helped me so much understanding cutting angles and dedign. I was not happy with the finish on my 618 using insert tooling. Luckily I have a ton of old HSS blanks in various sizes. After watching the videos several times, today I made a right hand turning tool and one of my own design. After twerking a little they do a great job. If I might make a suggestion could you make an updated video with some attention to angles needed when using modern quick change tooling. Realizing the old holders held the tool at a 16 degree angle usually. It would be nice to see some HSS tooling held at proper angles In an Alurus style holdholder. I'm experimenting but a little help would be so appreciated. My little 618 likes HSS!! Thanks, Chuck Merry Christmas!
I enjoy all your videos, and this one was especially helpful. After reading a lot about tool grinding, I was still fuzzy until seeing your demonstration with the big model. Thanks!
I picked up my first lathe (Craftsman/Atlas) last weekend and have been working on learning to grind my own tools. This video filled in some blanks for me and I can’t wait to give it a try tomorrow.
Thank you so much for posting your vid and making those wooden tool models (as I am house bound due to serve pysical dissability) and love learning machine info. Besides electronics learning machining/tool grinding etc is my only reason to get up every day.
Excellent teaching!! Excellent visual aids. Thank you. I just started dialing in my South Bend 9a a week ago. Your videos will keep me from damaging it.
thanks, my dad tried to teach me this when i was young and i think i successfully screwed up every tool bit that he had, i was just to impatient trying to get to the fun stuff, and now i'm glad that someone wants to take the time just to show us how to do it. thanks again
Update ground a brand new cutter this morning .I used all the angles like you said kept the bit cool with a lot of water.I must say sir I got the best finish ye,t been making chips with this machine almost a year .I think this old war baby just may have a little life left. ThankYouAgain Ray
Hello, Good job! I used 7-7-70 for the degrees of a lathe tool. 7 and 7 for the side relief angles and 70 degrees for the "Angle of Keeness". I, also, set the tool rest on the bench grinder above center so I could get an approximate 7 degree tangent on a 1/2 tool bit. My job as a apprentice (50 years ago) was to dress the bench grinders and set the tool rests for the first year then a NEW apprentice would take my job. I loved those days and all the next 40+ years in a machine shop. Please keep up the videos. Mike
Dam one year dressing the grinder and set tool rest.. wow--But you stuck with it and made it . I was a carpenter 35 years and skipped my Union apprenticeship.. But i worked with (non union) two real sharp guys for 2 to 3 years and after that i had all the basics down.. I was lucky enough to get into all aspects and was the foreman or super for most my life.. Anyone that wants instant gratification will never make it in the trades. Be the first to work the last to leave---- last to break and first back--- at 4 years you know very little-- at ten years you know a lot--- at 15 years you think you're hot stuff-- than at 20 years you realize how very little you really know, because there are so many types of work and specialties.. I finally learned if you can learn one trick from every person you work with you will be way above the rest. As a boss it is easier to teach new people- than so called experts that can only do one or two things. The fun is always learning-- always pushing your limit. Very few people want to be at the top and make the decisions.. There are some kids that come in and all really sharp-- and there are others that have been doing it 30 years and know nothing... Loved it all. Miss it now.
Count me in for learning how to grind threading tools! Thank you sir for taking the time to make these great videos. I've spent a good chunk of my Saturday watching five or six of them so far. I work for an aerospace company that makes helicopter rescue hoists, I run a small machine shop in the engineering lab. I think I'm one of only a handful of people my age (34) that knows how to run conventional machines. I've had part of one class being formal training, the rest I've learned at work.
thanks I am glad that someone has taken the time to do some of these videos. That is no corses in my earea to go and learn so I have to figure it out or watch your videos.
A wise man continues to learn. I'm almost 70 now and learning is one of my greatest pleasures. Thank you for contributing to the limited knowledge I have. I love my small machine shop thanks in no small part to you!!! Ken Autry
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Mr. Pete, I thank you for sharing your knowledge so selflessly. You are a great teacher 'cause i know how slow i am but you made it very easy to understand. God bless you.
It is August 06, 2020 - I am grateful for the great teaching gifts that you're sharing with all of us. Thank you, Mr. Pete! Just restored my Atlas TH42, can't wait to make some chips!
Hey I just bought one of those a couple days ago!
Mr Pete I have only recntly discovered you and you are the best teacher anyone could hope for. this video explains some of the mysteries that my teachers missed out on grinding and the importance of all the angles. I wish you had been my teacher at school!
Thank you very much for taking the time to make this video. I am at the early stages of learning my 'new' 100 year old lathe and to see the tooling angles is very helpful.
I spent an hour looking at diagrams on this and just got confused. Then i found your video and it all became clear. Thank you very much. Excellent!
This is very generous of you Mr. Tubalcain, Thank you so very much. I've been watching most of your videos on the lathe machine, and I'm going to be designing a plumb bob based on your video. I deeply appreciate this. I'm so glad to have found the right video for my purpose.
I don't normally leave comments but............your explanation of lathe tool sharpening was excellent; thank you!
Mr. Pete, you have produced some of the best instructional videos on the web. Thank you so much.
Thanks Tubalcain, Your unselfish sharing of you knowledge and skill is a blessing to
me. I recently purchased a Smithy mill lathe machine and I find it a fascinating learning
experience. Your clear approach and beginning with the basic skills will serve me and my son for generations. Thank you for handing down your knowledge to the next American generation, your a true patriot , and those are rare these days.
Roha Waha Thanks you very much--keep watching.
Count me in for learning how to grind threading tools! Thank you sir for taking the time to make these great videos. I've spent a good chunk of my Saturday watching five or six of them so far. I work for an aerospace company that makes helicopter rescue hoists, I run a small machine shop in the engineering lab. I think I'm one of only a handful of people my age (34) that knows how to run conventional machines. I've had part of one class being formal training, the rest I've learned at work.
You're a gifted teacher, Tubalcain. Not many can be this concise, nor as interesting to watch.
Thank you very much
Excellent! I just bought an old Craftsman 12" Commercial lathe. It was really rusty and dirty and I spent over ten hours cleaning it and oiling it. It's really in pretty nice shape and was mostly neglected and filthy. I just finished my first project, I made a bushing for my Bobcat seat safety bar. I discovered I have a lot to learn and I will be watching your videos again and again. I can already see mistakes I made earlier today. I'll check eBay for the books. Thank you so much for taking the time to teach!
+Arne Vainio Thanks for watching---you will like that lathe
Thanks, Mr. Pete for making a fairly (for me) complex subject understandable. I am a 67 year old woodworker, who is very interested in learning how to machine various materials on my antique Dwight Slate lathe.
Thank you for the informative lesson.....I am a old carbide user and have done very little work with H.S. steel. cutting tools so this was a great video to refreshing my memory,it has been a long time since I learned the sharpening tech. Thanks again!
Great job explaining the proper methods to use and maintain the tools we use everyday in life.
Thanks for the work you have put in to your videos.
take care and I will watch more in my venture of learning...
Thanks Pete. With your wood models it does make it much easier to understand the basic grind steps. Your instruction is really a big help to a newby like me. Keep um' coming.
Thank you for posting this video! I am taking a machine tool class in college and we are making our own tool bits. Its hard to see whats going on with 20 other people surrounding a grinder, so this helped me a lot. Thank you.
best video I've seen so far on how to sharpen these properly. love the large wooden blocks and explaining the why of all the angles. Thank you for this
+schmooot Thanks for watching
Mr.Pete as I learn with my Brand New! (to me!) little southbend 9a lathe I find video's such as these priceless. I find this one particularly helpful as I can spend my down time at say work honing my tooling, and this video is an Amazing aid in doing that and grinding. If you have the patience for teaching as many different tool shaping videos as are prevalent many of us would be extremely grateful. For all your videos we already are, thank you sir.
THANKS!!
Thanks Mr Pete. As a retired instructor myself, let me just say your teaching techniques are wonderful and easy to follow. I find myself coming back to your presentations often.
Thank you very much. That's a high compliment coming from a Nother teacher
Excellent presentation. You are a very good teacher, well prepared, concise, clear and not least appropriate in language and tone. I so appreciate your videos. I live in Nuuk, Greenland and access to both materials and education in machining is hard to come by. You have made it so easy (and pleasant) to get to the point quickly. You, sir, are a fine example of those who wish to be of service to mankind. Well done.
Thanks so very much for your videos. You are an inspiration to any one wanting to be educated in machine work. Keep the coming! I dont think you will ever run out of subject matter as this field is so broad and diverse. I took Machine Shop in high school about 44 years ago and loved it but couldnt make a living at it in this area. I have just retired and bought a 10" and a 15" lathe and am learning so much from you and refreshing up on trade practice now.
+Tim Drinkard Thank you!!!
I am on my first semester of cnc machining and on Monday I'll be trying the lathe. I need to make my first tool and your video has help me a lot, thank you
I recently purchased a Southbend 10, and am in the process of restoring it, hopefully for future use. I have a very strong mechanical background, but no machining experience at all. I find all of your videos to be a huge help in getting started in this field. Please keep producing on any of the subject matter you feel necessary to machining. Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge.
The large cutting tool helped a lot, thanks for taking the time to make.
A very kind gentleman has given me a Lathe ,, so im just starting out ,,, I have watched many of you workshop tips an all sorts in the past ,,, but now needed to understand the basics of a lathe cutting tool and that was a brilliant starting point many thanks ,,,,
+Alan Plumb Thanks for watching! -glad I helped
Tubalcain - Thank you soooo much for taking the time to make these videos and for sharing your years of experience with us. You've taught me so much. Metalworking has become my passion. "Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another". - Proverbs 27:17 . Thanks for sharpening me!
Nice illustration with the block of wood, made it very understandable. Esp with the contrasting paint colors. Great Video!
I never had a chance to study machining so I am starting from scratch. I am very grateful to you for your videos and encouragement. I also think that such training needs to be more available in schools.
Thanks for watching
Was given a 1945 SouthBend10L. After 2 years of cleaning replacing the gear box a lot of elbow grease its cutting a decent tolanance!!. I took a BOCES machine trades class in 1978 been hooked ever since! Your toll grinding is awesome brings back memories.Want tto get a decent mill next. Keep uo the awesome vids ThankYou RAY PS love the old AMERICAN MADE MACHINES HAVE A FEW MORE THATS FOR A NOTHER POST ThankAgainRAY
I get more from yours and This Old Tony's videos than I got from a college class. Keep on teachin'!
Thank you very much
Thanks for taken the time to teach others, all your vidios have been a blessing. My grand father did machine work, never taught me, but now that i am learning i see the value of this. Thanks again joel
Joel Stewart Thanks for watching. glad I helped
This is an excellent video of how to grind a lathe tool. I have never seen a better description of how to do it and so well explained. The tool angles, clearance angles and rake angles can be somewhat confusing but you cover these so comprehensively. I have sharpened many lathe tools and used wooden models myself as teaching aids but I still learned some useful information from you. Thank you.
Thank you very much, I'm glad you like it
Thank you sir. People like you, helping others (like me), gives a lot of people an opportunity to do something different. It's a gift.
Greetings Mr. Pete, I am gratified to see that you are educating a new generation of machinists.
The continuing outsourcing of this trade is very detrimental to the continued growth of our nation and destroying the manufacturing base.
Without the knoledge that people like you are sharing, this trade may be lost forever.
Thank you for providing these videos, not only are they informative, I, for one, find them most interesting.
THANKS--very well put.
Very well done
Tubalcain, you did it again!! Outstanding video! You make it easy for a "new beginner to learn" Thanks again
Mr. Pete, your videos are fantastic. Your simple yet detailed manner is informative and easy to follow. You have been a great help! Go make some chips and teach us more! Thank you!
Thanks you. I'm making chips now.
This was a first class tutorial and VERY useful to a lathe beginner. Many thanks.
Thanks, for your help. I never use a lathe before and appreciate your teaching. Viannaus.
FANTASTIC IDEA USING A WOOD TOOL MODEL. THIS IS A BRILLIANT WAY TO DEMONSTRATE TOOL GRINDING. VERY WELL DONE. jrs- Naperville, IL
Tubal I have learned a tremendous amount from watching your videos! They are very well put together and keep things simple but still provides the importance of key notes. Your last comment is what made me write to you now. I have a great amount of respect for you and for the knowledge that you offer to everyone. The most special part of it, is you do it for free. Obviously it comes from the heart and that is where this comment comes from. Thank you so much!
THANK YOU very much for the complement--its very encouraging.
One of the best explanations of **anything** I've ever seen!! Great teaching, Thank you so much for this series of clips!!
This is the material that we really need to improve our skills in the machine shop. Thank you, sir.
There's nothing so valuable as a proper grounding in the basics. There will always be a need for this. I was thinking carbide but have decided to opt for HSS instead. Thanks so much for this.
Thanks
Excellent job! Very clear and concise. Always learn something when I watch your videos.
Been a mechanic many years and now learning lathe work. Never too old to learn!
Thanks again.
THANKS FOR WATCHING
Thanks Jim. Your words of encouragement mean a lot to me. I have over 300 shop videos & many more to come.
I wished I had you as a shop teacher when I was young. I purchased a Atlas TH54 6 months ago, after taking apart, painting am now ready for my first chips. Im cutting my back plate off as a first chip experience. I seen your stuck chuck methods and i tried them all. And I seen several grinding HSS videos, most were with tool posts. It sure is nice to see how it is done for a
lantern holder. with a wood model. Im now ready to re grind my HSS and try again.. Thanks Mr Pete.
Thanks Frank. I'm sure glad the models helped you.
I am totally new to machining. This is best video I have found on the subject of tool grinding and angles. The video really helps me understand why the angles are there, why they are important, and the suggestion of a very slightly rounded leading point of the tool was like seeing a light in the distance for me. thanks much
Thank you, I'm glad you like that video. It's a real old one, but I think it stands the test of time
I read the Atlas chapter a few times on this subject. It wasn’t clear in my mind until I saw this. A very good demonstration . Thanks
Frank
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Good video. I had my first week of CNC school and we had to grind our tool. I had alot of trouble cause our instructor failed to tell us about the little angle we needed to have when we did the initial angle grinds. Its starting to make sense now, thanks.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, a 3d model is worth a million. Excellent visual aid. Thank you Sir.
blmeflmm66 Thanks for watching.
I only wish I had seen these tutorials 30 years ago. I've got a lot of catching up to do : -) the best tutorials on the net. Thank you
Mr. Pete, that was a very clear, concise, and informative video. Thank you.
I learned this back in high school but that was 60 years ago and this was a good refresher coarse. Thanks.
This was a good refreshere.. The last time I ground cutting tools was in 1967 while in Mechanical Engineering shop at the University of Maine..
Mr. Pete, I love your videos! Excellent work. I learn so much every time I watch them. You explain things in such a way that the nuances become apparent...and the lessons really stick with me. Thanks for all the hard work you put in to make these instructional videos available to the rest of us. You're the best!
Just started watching all of your machining vids and so far they've been tremendous help! Ive never used a lathe or a mill(for anything but a glorified drill press) but im extremely interested. If i learn I'll be the only person at my workplace who can and your vids are a great place to learn! Plus I ordered myself a copy of the south bend book
Found the visual "model" demonstration approach useful for getting my head around why the resultant cutting tools are shaped the way they are. Excellent.
+Chris Lee Glad I helped
Your the man Pete.... love all your videos. Learn something from all of them. I just purchased your monthly instructional video series. Been watching for over a week. Just started making my own lathe tools and this was very helpful. Keep the videos coming!
Steve G Thanks for watching--glad I helped
Thanks, exactly what I wanted to know. Have enjoyed all the videos of yours I have seen and I plan to watch them all. Great teaching technique!
This canal should be declared a World Heritage Site!
Thank you so much for producing all these videos. After watching this video I went and ground my very first hss tool and I am no longer scared of the process and the tool performed beautifully
+Patrick Henderson thanks for watching--glad I helped
Saw this referenced as a tutorial on Facebook. Your videos will be watched as long as social media exists.
Hi Mr Pete. I absolutely love your videos, I’ve learned so much. This one particularly, as a self taught machinist I never quite ground my tools properly, well thanks to you I do now. Brilliant
I really was impressed with the way you showed the people how to do the sharpening and making of a tool with wooden blocks.. Very nice job.
+John Sedovic Thank you!!!
Great video. You're the shop teacher I never had.
I learned more in this 10 minute video than 3 hours in a Navy shop class. Thank you for clearing this up!
+Spencer Evans Thank you!!!
Love the videos. I'm just a beginner when it comes to machining. When I need to know how to do something I always look up what Tubalcain has to say about it. Always a first rate source of tried and true information. Thank you for taking the time to put all of this information out there. I know it takes a lot of time and effort on your part, but rest assured that your efforts are greatly appreciated.
+Adam Rassier Thanks for watching!-I appreciate your comment & glad I am helping you!
Thanks! Very informative and excellent visual aids.
I'm also a micro lathe user (Taig/Petrol not Sherline) and have seen a lot of interesting shapes turned with "curved" and other oddly shaped bits. Would love to see more on how to grind some of these different shapes.
Thanks much, Pete. I just started a machinist course. Tomorrow is the first day on machines, and grinding bits is project #1. I hope this video will give me an "edge" on the rest of the class.
learning about HSS tools and yours is the best explanation Ive seen yet
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I just loved this video. I was very very important for me here in South America. The wood model was super smart . Thank you !!
yes make more . make more on everthing. keep teaching. i am new to this and its all i want to do. when i learn it all. i am going to get a lathe, i most like cnc machines. but this looks like more fun.
Another fantastic video by tubalcain - becoming an internet legend !!! Keep up the great work
Lefty lebowitz Thanks for watching.
Thank you so much for such a great video. I am fairly new to machining. It is people like you who make youtube such a great learning aid for someone like me. Please keep up the great work!!
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I was assigned to watch this video as the source for creating a lathe tool, at my trade school..
I finished it tonight, and I'll be using it on a lathe for the remaining of our class.
John Elegante Thanks for doing the assignment & watching. Glad I helped.
+mrpete222. I made my tool It worked great. Again thanks
I have a 9" South Bend. This was extremely helpful, thank you!
Thank you for time spendt on this Video Im Machinist too, worked on cnc Lathe and now on cnc mill and your tips are very helpfull for both. I usualy use modern tools witch changeable cutting plates but some of our work parts still have to be done with hss tools (due to custom shapes or dificoult placement)
been using indexable inserts for years and finally reached the point where i am doing more advanced cutting and need specific shapes cut. geometry is really they key when i see people bluing new HSS cutters its usually because of wrong choice or rake on the cutting edge. an easy mistake if you've never been taught the proper way. great video.
Mr. Pete, thank you for the great tool grinding video series. I realize these are older videos but helped me so much understanding cutting angles and dedign. I was not happy with the finish on my 618 using insert tooling. Luckily I have a ton of old HSS blanks in various sizes. After watching the videos several times, today I made a right hand turning tool and one of my own design. After twerking a little they do a great job. If I might make a suggestion could you make an updated video with some attention to angles needed when using modern quick change tooling. Realizing the old holders held the tool at a 16 degree angle usually. It would be nice to see some HSS tooling held at proper angles In an Alurus style holdholder. I'm experimenting but a little help would be so appreciated. My little 618 likes HSS!!
Thanks, Chuck
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I've been looking for a decent explanation of HSS tool sharpening and you just gave it to me. A great video, Thanks.
It's 2020 and I'm going back to watch some of your earlier TH-cam work from 10 years ago. And it's still very intresting.. thanks Mr Pete
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I enjoy all your videos, and this one was especially helpful. After reading a lot about tool grinding, I was still fuzzy until seeing your demonstration with the big model. Thanks!
+Thomas Sokol Thank you!!!
I picked up my first lathe (Craftsman/Atlas) last weekend and have been working on learning to grind my own tools. This video filled in some blanks for me and I can’t wait to give it a try tomorrow.
Thank you so much for posting your vid and making those wooden tool models (as I am house bound due to serve pysical dissability) and love learning machine info. Besides electronics learning machining/tool grinding etc is my only reason to get up every day.
John. So glad you enjoy the videos. Its gratifying to know that this gives you at least some small happiness in your disability. TAKE CARE.
Yes i would like to see more of these sharpening videos. They are very helpfull especially your use of the large models!!
Excellent teaching!! Excellent visual aids. Thank you. I just started dialing in my South Bend 9a a week ago. Your videos will keep me from damaging it.
thanks, my dad tried to teach me this when i was young and i think i successfully screwed up every tool bit that he had, i was just to impatient trying to get to the fun stuff, and now i'm glad that someone wants to take the time just to show us how to do it. thanks again
Update ground a brand new cutter this morning .I used all the angles like you said kept the bit cool with a lot of water.I must say sir I got the best finish ye,t been making chips with this machine almost a year .I think this old war baby just may have a little life left. ThankYouAgain Ray
This video is greatly appreciated. It clarified some questions I had after going through the operators manual. Thank you.
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Many thanks for taking the time to help so many people!
Hello, Good job! I used 7-7-70 for the degrees of a lathe tool. 7 and 7 for the side relief angles and 70 degrees for the "Angle of Keeness". I, also, set the tool rest on the bench grinder above center so I could get an approximate 7 degree tangent on a 1/2 tool bit. My job as a apprentice (50 years ago) was to dress the bench grinders and set the tool rests for the first year then a NEW apprentice would take my job. I loved those days and all the next 40+ years in a machine shop. Please keep up the videos. Mike
+Barbara Zawlocki Thanks-thats good advise
Dam one year dressing the grinder and set tool rest.. wow--But you stuck with it and made it . I was a carpenter 35 years and skipped my Union apprenticeship.. But i worked with (non union) two real sharp guys for 2 to 3 years and after that i had all the basics down.. I was lucky enough to get into all aspects and was the foreman or super for most my life.. Anyone that wants instant gratification will never make it in the trades. Be the first to work the last to leave---- last to break and first back--- at 4 years you know very little-- at ten years you know a lot--- at 15 years you think you're hot stuff-- than at 20 years you realize how very little you really know, because there are so many types of work and specialties.. I finally learned if you can learn one trick from every person you work with you will be way above the rest. As a boss it is easier to teach new people- than so called experts that can only do one or two things. The fun is always learning-- always pushing your limit. Very few people want to be at the top and make the decisions.. There are some kids that come in and all really sharp-- and there are others that have been doing it 30 years and know nothing... Loved it all. Miss it now.
Mistry solved cant wait to put hss to the grinding wheel for my newly aquired 1930 Southbend lathe. This newbie is learning alot. Thanks mr pete
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i know this is an old video but i found it incredibly useful. Great visual aid and spot on descriptions of the angles.
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Very good Mr.Pete & easy to understand. I enjoy & learn well from your videos. Thank You.
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Nice refresher Mr Pete !!!
Count me in for learning how to grind threading tools! Thank you sir for taking the time to make these great videos. I've spent a good chunk of my Saturday watching five or six of them so far. I work for an aerospace company that makes helicopter rescue hoists, I run a small machine shop in the engineering lab. I think I'm one of only a handful of people my age (34) that knows how to run conventional machines. I've had part of one class being formal training, the rest I've learned at work.
thanks I am glad that someone has taken the time to do some of these videos. That is no corses in my earea to go and learn so I have to figure it out or watch your videos.
Dan B Thanks for watching.
Simply EXCELLENT. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and for the very fine presentation.