Umm, I am liking the idea of making a slow lapping disc machine. Interesting ideas. Thank you for sharing. All the best for the new year. Looking forward to watching you in 2022. Andrew 👍😀

Hi Neil Great adaptation & well presented, it's on my list of things to do, trouble is the list is as long as my arm x 10!!!😂 take care & HNY Kev

@NellsMechanicalManCave

2 жыл бұрын

Kev ! Early happy new year! Im so full of anti inflammatories and numbing stuff that you wouldn't believe how difficult it was to do that video. The magnet 🧲 word completely done me 🤣 Honestly, it's a good project. I'm shite at sharpening and this makes machining so much more enjoyable for me seeing clean cuts and good finishes.

@MrFactotum

2 жыл бұрын

@@NellsMechanicalManCave Cheers Neil and HNY to you hope the med's work soon. See you in New Year take care Kev

Hello Neil, Thanks for taking the time to walk us through what you've done... nice work on both the machine and video. Happy New Year to you. Take care. Paul,,

@NellsMechanicalManCave

2 жыл бұрын

HNY Paul! Thanks for the comments, the machine works well but really needs a bit of refining as per the comments in the video. Taken your advise and sorting out some stickers so you'll be getting email soon. I'll need your address again🙄. All contact details got wiped after an app update. Think I'll go low tech and use paper and pen for data storage from now on ! Cheers Neil

Very sensible design. Some very smart design cues. How about a little piece of sacrificial stainless for the grind surface?I do like the idea of milling the aluminum but I am lazy. All the best Dan

@NellsMechanicalManCave

2 жыл бұрын

Great idea Dan ! Bond a thin plate on top. Genius!!!!

Thanks for the video. I actually use the same unit but have one of those disk on the high speed end for my scraper carbides.

@NellsMechanicalManCave

Жыл бұрын

Never tried the disc at high speed. Will have to give it a go. Good idea that. Thanks for coming by . Cheers Neil.

@homeworkshopengineering

Жыл бұрын

@@NellsMechanicalManCave I have only tried the 3000 grit as I use for lapping as lots of others do and seems to be holding up OK. I think low speed is better though

@NellsMechanicalManCave

Жыл бұрын

@@homeworkshopengineering think you are right regarding the speed. Having a diamond cup or wheel as I now use is a god sent. I can make things sharp now, I'm good with drill bits but always been useless with lathe tools and such. I even touch up my carbide inserts now!

Nice work. Have you got links to the wheels you used?

@NellsMechanicalManCave

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Ben ! I'll have to look for you. Did this ages ago so the listing I used might not be available any more. All I did was search diamond cup then diamond lapping disc on youtube to get the correct grit then got them off Ebay. Sorry I can't be any more help at the moment but,,,, just started my beer run which stops at midnight. Then I start my beer crawl ☺ Happy New Year and all the very best for 22👍👍

@BensWorkshop

2 жыл бұрын

@@NellsMechanicalManCave Fair enough. Have a good new year!

@NellsMechanicalManCave

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Ben. Been looking for the listing. I got them in December 2020 and sellers no longer list them. What I used was. 1000 grit 4" diamond lap disc and a 75mm diamond grinding cup 180 grit. Hope this is of some help to you. Cheers Neil

@BensWorkshop

2 жыл бұрын

@@NellsMechanicalManCave Many thanks.

Quick question. How do you find using a diamond stone for grinding HSS. I had read that HSS chokes a diamond stone. Or is that an misnomer? Andrew 🤔

@NellsMechanicalManCave

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Andrew. I think sharpening HSS with a diamond stone is ok. From what I can see, trying to grind it to shape would be a problem and it would block up. I've used the cup with success to lightly shape carbide inserts tungsten tip tools and also to finalize HSS. It hasn't lost any material or its edge. For less than a tenner, buy one. My first use was hand sharpening the kitchen knives 😁. HNY friend 👍😊

@andrewdolinskiatcarpathian

2 жыл бұрын

@@NellsMechanicalManCave Thank you. Definitely going to try. 👍😀