Homemade Tool Post Grinder

Cylindrical parts can be machined and finish ground in the same set up.

Homemade tool post grinder.

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Homemade bench grinder tool post constructed from steel plate bar stock threaded rod nut and washer. First mount the tool post grinder in the lathe tool post or quick change bit holder. Reason i was going to make one is that replacement spindles for tool post grinders are available pretty reasonable but they only hold stones on threaded arbors and i wanted to be able to hold drills endmills or arbors for stones. I needed a grinder for my lathe but the ones to buy were too expensive ore too large for me.

So i just built one myself. You want to mount the grinder with the holder as close to the face block as possible. Next take some 3 4 wide metal pipe strap and bend it into a u shape centered on one of the 1 4 holes around the dremel body.