Finally I got a small surfacegrinder, a LIP515. The successor of the LIP515, the LIPEMEC P200: www.lipemec.com... Web: gtwr.de/ Instagram: / stefan_gtwr
wonderful machine & great rebuild. looks like a great size, i can see why you drove so far for it. I'm sure it will make a great addition. looking forward to some grinder projects!
very nice little grinder. very ingenious technique cutting the spindle taper not many would have thought of that. the wheel cover also shows what you are willing to do to make a part that is not only functional but proper looking. the machine looks right at home in your shop. thanks for sharing.
It's always enjoyable and interesting to visit you in the shop via your videos, Stefan. I like your approach to problem solving: you always seem to find the simplest and most direct solution to a problem, for example, using the crossfeed off your lathe to true the taper on the grinding wheel shaft in place. The grinder is a gem, and you have made it fit right in as a member of your shop family instead of a stranger in a plaid suit and a funny hat. I'm looking forward to your next shop adventure.
Truly nice work on the 'refurbish' grinder Stefan. All of your tools and work are fantastic. The spindle taper improvement and handmade guards are sweet.
Stefan, you do some wonderful work. I loved seeing your trip. I spent 8 years in Germany and miss it very much at times. Keep the wonderful videos coming.
You are an incredibly talented machinist, thank you for sharing the videos! We were trained to cut the grinding wheel square with a diamond cutter and leave it running, mainly because the wheel can move slightly on the shaft each time it is started which can result in bad cuts.If we shut off the wheel, we had to recut it again to ensure it was square. I know you are aware of this, I just wanted to throw in my 2 cents worth. Thanks again!
"parts catcher" hahaha! You've had quite the influence on me and my shop, I just bought my first surface grinder. It doesnt have any spark guards but given I'm new to grinding, I think a trash can with a little basketball hoop would work great. Cheers from British Columbia
Awesome machine. You just seem to have the best time. I enjoyed your entire video, especially the creative way you made your spark and wheel guards. Thanks for sharing your good times with us.
You in industrial Europe have the nicest small machine tools on the used market. Nothing like that in my area except cheap stuff or larger expensive stuff. I can't help but think you'll need to drape the area against tramp abrasive and grinding swarf. That shelf of set'up equipment for example looks like a prime grit trap: store clean equipment, retrieve it gritty. A crowded home shop containing a dry grinder could benefit from a blower and furnace filter in a box Keep it up Stefan, you're setting a fine example of how to run a home shop.
Excellent job, The cover turned out great. Everything looks fine. You need to think of retractable jacks for the base that will lock down to the floor to make the whole assembly as solid as possible. That will help a lot with finish. Anything to make the machine more solid.
I friend of mine who was many years a tool and die maker before he came to our shop as it's toolroom manager described to me a method of grinding flat large large die shoes. Make a dam of tape on the mag base. Melt paraffin wax and and flood the magnet. While the wax is still liquid, set your part in bow up. Wait a few min for wax to cool and get hard. Turn on mag chuck. The perfect 100% shim.
could you use automotive shock/damper boot covers.... they are very cheep, very flexible, and best of all, they come in a bazillion different colors... and a few different lengths... nice job on the rebuild!
As always, very interesting video with plenty of explications useful for other little surface Grinder users ( Myself I own a similar as your Lip, German made Haarman surface Grinder). Thanks a lot for your videos !
This is a nice baby grinder... Philippe from Phil's Projects is giving me a hand on fixing my own surface grinder, videos soon to come. I envy the fact you have 3 phases power in your building, that would be better than the phase converter making lot of noise in my shop... ;)
Nice workshop you got. With all your machines in great condition. I hope i soon can manage to find some free time to restore all my old and worn out machines to be as good as they were 60-70years ago. It's really inspirating to watch your channel. Keep up the good work!
Really fine work on the guards. They look like factory made or even better. I am sure that when you get the grinder set up to your standards it will do super precision work every time. Thanks for a great video. Keep on keeping on.
Hi Stefan, the LIP company made accurate surface grinders. Personally I work on a big one with hydraulic mouvements. Your LIP is a good size for your shop. An excellent product trust me. Very nice video! Pierre
Hello Stefan, This video is very inspiring and packed full of good stuff. I especially enjoyed seeing the German country side on your trip to pick up the grider. Thank you for your effort in creating these videos.
great work Stefan, that wheel cover was worth all the effort, it looks outstanding! Real craftsmanship. Congrats on the addition of the surface grinder. I have to admit I'm a bit jealous
Beautiful. I have not seen a small surface grinder like that before. I had to sell an American surface grinder after getting tired of moving it around with me from place to place. That would do most of the important things I want. Nice work.
Hi Stefan great video,It may be worth tring your motor with out a fan to check the vibrations. A lot of the newer motors hav a plastic fan which flex when running,if the vibration is reduce replace the fan with a metal one most workshops that do motor rewinds will be your best place to call.
In my limited grinder experience I have found that wheel hardness has a big effect on final finish. For me it seems the softer wheels do better, but of course don't last as long or hold size as easily.
You're correct. Softer wheels are used on harder materials and harder wheels for softer materials. BUT... You also need to consider that you have to take into consideration the size of the grain. Wheels that are designed for use with coolant have a wider grain structure ect... ect... Never stop learning.
Wonderful little grinder. It also doubles as a lathe and will do taper turning :) When I saw the setup I was amazed. Very nice job fabricating that wheel guard. In fact, the rebuild was very interesting, specially doing the bending. Keep them coming!
Excellent find and it looks good. Great video as usual. I'm looking forward to more of your grinding and I hope you do peen that parallel straight. I would really like to see that technique. Tip: Plain white vinegar does an excellent job of removing rust. I recently bought a box of items at an auction for $5 that had been buried in the dirt for years and years and a couple of days in white vinegar removed all the rust! It does a truly amazing job.
Stephan, Another great video. I love the amount of detail you provide. Hope you are up for one recommendation . . . modify your wheel guard to include a grindings catcher. I run mine with a shop vacuum . . . even when I am applying coolant. If you use your surface grinder very much, you will see why this is a valid recommendation. This is especially the case with the precision machines you have in your shop.
Great little machine, I really want one that size. Good work on the guard. Get rid of those casters, there is a better way to do it. Mount two wheel on the back of the base so they are a few millimeters above the floor. Make a "hand cart" type thing using two more wheels and a piece of square tube with a hook between the wheels. Add an eye to the base. To use, you just hook the handcart into the eye, and lever the machine up so the rear wheels contact the floor. I have a commercially made version (I think made by HTC) on my wood cutting bandsaw. My bandsaw is a floor model (no base) about 2m tall and weighs quite a bit. I keep it near the wall, but I can pull it out to for running really long boards or for cleaning when I need to. It is a very stable arrangement and I find it is very easy to move and steer even though it weighs over 300kg. here is a pick of something similar www.popularwoodworking.com/wp-content/uploads/10707-lead-1.jpg
That is quite a good idea, but I think I will just put 4 screw jacks under it, as I will not have to move the grinder often - Only when somebody needs to get to the houseentry-fuses.
Other than the wheels, which you covered, my one concern would be the radiator on the wall next to the grinder. You MAY find that the "hot" end of the machine introduces a slight thermal distortion across the width of the part if the rest of the workshop is particularly cold (it probably needs to be measured if you are attempting to obtain the nth degree of accuracy). As far as the wheels and keeping things precise is concerned, maybe a precisely flat plate mounted on top of a thin rubber mat may work - the rubber would deform to adjust for any change in "level" as the machine is moved, while the flat plate would reinforce the stability of the machine base. Maybe look out for a chunk of an old optical bench top - they are designed to be precise, rigid and strong.
i agree with old tony its the perfect size for a home shop about balancing the electric motor , i wonder if it helps to static balance the rotor between centers and carefully shave away on the heavy end
G'day Stefan Great video and a useful addition to your shop. I am looking forward to your dressing accessory videos as I need to make some as well. Have fun with your new machine.
Nice grinder, nice work on the wheel guard and dust stop, and like everyone else, I'm jealous. Keith Fenner has a video showing how to straighten shafts by peening them. Thanks, John
Suburban Tool has a video showing a technique to obtain very flat parts using the residual magnetism of the magnetic chuck to minimize parts conforming to the chuck. I myself have recently acquired a Reid surface grinder and am trying to cure similar chatter problems. I think I will have to check the spindle for concentricity. Thanks for the video
Hey Stefan, don't worry about that chatter. As the part or tool is used and stoned after awhile the light marks will wear away and you'll be left with a nice surface.
It’s a great find and the same applies for your rebuilding. I don’t even try to be as precise as you are. I have several parts which would make it possible to build one. Time and rooms are problems. My question, if you please: what moves the longitudinal movement? Rack, gear, chain or what else? Thanks in advance Old Bob
Hi Stefan, Great job of the refurbish, that 's neat, can fit in a back pocket. Now that is done, you can get some skin grafts, that thing looks like it beat you up.
very high-quality work and excellent equipment, but please treat carefully to yourself and especially to your hands, see the scratches, bruises and burns, and restless soul. Greetings from Russia
Hi mate. I can see some very accurate shop made tools coming up. Well done mate what luck you found it. I would have taken the base however. It will be important for the price at resale.
Stefan, I always seem to learn something new from your videos. The peening is something I will definitely want to learn more about. I am currently making the parts for my large lathe taper attachment that were missing the part is over 2 feet long and I'm dealing with the metal Bowing. If necessary I may try the peening method to straighten it. Thanks again.
Hey, Stefan, great video! I'd really like to get a small little surface grinder like that, unfortunately everything in Sweden seems to be pretty big. You do seem to have alot of the smaller toolmaker-stuff down in and around germany. Anyways, to the question: I got this Boley 4LV-lathe a couple of months ago, full with alot of the original accessories - which is great - but I'd like to restore the machine. I'm really struggling to get a hold of that original almost enamel-paint that the machine has originally. But when I saw your newly painted grinding cover I noticed that it seems to be more or less the same color and paint. What kind of paint did you use?
Great video as ever, lovely sheet metal fabrication work. Interesting to listen to your various ways to grind out bow, I look fraud to your peening video , never heard of that method before. Thanks for your uploads , all very informative. Be nice to see you make up a grinding jig for your shaper tools to be good on you LIP UNIT.
Nice video, thanks. That kind of machine really was missing in your shop. I think it is more versatile and useful than the shaper. The wheel cover came out great and in a style suiting the machine perfectly. Maybe it is a video compression effect. But to me it seemed in some scenes that the grinding carriage is not moving smoothly forth and back and has some stick/slip motion. Is there excessive friction or a too thick oil on the ways?
Hey Stefan have you ever considered some kind of bearing assembly for the top slide? I have a similar grinder that is also just a sliding flat surface with oil grooves. It works - but it 'could' be smoother action. My machine is probably a little bigger than yours. A lot would go into it - but even if you haven't considered it - what would be the best bearing type and how would you attach it? Any ideas for me?
Hello, thank you so much for all your videos, they are realy interesting and well done. I am a classical guitar maker in France with as well a real passion for precision work in metal and machinery in general. I am at the moment retrofiting a large 3 axis gantry CNC in a five axis one. I have also the opportunity to get a nice LIP 515, the price is 1200€, do you think it is a fair price? Best regards. Hugo.
wonderful machine & great rebuild. looks like a great size, i can see why you drove so far for it. I'm sure it will make a great addition. looking forward to some grinder projects!
lol. Any trip on the autobahn is a good trip.. (I miss that roadway)
This Old Tony v
Love the way you used your lathe cross slide on the mag chuck to regrind the spindle.
very nice little grinder. very ingenious technique cutting the spindle taper not many would have thought of that. the wheel cover also shows what you are willing to do to make a part that is not only functional but proper looking. the machine looks right at home in your shop. thanks for sharing.
It's always enjoyable and interesting to visit you in the shop via your videos, Stefan. I like your approach to problem solving: you always seem to find the simplest and most direct solution to a problem, for example, using the crossfeed off your lathe to true the taper on the grinding wheel shaft in place.
The grinder is a gem, and you have made it fit right in as a member of your shop family instead of a stranger in a plaid suit and a funny hat.
I'm looking forward to your next shop adventure.
Truly nice work on the 'refurbish' grinder Stefan. All of your tools and work are fantastic. The spindle taper improvement and handmade guards are sweet.
Your cover is the best sheet metal work I've ever seen. As always, I envy your skills more than your beautiful customized tools.
Stefan, great work on the additions to the grinder and great addition to the shop. Look forward to more.
Bob
Awesome grinder The safety guard u made is so cool.
Stefan, you do some wonderful work. I loved seeing your trip. I spent 8 years in Germany and miss it very much at times. Keep the wonderful videos coming.
You did a nice job on fixing up that grinder.
Rewatch time! Been some time since I first watched this. Love the guard you made and seeing the progress you have made since then.
Haha, thanks Steve. I wouldnt want to be without a surface grinder anymore, i use it constantly!
You are an incredibly talented machinist, thank you for sharing the videos! We were trained to cut the grinding wheel square with a diamond cutter and leave it running, mainly because the wheel can move slightly on the shaft each time it is started which can result in bad cuts.If we shut off the wheel, we had to recut it again to ensure it was square. I know you are aware of this, I just wanted to throw in my 2 cents worth. Thanks again!
"parts catcher" hahaha! You've had quite the influence on me and my shop, I just bought my first surface grinder. It doesnt have any spark guards but given I'm new to grinding, I think a trash can with a little basketball hoop would work great. Cheers from British Columbia
Super job with the wheel guard. Altogether a nice result - and you must be well pleased.
I am super envious!
Your shop is getting super well equipped.
nice machine, and outstanding job on making the covers.
Very nice little grinder. Great job on the guard fabrication and cleanup of the machine.
Fantastic sheet metal work! love the guard! Cool machine too. Can't wait to see what projects you use this for.
Best Matt
Very nice job on the grinder, love the new guard. I hope to get my grinder up and running soon. Love your video's.
Awesome machine. You just seem to have the best time. I enjoyed your entire video, especially the creative way you made your spark and wheel guards. Thanks for sharing your good times with us.
Nice little machine, they have a good reputation in France. Excellent work on the disc guard rebuilding!
Love the pattern with the silicon bronze and sheet.
You in industrial Europe have the nicest small machine tools on the used market. Nothing like that in my area except cheap stuff or larger expensive stuff.
I can't help but think you'll need to drape the area against tramp abrasive and grinding swarf. That shelf of set'up equipment for example looks like a prime grit trap: store clean equipment, retrieve it gritty.
A crowded home shop containing a dry grinder could benefit from a blower and furnace filter in a box
Keep it up Stefan, you're setting a fine example of how to run a home shop.
Excellent job, The cover turned out great. Everything looks fine. You need to think of retractable jacks for the base that will lock down to the floor to make the whole assembly as solid as possible. That will help a lot with finish. Anything to
make the machine more solid.
I friend of mine who was many years a tool and die maker before he came to our shop as it's toolroom manager described to me a method of grinding flat large large die shoes. Make a dam of tape on the mag base. Melt paraffin wax and and flood the magnet. While the wax is still liquid, set your part in bow up. Wait a few min for wax to cool and get hard. Turn on mag chuck. The perfect 100% shim.
could you use automotive shock/damper boot covers.... they are very cheep, very flexible, and best of all, they come in a bazillion different colors... and a few different lengths... nice job on the rebuild!
As always, very interesting video with plenty of explications useful for other little surface Grinder users ( Myself I own a similar as your Lip, German made Haarman surface Grinder).
Thanks a lot for your videos !
This is a nice baby grinder...
Philippe from Phil's Projects is giving me a hand on fixing my own surface grinder, videos soon to come.
I envy the fact you have 3 phases power in your building, that would be better than the phase converter making lot of noise in my shop... ;)
Nice workshop you got. With all your machines in great condition.
I hope i soon can manage to find some free time to restore all my old and worn out machines to be as good as they were 60-70years ago. It's really inspirating to watch your channel. Keep up the good work!
Really fine work on the guards. They look like factory made or even better. I am sure that when you get the grinder set up to your standards it will do super precision work every time. Thanks for a great video. Keep on keeping on.
Hi Stefan, the LIP company made accurate surface grinders. Personally I work on a big one with hydraulic mouvements. Your LIP is a good size for your shop. An excellent product trust me. Very nice video!
Pierre
Wow that is the cutest lil grinder I have seen. Great buy and work! It came out amazing.
You are SO lucky in Deutschland... 3 phase power in your houses... this is only a dream for most of us in other countries.
That's a great addition stefan I love my little surface grinder . Taker care brother. Lee.
Hello Stefan, This video is very inspiring and packed full of good stuff. I especially enjoyed seeing the German country side on your trip to pick up the grider. Thank you for your effort in creating these videos.
Beautiful job on the fabrication of parts needed for your grinder. Sweet machine too. Thanks for sharing.
Take Care,
Reid
Very nicely done Stefan. Perfect size for grinding knife blanks. I would drive 200 miles to get one if I could find one .
Nice work reviving the grinder.
great work Stefan, that wheel cover was worth all the effort, it looks outstanding! Real craftsmanship.
Congrats on the addition of the surface grinder. I have to admit I'm a bit jealous
Stefan that's a hum dinger surface grinder for gunsmithing and tool Maker's.👏👏🙌
You do fantastic work Stefan. Enjoy watching your precision. Thanks for sharing.
That is a great little grinder , Thumbs up . You did a great job on the parts you needed !
Thank you! :)
Thanks for sharing your beautiful surface grinder with us. Great work as usual Stefan!
Beautiful. I have not seen a small surface grinder like that before. I had to sell an American surface grinder after getting tired of moving it around with me from place to place. That would do most of the important things I want. Nice work.
Hi Stefan great video,It may be worth tring your motor with out a fan to check the vibrations.
A lot of the newer motors hav a plastic fan which flex when running,if the vibration is reduce replace the fan with
a metal one most workshops that do motor rewinds will be your best place to call.
This is such a nice machine, I am so envious. It's such a shame small machines like these are so rare.
Very nice small surface grinder you have found there Stefan.
This one will surely serve you well.
Cheers
Bengt
Stefan you are excellent at your work Excellent...............................
In my limited grinder experience I have found that wheel hardness has a big effect on final finish. For me it seems the softer wheels do better, but of course don't last as long or hold size as easily.
You're correct. Softer wheels are used on harder materials and harder wheels for softer materials. BUT... You also need to consider that you have to take into consideration the size of the grain. Wheels that are designed for use with coolant have a wider grain structure ect... ect... Never stop learning.
sometimes i look at people and think.. how come theyre so clever.. thats mostly with you. thanks for sharing.
Wonderful little grinder. It also doubles as a lathe and will do taper turning :) When I saw the setup I was amazed. Very nice job fabricating that wheel guard. In fact, the rebuild was very interesting, specially doing the bending. Keep them coming!
Excellent find and it looks good. Great video as usual. I'm looking forward to more of your grinding and I hope you do peen that parallel straight. I would really like to see that technique.
Tip: Plain white vinegar does an excellent job of removing rust. I recently bought a box of items at an auction for $5 that had been buried in the dirt for years and years and a couple of days in white vinegar removed all the rust! It does a truly amazing job.
I like that perfect part of equipment. Especially about vertical bars.
Stephan, Another great video. I love the amount of detail you provide. Hope you are up for one recommendation . . . modify your wheel guard to include a grindings catcher. I run mine with a shop vacuum . . . even when I am applying coolant. If you use your surface grinder very much, you will see why this is a valid recommendation. This is especially the case with the precision machines you have in your shop.
Congatulations for "new" machine. Bravo Stefan!
Now, we wait for diamond dresser project, etc, etc...
Nice little machine for the shop. Do share more videos of your experiences with it Stefan.
Great job on the rebuild Stefan it will make a nice tool for your great little shop!!
Great little machine, I really want one that size. Good work on the guard.
Get rid of those casters, there is a better way to do it.
Mount two wheel on the back of the base so they are a few millimeters above the floor. Make a "hand cart" type thing using two more wheels and a piece of square tube with a hook between the wheels. Add an eye to the base. To use, you just hook the handcart into the eye, and lever the machine up so the rear wheels contact the floor.
I have a commercially made version (I think made by HTC) on my wood cutting bandsaw. My bandsaw is a floor model (no base) about 2m tall and weighs quite a bit. I keep it near the wall, but I can pull it out to for running really long boards or for cleaning when I need to. It is a very stable arrangement and I find it is very easy to move and steer even though it weighs over 300kg.
here is a pick of something similar
www.popularwoodworking.com/wp-content/uploads/10707-lead-1.jpg
That is quite a good idea, but I think I will just put 4 screw jacks under it, as I will not have to move the grinder often - Only when somebody needs to get to the houseentry-fuses.
Other than the wheels, which you covered, my one concern would be the radiator on the wall next to the grinder. You MAY find that the "hot" end of the machine introduces a slight thermal distortion across the width of the part if the rest of the workshop is particularly cold (it probably needs to be measured if you are attempting to obtain the nth degree of accuracy). As far as the wheels and keeping things precise is concerned, maybe a precisely flat plate mounted on top of a thin rubber mat may work - the rubber would deform to adjust for any change in "level" as the machine is moved, while the flat plate would reinforce the stability of the machine base. Maybe look out for a chunk of an old optical bench top - they are designed to be precise, rigid and strong.
Nice job you did on the grinder. Awesome job on the guards.
thank you Stefan, for all of your excellent videos and info. Makes me raise my standards with all of the knowledge you are providing.
my friend has one of these LIP 515, lovely little machine
i agree with old tony its the perfect size for a home shop
about balancing the electric motor , i wonder if it helps to static balance the rotor between centers and carefully shave away on the heavy end
G'day Stefan
Great video and a useful addition to your shop.
I am looking forward to your dressing accessory videos as I need to make some as well.
Have fun with your new machine.
You can use double sticking tape for getting the bend out...also for none magnetic stainless...nice find of this machine!
WELL DONE MR STEFAN!
Very nice work on the wheel guard Stefan!
First time commenter, long time watcher, great job and video.
Thank you :)
I’m glad you used an LED 4w. Very economically.
Nice grinder, nice work on the wheel guard and dust stop, and like everyone else, I'm jealous.
Keith Fenner has a video showing how to straighten shafts by peening them.
Thanks,
John
Suburban Tool has a video showing a technique to obtain very flat parts using the residual magnetism of the magnetic chuck to minimize parts conforming to the chuck. I myself have recently acquired a Reid surface grinder and am trying to cure similar chatter problems. I think I will have to check the spindle for concentricity. Thanks for the video
I haven seen that video from Surburban, but I dont think thats a good idea with a permanent magnetic chuck ;)
Sweet score on the grinder, looking forward to seeing it in future videos. Keep up the good with the good work.
Hey Stefan, don't worry about that chatter. As the part or tool is used and stoned after awhile the light marks will wear away and you'll be left with a nice surface.
It’s a great find and the same applies for your rebuilding. I don’t even try to be as precise as you are. I have several parts which would make it possible to build one. Time and rooms are problems.
My question, if you please: what moves the longitudinal movement? Rack, gear, chain or what else?
Thanks in advance
Old Bob
Hi Stefan, Great job of the refurbish, that 's neat, can fit in a back pocket. Now that is done, you can get some skin grafts, that thing looks like it beat you up.
Very nice grinder a adition to your shop. Thanks for sharing.
very high-quality work and excellent equipment, but please treat carefully to yourself and especially to your hands, see the scratches, bruises and burns, and restless soul. Greetings from Russia
beautiful work Stefan, as usual!
Hi mate. I can see some very accurate shop made tools coming up. Well done mate what luck you found it. I would have taken the base however. It will be important for the price at resale.
You might find the z axis way covers as off-road motorcycle fork covers... Cheap, effective available.
3:25 Die Idee ist genial !!! Die Not macht erfinderisch stimmt's
Stefan, I always seem to learn something new from your videos. The peening is something I will definitely want to learn more about. I am currently making the parts for my large lathe taper attachment that were missing the part is over 2 feet long and I'm dealing with the metal Bowing. If necessary I may try the peening method to straighten it. Thanks again.
Always a great video, thanks. Very nice rebuild.
I really liked the look of the front "fender" before painting. Beautiful job as usual. Why didn't you go to 5 decimals on the 7? Hiding something?
Hey, Stefan, great video! I'd really like to get a small little surface grinder like that, unfortunately everything in Sweden seems to be pretty big. You do seem to have alot of the smaller toolmaker-stuff down in and around germany.
Anyways, to the question: I got this Boley 4LV-lathe a couple of months ago, full with alot of the original accessories - which is great - but I'd like to restore the machine. I'm really struggling to get a hold of that original almost enamel-paint that the machine has originally. But when I saw your newly painted grinding cover I noticed that it seems to be more or less the same color and paint. What kind of paint did you use?
could you show how you cut the new taper to match the cutter grinder
Would like to see someone add pneumatic cylinder to x-axis. Hint,Hint. Great video.
Great video as ever, lovely sheet metal fabrication work. Interesting to listen to your various ways to grind out bow, I look fraud to your peening video , never heard of that method before. Thanks for your uploads , all very informative. Be nice to see you make up a grinding jig for your shaper tools to be good on you LIP UNIT.
You can always put it in the shaper machine if the finish isn't perfect! :-D
Excellent work, very inspirational!
Nice video, thanks. That kind of machine really was missing in your shop. I think it is more versatile and useful than the shaper. The wheel cover came out great and in a style suiting the machine perfectly. Maybe it is a video compression effect. But to me it seemed in some scenes that the grinding carriage is not moving smoothly forth and back and has some stick/slip motion. Is there excessive friction or a too thick oil on the ways?
Hey Stefan have you ever considered some kind of bearing assembly for the top slide? I have a similar grinder that is also just a sliding flat surface with oil grooves. It works - but it 'could' be smoother action. My machine is probably a little bigger than yours. A lot would go into it - but even if you haven't considered it - what would be the best bearing type and how would you attach it? Any ideas for me?
Hi Stephan. Nice grinder. Maybe some fork gators of a dirt bike for the vertical slides
you are an outright artist!!Teun
Hello, thank you so much for all your videos, they are realy interesting and well done. I am a classical guitar maker in France with as well a real passion for precision work in metal and machinery in general. I am at the moment retrofiting a large 3 axis gantry CNC in a five axis one. I have also the opportunity to get a nice LIP 515, the price is 1200€, do you think it is a fair price?
Best regards.
Hugo.
I bet super gluing the part to the chuck for the first pass would let you take out any light bow or twist.
Really nice little grinder machine. I wonder how much it cost in fairly good shape...
Great episode as always!
Dang, nice job on hitting that round number on your parallel, LOL!
I thought that was a stroke of genius, putting your cross slide onto your mag chuck.
Nice new toy.