Grinding a slot

Mar 29, 2009 4 Replies
K

I bought a vertical slotter a while back. The sliding head is REALLY worn. Grinding the two sides and bottom should be a piece of cake on my surface grinder.



On each side is a slot about 1/4" wide by 3/8" deep. One edge of each slot needs to be ground true. How should this be done?



My surface grinder takes 3" diameter stones. If there is such a thing as a side grinding stone, the cost is likely out of this world. I'm tempted to true up this slot on my mill with a slotting cutter.



other suggestions?



Karl


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J

Can you strap a toolpost or even a die grinder under the head of the surface grinder? The spindle doesn't have to be level as long as you diamond-dress the stone.

Jim Wilkins

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W

3" diameter?

Is this the typical bridgeport slotting head?

After you grind or mill the surfaces, can you make a gib to deal with clearance?

Anyone have a breakdown of what one of these things look like?

I keep wanting one. This sounds like a learnable moment if someone is teaching.

Wes

-- In her book "Atlas Shrugged", first published in 1957, Ayn Rand warned us about the society we find ourselves in. We were warned.

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K

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I.D. of wheel

No its a Rhodes. Here's one like mine except i have the vertical attachment

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K

Here's a pic of the ram. It shows the slot I need to grind true

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