I have a Clarkson T&C grinder and it can do the sides of milling
cutters. As I understand it the air bearing "air bar" fixtures does a
better job by providing almost frictionless movement and so better feel
when regrinding the sides but isn't required to do so.

wayne mak wrote:

Thanks for the ref, on the book. As you know I just picked up the light
weight clone on ebay. I took it apart cleaned all the ways, screws and other
items. Powered it up and it works nice, the coolant pump run good and I did
a quick test on an old end mill. I wil have to look to see what this "air
bar" is all about. I did a few lathe tools (not sure I will use this machine
for this) and it worked nice but time consuming for that.
"Grant Erwin" wrote in message
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Rex B wrote:

Looking at a tool local to me, have not seen it yet.

K. O. LEE BA960 Tool & Cutter Grinder

What is this tool good for, in a home shop - anything?

Sharpening end mills & milling cutters & reamers. End mills you can
sharpen on the ends only unless you have a special "air bar" attachment.
Reamers you can sharpen on the end only.

Do not consider this tool as a replacement for a surface grinder.

Do not consider purchasing this tool if it does not come with a boatload
of tooling including stuff like centers, indexing fingers, tool head.

If you decide to think about this tool, you will need about 4x6 feet of
floor space dedicated to it, and need 3phase power for it. Do not consider
replacing the 3phase motor with single phase.

Before you buy this tool look at clones to see what tooling you should be
getting, and also search ebay thoroughly to see how KO Lee T&C tooling is
priced lately.

This was once a nice tool & cutter grinder. What kind of shape it's in
now, I cannot say. T&C grinders are sweet, but floor models are not very
space efficient in a home shop.

There is a book that was once published by KO Lee on how to set up and use
their grinders including T&C grinders, best reference I've ever seen. Very
hard to find and pricey if you can find it. It is titled "Instruction
Manual - A Handbook For Use With K. O. Lee Universal Grinders And Tool And
Cutter Grinders". Many years ago they cost $6, now they can cost 30 times
that.

Been there, done that.

GWE