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

On Mar 29, 9:02*am, Karl Townsend
wrote:
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

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

Karl Townsend wrote:

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.

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
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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.

3" diameter?

I.D. of wheel


Is this the typical bridgeport slotting head?

No its a Rhodes. Here's one like mine except i have the vertical attachment
http://s213.photobucket.com/albums/c...noperation.flv

Here's a pic of the ram. It shows the slot I need to grind true
http://www.eurospares.com/graphics/T...sramalibre.jpg