Feb 7, 2014. #5. Dranreb said: Yes they can be free hand sharpened, a friend of mine was idly rummaging around in my sad tin of randomly acquired used end mills, he selected one, gave it a quick touch on the grinder and it cut as good as new! He is a long retired machinist and I would think it took him most of his working life to acquire that ...
The big problem with sharpening end mills is that few have the equipment necessary to do an adequate job, and information on cutter grinding is not easy to obtain. Most people that have experience with cutter grinding have worked under seasoned hands that have passed on the "black magic" required in order to apply cutter grinders to advantage.
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MetalworkingFun Forum > Machinery > Milling Machines > Mill Tooling > sharpening end mills by hand. Full Version: ... Apparently I'm some kind of do. A friend saw me stop working, pull the end mill out of my machine, and take it over to my vise to sharpen it. I use a fairly coarse knife sharpening stone, and it doesn't take very long.
Nov 04 2010 0183 32 The big problem with sharpening end mills is that few have the equipment necessary to do an adequate job and information on cutter grinding is not easy to obtain Most people that have experience with cutter grinding have worked under seasoned hands that have passed on the black magic required in order to apply cutter grinders to advantage...
I don't know about the rest of you, but I do what Harold says. Most of the time I'm using the end of the cutter (the 1st 20 to 60 thouhs) and when that gets dull, I simply use the bench grinder to hand sharpen the end; grind it back & put the reliefs on (without reducing the diameter). For end mills 1/2" in diameter & greater, this works well.
Hand Sharpening Endmills Practical Machinist. Feb 20, 2014 An endmill is not like a drill Don't even think about trying to hand grind the periphery, and if the end is dull, so too will be the periphery You will be crucified by your customers if you attempt to buy used endmills and hand sharpen them and sell them as "regrinds" (This was what was originally mentioned on …
Sharpening an End Mill using an off hand grinder, Harold Hall Most home workshop users will consider sharpening end mills a non starter due to the complications of sharpening its edges. This is understandable and whilst I have provided designs for doing this I consider it is only worthwhile if the milling machine is made considerable use of.
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