Balancing A Surface Grinding Wheel - Revisited
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- čas přidán 19. 10. 2021
- This video is a revisit of my previous video on balancing a surface grinding wheel. I am using a balance ring from Outside Screwball.
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Chuck Bommarito outsidescrewball@gmail.com - Věda a technologie
Hello Steve,
An interesting video... Thanks for sharing...
Take care.
Paul,,
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for stopping by.
Nice video Steve, thank you for the product review, I haven’t had a wheel that heavily out of balance as your example….best, C
It worked well. I was not surprised because it was the same as the other wheel that I did. As I showed in the video the wheel that I drilled took a lot of material removal to balance it. I used to balance 24" crankshaft grinding wheels and we actually used lead washers that screwed to the side of the hub. Thank you again for making them available.
Thank you very informative very interesting I hope to get my tool cutter grinder up and running in the next 4 to 6 weeks this information will be helpful.
I am looking forward to that. I don't always comment by I watch all of your videos.
I'm really enjoying your channel and your projects. Like Mr.Pete's channel no annoying music and clear instructional. Thank you for your time and effort..
Glad you like them! Thank you for your kind comments.
Thanks for the reminder/refresher on this subject mate.
Thanks for watching and commenting.
Excellent video,Steve and I hope I´l get my new surface grinder soon this time and use it.Thank you.
Thank you for watching and commenting. My surface grinder gets used more than I expected when I purchased it. I adds a nice finishing touch to most projects.
Good one Steve...I decided to get at least one from Chuck also, now the need for one went back farther on the list...hope I don't loose my material I cobbled together to make some..they do work slick...!
I need a larger diameter one for 2 of my hubs so I think that I will be making a couple up anyway. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Perfect timing. Thanks Steve. Ironically I am currently building a balancing stand so I can Balance my wheels for my new surface grinder.
Sounds like a plan. It really makes a difference on the surface finish. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Just got a boyer schultz 612 from Tom at hilltop machine works glad to see this video pop up thank you
I am going to keep my eye open for one of them. It will actually take up less room that my "bench top" grinder.
@@sharkrivermachine mine has some problems but I thought it would be a good one to learn on.
Thanks Steve. Useful for me. Cheers
Thanks for watching and commenting
Nice video Steve. I should probably purchase some of those. I also need to build or buy a balancing arbor to use with my balancing stands.
I turned this arbor. There is a video on it. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Good work on the part of both of you. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Been looking forward to this one. Thanks for posting, Steven.
I have been going to make this video for a long time. Glad that was able to get it done. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Looks like a neat design. I made a balancing ring with adjustable weights so it’s not at the mercy of the fixed weight of the set screws. It’s essentially a cup with thin edges that are perpendicular to the wheel sides around which the weights are adjusted. The balance procedure I use is in the Jones & Shipman 540 manual. The results are remarkable. Be well, Steve.
I have seen that style hub. They are very expensive. The ring works well for an existing hub that does not have that feature. I am always on the lookout for hubs, maybe I will find one. Thank you for watching and commenting.
Very helpful to see this again, Steve. Like you, I'm a bit nervous about drilling wheels. Have an old T&C grinder that I would like to do light surface grinding on in the future.
You are right about that, thanks for stopping by.
Looks a convenient way to balance a wheel, nice idea. It took me a good while to get good surface grinding results, a combination of wheel grit size and type etc. combined with balancing. I made the mistake of initially going for too fine a grit, a 36 grit wheel gave better results. Good luck with your experiments.
I was rushing the grind a little. I have gotten better finishes in the past. I need to let it spark out after the final grind. I think that I am getting some noise in the machine from the belt. Need to investigate that. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Steve, I wonder if that wheel was so far out of balance that a good static balance is still out dynamically. I was amazed how much weight it took for a 1/4" wheel.
The wheel that I balanced was actually a 1/2", I demoed the 1/4" to show the mounting. I think that one of of the reasons for the amount of weight is how close to the center the weight was applied. Building a dynamic balancer would be an interesting project. The other thing that I need to double check is the accuracy of the arbor. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Man that wheel was out a lot to start with.
I certainly was. I am going to try a high quality wheel and see how that works. I am also going to check my arbor to make sure that is straight. Thanks for stopping by.
Interesting video Steve, I'm looking forward to getting my grinder up and running. I'm also surprised how far out it was. Will be interesting to see what you find with it. Gary
I like using the grinder, it has been a good addition to the shop. Thank you for watching and commenting.
Thanks for the video Steve. I wonder if the remaining ripples are an indicator of some other issue. Could it be spindle bearing wear or motor vibration?
There is definitely some noise in the grinding system. I suspect the motor bearings. The spindle feels smooth. Thank you for watching and commenting.
Hi I'm trying to locate a contact for outsidescrewball but for some reason my tablet sees no links or contact info. Can you please direct me? Thx
outsidescrewball@gmail.com
Hi Steven, I was just shopping around for precision ground flat stones and consulting with a few YT machinists. A mutual friend told me that you offer them at a good rate. Can you point me to your website, or email?
Here is a link to my Etsy shop. I will be deactivating it this evening because I am going away for the weekend and will not be able to ship until Monday. www.etsy.com/shop/sharkrivermachine
Thanks for your interest. You can send an email to me also and I will send a Paypal Invoice. sharkrivermachine@gmail.com
Sir you should do the dresser first
Always, I may have missed saying that but I always do. Have been grinding for over 50 years.
32 years precision grinding and i have never once needede to balance a 1/2 inch wide wheel. Neither has anyone i have ever worked with or shop owners. For some reason a lot of youtube amatures seem to like creating problems for no reason. I change wheels multiple times a day sometimes. This is just stupid!
We will need to agree to disagree. I am a retired machinist with over 50 years of experience. For normal commercial finishes your are right and the only grinding wheels that I ever balanced were 24" diameter crankshaft grinding wheels. As a home machinist I seek finer finishes than I ever attained commercially. Balancing these surface grinding wheels made enough of an improvement in the finish to make it worthwhile.
Journeyman tool and die maker here. 2 carbide shops and now over 10 doing all grinding in gage shop. possibly you just have a garbage spindle but i have built many draw dies and expand noses, also powdered metal dies all at 4 micro polished. No one ever complaines about my finishes. Only wheels i balance are 1" wide for something like a 6/18 wet grinder where wheel will stay on hub till worn out or larger wheels. No way i want a bunch of set screws spinning. @@sharkrivermachine
Im just saying sometimes im holding 2 micron, thats better than class b gage blocks and didnt balance the wheel. Not once ever. @@sharkrivermachine