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PROJECTS, ALL EXCEPT VEHICLES / Re: Model Train layout
« Last post by goodfellow on April 12, 2024, 09:57:16 PM »Lookin' good Tim! == Sam will love it.
When I had my shop, we had a Black & Decker seat grinder. I can't remember which valve grinder we had, it might have been a Sioux, but I bought it used from our local NAPA parts store machine shop. It was said to be worn out but once I cleaned it up the only thing I could find wrong was excessive play in the guides that were used in the mechanism to slide the valve back and forth across the grinding stone. My father-in-law was a tool and die maker so I asked him to take the guides to work and remove the clearance plus a little more. When I got them back, I installed with some shim stock to get the clearance just right so the table slid smoothly without any chatter when cutting the valve. That grinder served me well up until I sold the place. I wish I had a setup now as this sort of work is getting hard to get done as the automotive machine shops close up one at a time.
Lou Manglass