Episode 31: Adept adapter question
In episode 31, Dr. Jeffrey Badger fields a question from a shop truing its diamond wheels offline, then remounting them onto the non-tapered spindle without using an adapter. The shop is wondering…
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Episode 30: The Grinder’s Toolbox
I've been playing around with all these calculations, but they're a hassle on the shop floor. What can I do? Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr. Jeffrey Badger…
Episode 29: Rotating the dressing diamond
A shop asks Dr. Jeffrey Badger, our Grinding Doc columnist, if it is really necessary to rotate the dressing diamond. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr. Jeffrey Badger…
Episode 28: No time to dwell
During rotary plunge dressing, a shop worker is dwelling 2 seconds and would like to know if that's about the right amount of time. Grinding Doc Jeffrey Badger suggests it isn't a…
Episode 26: PM grinding truth
A shop that switched to powder-metallurgy steel after being told it would be easier to grind has found the opposite to be true. The shop turned to Dr. Jeffrey Badger, our Grinding…
Episode 27: Grinding literature
Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's Grinding Doc columnist Dr. Jeffrey Badger offers some recommendations for instructional and informational grinding literature. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr. Jeffrey Badger at…
Episode 25: Grinding friability
A wheel manufacturer recommended that a machine shop switch from brown alumina to white alumina because the latter is more friable. In this episode, the Grinding Doc analyzes the wisdom of this…
Episode 24: No-dress test
In the latest installment of the Grinding Doc series, Dr. Jeffrey Badger responds to a shop that performs high-production grinding of small parts and experiences trouble when determining how much to dress…
Episode 23: All bark, no bite
Grinding Doc Jeffrey Badger fields a question from a shop taking smaller and smaller finishing passes and several spark-out passes in order to get tight tolerances and a good surface finish. But…
Episode 21: Up or down grinding?
For the 21st episode of the Grinding Doc video series on the Cutting Tool Engineering Plus Web site, a shop asked Dr. Jeffrey Badger whether it's better to up-grind or down-grind? Visit…
Episode 20: Sticking point
A shop grinding tungsten carbide with a resin-bonded diamond wheel asked the Grinding Doc about the difference between two conditioning sticks purchased from two differrent suppliers. With one stick the shop can…
Episode 19: Is MQL the future?
Grinding Doc Jeffrey Badger addresses whether minimum quantity lubrication is the future of grinding. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr. Jeffrey Badger at http://www.thegrindingdoc.com.
Episode 17: Finding the sweet spot
Dr. Jeffrey Badger helps a shop weigh advice from two wheel salesmen. One says the sweet spot of a wheel is all about material-removal rates, while the other keeps talking about wheel…
Episode 16: Spindle versus spindle
A shop has two of the exact same machines, but one has a newer spindle. The shop is thinking about putting a new spindle on the second machine, but wants to know…
Episode 15: Wheel consumption
A shop performing continuous-dress, creep-feed grinding on nickel alloys contacted Dr. Jeffrey Badger for advice on battling burn while reducing wheel consumption. Check out Badger's response in the latest episode of The…
Episode 14: Tired of the chatter?
In this episode of the Grinding Doc Video Series, Dr. Jeffrey Badger helps a shop resolve the chatter encountered when performing multi-pass cylindrical OD grinding. Though the shop keeps dropping the plunge…
Episode 13: Eliminating burr
Watch the latest episode of our Grinding Doc Video Series featuring Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the expert behind Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's Ask the Grinding Doc column. In the latest installment of the…
Episode 11: Too much chatter?
A grinding shop trying to grind a 0.006" radius into a hardened steel part with a 60-grit, vitrified-bond, aluminum-oxide wheel was having trouble with burn and huge chatter. Grinding Doc Jeffrey Badger…
Episode 10: Overloaded wheel?
Grinding Doc Jeffrey Badger looks at improving coolant velocity for shops running into loading problems with superabrasive wheels. Such wheels, he says, are more problematic than aluminum oxide wheels that wear away…
Episode 9: Wheel sticking
Grinding Doc Jeffrey Badger says don't be timid when you stick your wheel. By doing so, he says, you can do more parts between wheel sticks—just be careful of the surface finish…
Episode 8: Deep dress, deep cuts
Grinding Doc Jeffrey Badger urges shops to dress quickly and take deep cuts to reduce cycle times. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr. Jeffrey Badger at http://www.thegrindingdoc.com.
Episode 7: Cylindrical OD plunge grinding offers options
Grinding Doc Jeffrey Badger offers an overview of cylindrical OD plunge grinding in the seventh installment of our Grinding Doc video series. One of the great things about cylindrical grinding is that…
Episode 6: Cylindrical OD grinding
What's a good speed when cylindrical OD traverse grinding? Grinding Doc Jeffrey Badger worries less about the speed, more about the percentage of the wheel being used to do the roughing. Visit…
Episode 5: Cluster diamonds
Thinking about using cluster diamonds? Grinding Doc Jeffrey Badger suggests going at least 4x faster than with a single-point diamond. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr. Jeffrey Badger…