Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CNC grinding & wheel dressing

Gentlemen,

When dressing a wheel, should the angle be slightly greater or less than 90
degrees?
Tom Eldredge

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From: Smoke <gordonr@...>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 10:30 PM
Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CNC grinding & wheel dressing


> In the interest of SAFETY, i wouldn't place the diamond point at a 90
degree
> angle to the grinding wheel when dressing them to a formed shape. That's
a
> good way to cause the wheel to explode while dressing the wheel!
> The diamond point should be at a slight angle....which is why the
commercial
> dressing point are mounted that way.
>
> Smoke
>
>
> >A friend has been doing a lot of work with grinders, headed toward
> >making form cutters for clock gears. He asked me if I thought it
> >possible to build a CNC wheel dresser.
> >
> >It seems to me it should not be to hard- the XY travel needs to be only
> >an inch or so, but the diamond should be arranged to point always
> >perpendicular to the line of travel.
> >
> >Are there such things?
> >
> >Anyone ever try to build one? Could Vector figure the angular axis to
> >keep the dresser pointed in the correct direction?
> >
> >ron ginger
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