Re: CNC Surface Grinder

Flood cooling is the only way to reduce wear, prevent as much chip
dust as possible and aid in dust and metal removal from the surface.

being a manual unit, you need to think what you want to do with it.
Sharpening tools is almost entirely manual. no need for CNC

large surface grinding just needs automatic feeds and does make it
worth the effort.

also, for wheel wear, a sensing probe could be used to determine
removal and then adjust the tool, but usually, just the proper wheel
selection and light feeds is all that is needed.

Dave





--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "vrsculptor
<vrsculptor@h...>" <vrsculptor@h...> wrote:

> Questions:
> 1. Does mist work OK with a surfaec grinder? In the olden days we
> used flood cooling.
> 2. Do CNC surface grinders exist or is cnc just used for automatic
> feed?
> 3. Are axis designations the same as a mill? X/Y table, Z head?
> 4. Is there anything built into G-code to compensate for wheel wear?
> 5. What CAM program would you use for horizontal milling / surface
> grinder? VM4 doesn't do it and I don't remember seeing it in
> MasterCam.
>
> Just curious. I was given a Butterfly (no kidding) surface grinder,
> manual feed, mag chuck, single phase, about 8X30. I don't think I
> will automate it but now that anything can be CNC'd with Gecko's

and

> Mach1 you at least have to consider the posibility.
>
> RogerS