Surface Grinder Restoration || INHERITANCE MACHINING

Join me in the machine shop for the surface grinder restoration. This is a precision surface grinding machine that I inherited from my grandfather. It is an industrial machine tool designed for the sole purpose of making parts extremely flat. So why on earth would a hobby machinist require such a specialized piece of equipment in his manual machine shop. Well, because it’s cool of course! This surface grinder includes a magnetic chuck, a flood coolant system, and a dust collection system. All of which are a complete mess. And there are even some broken bits in the mix. So I’ll be unleashing my arsenal of rust removal techniques. Including, but not limited to, the sandblasting cabinet, scotch brite pads, evapo rust, and more. Once everything is cleaned up, repaired, and reassembled I’ll go through the process of dialing in this machine. This includes leveling with a precision level, grinding wheel dressing, grinding wheel balancing and resurfacing the magnetic chuck.

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TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro
1:06 Teardown
3:27 Oil System Problems
4:50 Table and Saddle
6:54 Oil System Repair
8:00 Reassembly
8:59 Leveling
10:09 Coolant and Dust Collection
12:25 Wheel Dressing and Balancing
14:27 Mag Chuck Resurfacing
15:49 Revisiting Collet Blocks

FAQ
Editing: Final Cut Pro X
Intro Song: Way Back Way Back When (Instrumental Version) - Gamma Skies

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[InheritanceMachining]

Thanks for watching! I've put off leveling and aligning the lathe for long enough, and now I can't avoid it. Stay tuned for that adventure on Friday April 1st at 10am Eastern. (for real) And who knows, I might actually get to finish the collet blocks!

[SaltCityFab]

I vote you keep the "Side Project Counter" as a must in each published video!! Great work on the videos and keep em' coming!

[clxudzYT]

I know there is one very proud man watching his grand-son restore and use all of his old tools!

[jackalovski]

In the UK, almost every machine shop has in the corner a 1960s jones and shipman 540 surface grinder. Be glad you don’t have one of them, everything on it is hydraulic, including the x, y & z auto feeds. They’re actually a pain to service in the UK because they’re all imperial threads but a marvel of engineering none the less.

[Siouxperman]

Grandpa would be proud. I’m very fascinated with the older generation’s technology. Like all of our grandpa’s words and phrases like, “They just don’t make ‘em like that anymore” are never more truer than now. Great repair. Cheers

[kirakirakira]

I know nothing about machining and I just happened to stumble onto this channel. But now I am obsessed, this is so satisfying to watch!

[LectroSaw]

Love your channel, you are going to kill it when more people find it. Like how you do a COMPLETE task instead of some others who drag out something like a vise handle project into 10 episodes. Or, they do scraping every other week. Keep it up!

[ronbuckner]

I am enamored of your website. My dad had a shop in our basement we were never welcome in, so my brother and I lived in the shop until he gave up and told us leave our fingers where God put them. At 10 years old, he finally gave me shop lessons and an ice cream cone to my brother. He was 11 months younger than me, and Mommy always liked him best. I didn’t care as long as I got the bandsaw and the drill press, it was an even trade as far as I was concerned. I really don’t know which program I like best between you and “This old Tony”, both of you touch all of my memory moments.

[cennsadriver]

Love the side project count. It's a good day in the shop when you can keep them from overwhelming the main project(s). But then again any day in the shop is a good day!

I had the assemble my own small machine shop but the wood shop has all my dad's equipment. He's been gone awhile, but he's with me in the shop when I'm working.

[chrispoirier]

Evaporust, paper towels and Saran-wrap!! This is a gem of an idea!!

[ptw]

My grandpa was T&D for ford too, I chose the millwright path for the blue oval. Always cool watching the finesse work get done

[petemclinc]

Your grandfather sure was big on Enco! I remember seeing and reading their catalogs at work when I was an apprentice in the late 70's...

[clone]

I'm loving the calm and consistent narration in the video. I just acquired a Reid 618 3-axis automatic surface grinder for my garage and there is one subtle thing I was informed of and I wanted to bring this to your attention if you're not aware of it already. The magnetic chuck to table interface should be ground completely flat on both surfaces when re-installing the magnetic chuck. If there is a bow or gap under the magnetic chuck the chuck can actually warp slightly when the magnet is energized. It's recommended to grind the surface of the table flat by itself and then clamp the magnetic chuck upside-down and grind the bottom surface of the chuck without energizing the magnet. Once that is done then you can reposition the chuck back onto the table and re-grind the topside as normal. Note that when clamping the magnetic chuck to the table the left clamp should be tightened down while the right clamp should be just snug, this should allow the magnetic chuck to slide across the table under thermal expansion instead of bowing up in the middle.

I wish you good luck in your inheritance and I'm jealous of that bandsaw you have there, the table/throat clearance is huge for a small shop.

[nunyabusiness]

You Sir, in the most honourable sense of the phrase, are a scholar and a gentleman. Delighted to see a fellow Engineer just lean into his machining and tinkering roots. Good on you, good for you, best of luck with the shop and so looking forward to watching more of the videos. Each and every one of them is such a gem so far 🙏🏾

[Mint_drake]

As a toolmakers apprentice, I've been learning a lot about surface grinding. And theres a few things I'd like to mention.

First thing is my journeyman told me to let the spindle run for a good 15 - 20 minutes before doing any grinding. This allows it to warm up to operating temperature before any actual grinding is done. And so that nothing changes when you're in the middle of a pass on your part.

The second thing is, please, use your dust collector as much as possible! In the shop we have a central dust processor hooked into all the machines, which makes it fairly quiet. A stand alone unit like yours will make a racket, and it might start driving you crazy, but your lungs will thank you for keeping it on.

[roadshowautosports]

16:07
You’re too funny!
It reminds my struggles with myself, when everything IS working fine, but I still have to squeeze that last drop of precision where there ain’t!!!
Love your videos!

[SvensWerkstube]

Restoration with love and precision but not overdosed like cleaning each atom of each part. That is what I love about your videos. And no crappy kidding backgroundmusic of course. Keep it up! Greetings from Germany, Sven

[michelhv]

I appreciate your nonlinear historiography. It gives a good sense of how things are connected.

[terrystewart]

So glad I found your channel. I'm a machine repair apprentice at Ford in the Rouge and your videos helped me out alot.

[gregarioussolitudinist]

The quality of your video production is greatly appreciated. The voice-over style of presentation is far better than speak-as-you-go. The concise explanations are easy to follow, providing all the required depth. Thank you!