


I eventually returned to my old notion of building a Brooks-Stent (the plans disappeared from that site in January '07 - after I copied them to my disk:-) to sharpen end mills. The design of the Stent looked relatively simple and was made back in the days of a very basic workshop with a Myford ML7 lathe as. Project Tool Cutter and Grinder Original Stent Tool Cutter & Grinder I bought a set of castings and drawings from Blackgates (UK) some 30+ years ago. I don't know where the 'Stent' comes from, but it's also called a Brooks-Stent grinder. This thing is torture to find online, so I'll provide some Google bait. Stent Grinder Plans? Post by SteveHGraham » Sun Jan 20. Perhaps even a small hobby CNC machine would be able to do this kind of work with a high degree of success. At this scale, cutter grinding involves relatively small workpieces, so a giant machine is not called for.

Imagine a Tool and Cutter Grinder capable of sharpening any tool under full CNC control. CNC Tool and Cutter Grinder Idea Notebook.
