Valley Metal Monthly Meeting, Saturday June 19th, 2004

Surface Grinder operations

Attendance

Marty Escarcega	Gene Neigoff	Bob Sanders	Neil Peters
Kay Fisher	Ron Watkins	Neil Butterfield	Doug Wilson
Bob Harbour	Lee Studley	Jerry Hine	Rick Sparber
Dave Batten	Tom Davis	Larry Carter	Robert Reisman

Thanks to Gene Neigoff for doing the demo tutorial and to Bob Sanders for the assist. Bob showed another method of surface grinding as well as demonstrating the radius dresser (not shown) Thanks to Neil Butterfield for taking care of copying and getting our dry erase board and easel.

Training documentation: Grinding_Training.pdf

Gene is going over the safety of a surface grinder, the importance of guards and the "ringing" of the wheels before their installation	An overall shot of the Gang
Gene is using a dial indicator to check the magnetic chuck, it is stuck to the column, then the table is run under it in the X and Y axis. Marty's was less than half a thou. "good enough for home shop work"	Scott! Where are you?? (actually Scott was recuperating from a recent surgery, he said he was "loopy" from the pain killer medicatin, I don't think Scott needs any help) Neil had Secretarial Duties as his own Treasury duties today...Gene: "Neil could you clean that board for me?"
Gene is explaining what the numbers and letters mean when pedigreeing a grinding wheel.	Gene is showing how to properly dress the wheel. Slightly off to the left of center line. X axis locked, run the Y axis under the wheel until you and a sharp clean edge.
Gene is demonstrating grinding on a sample of mystery metal. Notice he's wearing safety glasses. Look at the shower of sparks. What story do the sparks tell about the material?	The gang comes in for a close up.
General chit chat about the grinder and questions.	Bob Sanders showing yet another technique of grinding on the sample. Bob had the rythym going....
	shot of Robert Reisman (left) and Bob Sanders, Robert wanted to play with the grinder too...Bob liked the feel of the Reid Rollerway grinder.

Model being worked on by Robert Reisman, its a hit and miss engine. Robert says he has countless hours in the project so far.