Grinding Doc Series

A shop contacted the Grinding Doc to find out why it was getting a "horrible" surface finish when it first puts on an electroplated wheel. Dr. Jeffrey Badger, who writes the Ask The Grinding Doc column for Cutting Tool Engineering magazine, explains the issue in the 75th episode of the Grinding Doc video series.

A shop asks Dr. Jeffrey Badger, Cutting Tool Engineering magazine’s “Ask the Grinding Doc” columnist, whether it’s better to take several small, fast passes versus one large, slow pass when pinch-peel grinding tungsten-carbide shafts. About the Grinding Doc Video Series: Thanks to his work as an independent grinding consultant and the author of the “Ask […]

Grinding hardened steel using a water-based coolant is fine for a few hours, then—wham!—really bad burn. The Grinding Doc offers some insight. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr. Jeffrey Badger at http://www.thegrindingdoc.com.

The Grinding Doc offers insight to a shop worried that it’s wasting abrasive on half-worn electroplated CBN wheels. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr. Jeffrey Badger at http://www.thegrindingdoc.com.

A machine shop turned to the Grinding Doc seeking relief from the painfully long cycle times endured grinding cermets. Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the author of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine’s Ask the Grinding Doc column, explains what the shop should do to stop the pain. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr. Jeffrey […]

Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the Ask the Grinding Doc columnist for Cutting Tool Engineering magazine, examines the new Cubitron II grit. The research cited in this episode is described in detail in the April 2014 edition of the Welding Journal, and can be found here: http://www.thegrindingdoc.com/downloads-and-links/ Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr. […]

How close do you need to get the coolant nozzle to the grinding wheel? Dr. Jeffrey Badger, our Ask The Grinding Doc columnist, offers some direction. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr. Jeffrey Badger at http://www.thegrindingdoc.com.

For one shop, increasing wheel speed when cup-wheel grinding usually reduces wheel wear, but sometimes it increases wear. The shop turned to Grinding Doc Jeffrey Badger, Ph.D., for some insight. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr. Jeffrey Badger at http://www.thegrindingdoc.com.

The Grinding Doc fields a question from a machinist who seemed unsure of advice from the “old-timers” in the shop who told him he must dress at the same wheel speed he uses to grind. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr. Jeffrey Badger at http://www.thegrindingdoc.com.

A shop surface grinding 12″ x 36″ plates has to remove an eighth of an inch of material on both sides, but the cycle time is a killer. The shop turned to the Grinding Doc for a way to reduce cycle time. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr. Jeffrey Badger at […]

Dr. Jeffrey Badger, Cutting Tool Engineering magazine’s “Ask the Grinding Doc” columnist, offers a checklist for shops thinking about making the switch from aluminum-oxide to CBN. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr. Jeffrey Badger at http://www.thegrindingdoc.com.

A coolant supplier having trouble getting customers to try a new product turned to the Grinding Doc for some insight into how to convince shops to change their coolant. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr. Jeffrey Badger at http://www.thegrindingdoc.com.