Grinding Doc Series

Videos • December 5, 2010

Tired of all the chatter

In the 14th episode of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's Grinding Doc Video Series, Dr. Jeffrey Badger helps a shop that's getting chatter when performing multi-pass cylindrical OD grinding. Though the shop keeps dropping the plunge speeds, nothing seems to help. They ask the host of the Grinding Doc Video Series what they can do?

Videos • October 5, 2010

Eliminating burr?

Watch the 13th episode of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's Grinding Doc Video Series as host Dr. Jeffrey Badger fields a question from a shop seeking a recommendation for a wheel that can eliminate burr.

Videos • September 5, 2010

Burn noticed

Watch the 12th episode of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's Grinding Doc Video Series as host Dr. Jeffrey Badger helps a shop decide if it's a bad idea to gauge whether it gets burn by looking for burn marks on the part.

Videos • August 5, 2010

Too much chatter?

A grinding shop trying to grind a 0.006" radius into a hardened steel part with a 60-grit, vitrified-bond, aluminum-oxide wheel was having trouble with burn and huge chatter. Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the host of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's Grinding Doc Video Series, explains how to handle the situation in the 11th episode of the video series.

Videos • July 5, 2010

Overloaded wheel?

Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the host of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's Grinding Doc Video Series, looks at improving coolant velocity for shops running into loading problems with superabrasive wheels. Such wheels are more problematic than aluminum oxide wheels that wear away more readily, Badger reports in the 10th episode of the video series.

Videos • June 5, 2010

Wheel sticking

Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the host of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's Grinding Doc Video Series, tells shops not to be timid when sticking a wheel. By sticking aggressively, shops can do more parts between wheel sticks, the Grinding Doc suggests in the 9th episode of the video series.

Videos • May 5, 2010

Deep dress, deep cuts

Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the host of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's Grinding Doc Video Series, urges shops to dress quickly and take deep cuts to reduce cycle times in the 8th episode of the video series.

Videos • April 5, 2010

Cylindrical OD plunge grinding offers options

When cylindrical OD plunge grinding, Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the host of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's Grinding Doc Video Series, says you can play around with the parameters without affecting cycle time. Watch the 7th episode of the video series now.

Videos • March 5, 2010

Cylindrical OD traverse grinding

What's a good speed when cylindrical OD traverse grinding? Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the host of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's Grinding Doc Video Series, worries less about the speed, more about the percentage of the wheel being used to do the roughing in the 6th episode of the video series.

Videos • January 5, 2010

Cluster diamonds

Thinking about using cluster diamonds? Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the host of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's Grinding Doc Video Series, suggests going at least 4x faster than with a single-point diamond in the 5th episode of the video series.

Videos • December 5, 2009

Rotary diamond dressing

Why are all your parts turning into toast? Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the host of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's Grinding Doc Video Series, offers insight into rotary diamond dressing.

Videos • November 5, 2009

The right grit

Do you have the right grit for a smooth finish? Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the host of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's Grinding Doc Video Series, takes a look at a common problem shops have with getting the surface finish that they want in the 3rd episode of the video series.