Corner Radius and Ball Nose Grinding Illustration

This is a simplified illustration of radius grinding. The CUTTERMASTER Professional and Toycen Air Spindle has been designed for corner radius (bull nose) and ball nose grinding. Your attention to detail during set up is essential to your success. As with any surface on the cutter, grinding a radius can be tricky: although a ” nick won’t really affect the tolerance it will be visible. The concept of this operation is that the grinding wheel and the tool must be located relative to the tool spindle pivot point so that the radius is created as the tool is rotated past the wheel. There is a key difference in grinding bull nose versus ball nose corner rads. That is as follows: When grinding bull nose, you bring the tool to the wheel When grinding a bull nose you locate your wheel position in the y and x axes, set your indicators to zero, then move the wheel away from the tool the diameter of the desired radius (eg. ” for a ” radius), then bring the tool to the