Grinding Doc Series

Videos • October 17, 2022

Upcoming Grinding Doc training courses

Jeff Badger, Ph.D., a.k.a. The Grinding Doc, describes his three-day High Intensity Grinding Course, which he developed to provide grinders an in-depth understanding of production grinding along with the knowledge and tools to make significant, long-term improvements to their grinding operations.

Videos • October 17, 2022

Grinding Doc discusses Truing Parameters Calculator

Jeff Badger, Ph.D., a grinding expert and the author of CTE's Grinding Doc column, provides a practical tour of the Truing Parameters Calculator he helped develop along with Rush Machinery and the International Grinding Institute.n

Videos • December 17, 2021

Grinding Doc — Dressing Playlist

A collection of episodes from CTE's Grinding Doc video series that are devoted to the subject of dressing.

Videos • April 20, 2021

Episode: 107: Grinding, a pictorial odyssey

At The Grinding Doc, we put together this short video with some of our more popular electron-microscope photos. Take a look. It might just change how you see grinding.

Videos • April 19, 2021

Episode 106: Understanding chatter

Jeffrey Badger, Ph.D., discusses the grinding principles at work that cause chatter in the 106th episode of The Grinding Doc video series.

Videos • February 11, 2021

Episode 105: Cylindrical Master 2020

After a long hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Grinding Doc video series on Cutting Tool Engineering's website resumes with a special two-hour episode about Cylindrical Master 2020, an Excel program developed by Dr. Jeffrey Badger, aka The Grinding Doc.

Videos • September 11, 2020

Episode 104: The Book of Grinding

Jeffrey Badger, Ph.D., aka The Grinding Doc, offers a light-hearted quick overview of "The Book of Grinding," which he published for shop employees who want to educate themselves about grinding. Watch the 104th episode of the Grinding Doc video series.

Videos • July 11, 2020

Episode 103: Cylindrical grinding relief

Dr. Jeffrey Badger provides a simple, if not pretty, solution to a nasty cylindrical grinding problem — when the side of a grinding wheel meets a flat surface. Watch the 103rd episode of the Grinding Doc video series.

Videos • June 15, 2020

Episode 102: Workpiece fatigue

For the 102nd Grinding Doc episode, Dr. Jeffrey Badger covers the impact that thermal softening, residual tensile stresses and rehardening burn have on fatigue life in steel workpieces.

Videos • May 25, 2020

Episode 101: Cup wheel grinding

Jeffrey Badger, Ph.D., takes a detailed look at the impact different grinding approaches have on cup wheel wear in the 101st episode of the Grinding Doc video series.

Videos • April 20, 2020

Chatter Chat

In the 100th episode of CTE's Grinding Doc video series, Dr. Jeffrey Badger discusses his least favorite subject—chatter.

Videos • February 26, 2020

Episode 99: Spiraling out of control

The Grinding Doc helps a shop understand the source of the spiral marks showing up on a part, and offers a potential solution.