The Grinding Doc

Welcome to TheGrindingDoc.com, home site of  Dr. Jeffrey Badger,  an internationally renowned expert on grinding and abrasives and an independent consultant.

Current Items of Interest
May 2012		Carbide Master-Grinder Clinic Three-day in-depth clinic on grinding of tungsten-carbide 6-8 November; hosted by Rollomatic, Mundelein, Illinois Registration open 15 June Click here to view a pdf brochure about the clinic
May 2012		2012 Grinding Course Schedule The Grinding Doc's three-day High Intensity Grinding Course is scheduled for 2012 as follows: Course 1: 7th, 8th & 9th March 2012 in Columbus, Ohio Course 2: 28th, 29th & 30th May 2012 in Stockholm, Sweden Click here to register. Course 3: 23rd, 24th & 25th May 2012 in Dublin, Ireland Click here to register. Course 4: 16th, 17th & 18th July 2012 in Goshen, New York, USA Click here to register. Course 5: Fall 2012 in China, date pending
April 2012		MSEC Manufacturing Conference 4-8 June 2012 Notre Dame University Dr. Badger will be presenting a paper on the correct use of microfracturing "SG" "ceramic" abrasives.
May 2012		The Hardinge Machine Technology Show Dr. Badger is an invited speaker at the Hardinge Technology Show in Elmira, New York on 6-7 June. He'll be discussing how to choose optimum grinding parameters when grinding tungsten-carbide.
November 2011		Recruiting of engineers with experience in grinding. Are you an engineer with experience in grinding? I am receiving more and more phone calls from recruiters looking for people with knowledge in grinding, and there seems to be a lack of qualified people. If you have experience, and might be interested in new opportunities, send me an email with your resume. All emails kept confidential.
April 2011		The Grinding Doc Video Series The latest edition of the series: eliminating chatter and waviness in cylindrical grinding by avoiding the dreaded "integer value". Click here to view.
September 2008		Finding Granddad's War Not related to grinding, but interesting nonetheless. My recently published book on my search for my grandfather's war buddies.