Abstract: A grinding machine, in particular for grinding scissors parts or knife blades, has a grinding wheel that can be driven to rotate, a workpiece socket, and a guide device for guiding the workpiece socket during the grinding operation. In order to enable fully automatic grinding of all the surfaces on a workpiece that are to be ground, in particular on scissors parts, knife blades or the like, using only a single grinding machine, the workpiece socket is disposed on a compound slide that is displaceable in an X-Y plane and is embodied as rotatable about a pivot axis (Z axis). The workpiece socket has at least one clamping device, which is disposed on the workpiece socket in such a manner that the primary longitudinal direction of a workpiece fastened in place extends substantially parallel to the pivot axis (Z axis).

Abstract: A compound-action scroll snip which is quickly and simply adjusted using a procedure amenable to automation. The snip includes a pair of pivotal blades in direct contact at the pivot point, and a pivot shaft with a head and a threaded end extending through round untapped holes in both blades. Two flat washers are located over the threaded end between one of the blades and a slotted-section locknut is threaded onto the threaded end. Proper adjustment of blade clearance is obtained by tightening the slotted-section locknut until a sudden increase in tightening torque occurs.