The invention relates to a coal cutter hollow shaft machining method. The coal cutter hollow shaft machining method comprises the following machining steps that a coal cutter hollow shaft initial baris got to be machined into a spline small-diameter through hole, and a centre hole semi-finished product is machined; the left and right ends are subject to rough turning; taper faces are subject turning trimming; u-turning is carried out, one end is clamped by a chuck, the other end is fixed through a center support of a lathe, a center hole in the other end is formed through turning, and the taper face is formed through trimming; the left and right ends are subject to semi-finish turning; one end is clamped by the chuck, the other end is ejected by the center support, spline small diameter is formed through drilling, and spline end face angles are chamfered; a mandrel is installed, an iron core stopping part is subject to finish turning, and the left and right end are subject to finish turning; seventhly, the installed mandrel is hit to be tight, the right end and the left end are subject to finish turning, a hollow shaft of the inner taper face is matched with the grinding centre tobe installed on a grinding machine, and the hollow shaft is subject to grinding treatment. The invention further provides a grinding centre used for grinding the hollow shaft. By means of the methodand the grinding centre, coal cutter hollow shaft grinding operation can be conveniently and accurately carried out.