Well I ve owned one for about 20 years now and never considered it a foolhardy investment I got both the 10" contact wheels for doing blade grinds with a very shallow hollow grind and the 1/2" contact wheel for doing fullers Both were offered by the manufacturer
If I adjust the tracking to work in the mid ranges it will need readjusted at higher speeds Typically as I increase speed the belt will tend to wander off the wheels and fly off unless uncorrected Then when I tune for full speed the belt will move back toward the grinder and hit the tower arm when the speed is decreased
Hello I really am in need of a belt grinder First I wanted to make one but now I figure that for the time and money for a motor metal pulleys etc it might just be cheaper to buy one I have been looking at one grinder that I think would be pretty good It uses a
Michael you are correct The motor belt goes to a small pulley 2" dia if I remember correctly That small pulley is on an 18" keyed shaft that runs through two pillow blocks with the grinding belt drive wheel mounted on the other end Take a look at the last picture in the set of pics I posted above and you can see the first pillow block
Decided it s finally time to replace my 2x48 belt grinder with a 2x72 So far I ve got the frame welded to the base and the tooling arms cut The plate is 1/2 thick and the body is 2x2 inch 1/4 thick tube The tooling arms are inch solid square bar The tensioning arm which is made of
HF has a belt grinder for $75 it looks like this HF grinder I m guessing it s garbage but does anyone happen to have experience with this model a rubber covered contact wheel I prefer an 8" And a small wheel attachemant I have 1/2" 5/8" 3/4" 1" and 1 1/2" wheels for that BTW the polar bear forge kit is only $250 but he has
Hi All I am building a 2" x 72" belt grinder and cannot seem to find any 2" x 2" wheels anywhere I have checked all the usual places; McMaster Carr Grainger ect; without any luck Does anybody know of a source I could use Thanks in advance Chad
Hello Everyone I have a really good customer that has a reid 618 surface grinder He doesn t know much about it as he bought it years ago and never used it but he said I could have it if I d come and get it Problem is he s on the east coast so I m trying to find info on this thing before I
Tracking wheel is a crowned 3 The flat platten is based on the one of Brian from Houseworks but with a 4 contact wheel on the bottom and a 2 contact wheel on the top The wilting work rest is also adopted from Brian The tracking is a mixture of Brians design and the design of Beck s Armory The belt tension is applied by a torsion
Good systems for these are critical for a belt grinder Wood platten won t last long aggressively grinding blades Flat plattens are critical Horizontal belt configuration has limited use in blade making Aluminum wheels shouldn t be
Lot of folks on here wish to and do build their own belt grinders Keep in mind that I am a knife maker and want a grinder for uses may alter the build If you wish to hollow grind knives you need a cushioned faced contact wheel the correct size for the thickness and width of the blades you will grind A metal faced wheel
We have a 2X36 trick tools belt grinder mounted on a 3/4 hp bench grinder It has been a real workhorse and gets used a lot however it does have it s drawbacks We just purchased a KMG 2x72 belt grinder and it is more powerful 1 1/2 hp and more versatile with different wheels & table
I ve been collecting parts for a little over a year and I was finally able to get a weekend all to myself to build my belt grinder Since I mostly have wood working tools I made the majority of the grinder body from plywood The idler arm and working arm are both metal I m using a motor
The belt grinder you mentioned is $ so I now know why you are interested in one at half that price You have been a member of this site for 2 days with 7 posts If you had been to the knife section you would have found many discussions on belt grinders
Bader was what the swordmaker I worked under used for US$13000 swords You might like a different kind back then Burr King and Square Wheel were other "professional" belt grinder manufacturers I haven t kept up with what was available after I
The heat from friction is going to be a function of surface area contact area time pressure and belt speed I have a fixed speed belt grinder and a 400 grit belt will heat the steel much much faster than a 40 grit belt If I could slow it down for the finer belts It d cut faster because I could make contact longer
It occurred to me that with an idler wheel on the drive much smaller than the blade wheel an idler wheel on the coasting wheel and adding a contact wheel arm and wheel it might be a serviceable grinder It takes 93 inch blades right now It seems like a stout 1 hp motor and with all the step pullies and shaft it can be adjustable
More receiver slots / bays whatever just gives you more options on where you can align the various attachments contact wheels etc You might have one that contacts the belt with a smaller wheel and needs to be in the top receiver bay while another with a platen or large wheel pushes out more belt and so has to sit lower etc
The contact wheels were commercial ones and ranged from Ø4 in to Ø13 in in plain face with an additional serrated face wheel of Ø8 in size The durometer hardness of the wheels is 70 for those really interested The take up pulley was old stock from the company that made the contact wheels crowned at Ø7 in made from cast aluminium
I need to buy a belt grinder for my tool making I am looking at the 2 x 28 grinder attachment seen the picture I am either going to buy the 8 3/4HP grinder sold by Harbor Freight as the main grinder to attach it to OR I think I better option would be the mount it to a existing grinder I
Anyone have experince with the grizzly #G1015 "knifemaker" beltgrinder Is it any good I m thinking the 2"x72" belts are going to cut better and last longer plus I can get a good sized contact wheel for Hollow grinding not to mention a MUCH better belt selection
The belt grinder you mentioned is $ so I now know why you are interested in one at half that price You have been a member of this site for 2 days with 7 posts If you had been to the knife section you would have found many discussions on belt grinders
Hello good people I just picked up an old wilton square wheel grinder for a song It has been out in the weather some and the contact wheel serrated tire has loosened from the aluminum wheel I tried "goop" which after curing for 24hrs held for about 2 minutes I sprayed 3m super 77 on both
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