home made belt grinder
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home made belt grinder
If you read some of my other posts, you know I like making tools for the Shopsmith. I thought you might be interested in the following photo.
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As you can see, I have been building a light duty belt grinder that fits on a Shopsmith. The wheels are 6" plastic caster wheels. It takes either 1” or 2” wide belts in any length from 42” to 60”. There are 1 and 2 inch platens that bolt on behind the belt. I made a couple of work tables for it, second one seen here.
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I would have preferred ball bearings rather than sleeve bearings on the drive shaft but I used what I had on hand. It has an adapter to take my wood lathe chisel sharpener on the right side. It can be used without the work tables as a slack belt grinder and with a bigger drive wheel too. It runs pretty good.
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I am writing it up and hope that Home Shop Machinist magazine will publish it. (I have a little two page article in the current issue of that magazine!)
I am interested to see if you have any comments, suggested improvements, etc to make. I am adding a spark shield over the top wheel for safety.
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As you can see, I have been building a light duty belt grinder that fits on a Shopsmith. The wheels are 6" plastic caster wheels. It takes either 1” or 2” wide belts in any length from 42” to 60”. There are 1 and 2 inch platens that bolt on behind the belt. I made a couple of work tables for it, second one seen here.
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I would have preferred ball bearings rather than sleeve bearings on the drive shaft but I used what I had on hand. It has an adapter to take my wood lathe chisel sharpener on the right side. It can be used without the work tables as a slack belt grinder and with a bigger drive wheel too. It runs pretty good.
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I am writing it up and hope that Home Shop Machinist magazine will publish it. (I have a little two page article in the current issue of that magazine!)
I am interested to see if you have any comments, suggested improvements, etc to make. I am adding a spark shield over the top wheel for safety.
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Peter
a 510,a Mini, dedicated SS drillpress, SS spt's, home made SS belt grinder, SS piston air system, Southbend 10k lathe, mill/drill, Taig
a 510,a Mini, dedicated SS drillpress, SS spt's, home made SS belt grinder, SS piston air system, Southbend 10k lathe, mill/drill, Taig
- dusty
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home made belt grinder
Really nice job. Very professional and a great application for the Shopsmith.
"Making Sawdust Safely"
Dusty
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- robinson46176
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Very nice indeed...
What size belt is that?
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What size belt is that?
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Francis Robinson
I did not equip with Shopsmiths in spite of the setups but because of them.
1 1988 - Mark V 510 (bought new), 4 Poly vee 1 1/8th HP Mark V's, Mark VII, 1 Mark V Mini, 1 Frankensmith, 1 10-ER, 1 Mark V Push-me-Pull-me Drillpress, SS bandsaw, belt sander, jointer, jigsaw, shaper attach, mortising attach, TS-3650 Rigid tablesaw, RAS, 6" long bed jointer, Foley/Belsaw Planer/molder/ripsaw, 1" sander, oscillating spindle/belt sander, Scroll saw, Woodmizer sawmill
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Francis Robinson
I did not equip with Shopsmiths in spite of the setups but because of them.
1 1988 - Mark V 510 (bought new), 4 Poly vee 1 1/8th HP Mark V's, Mark VII, 1 Mark V Mini, 1 Frankensmith, 1 10-ER, 1 Mark V Push-me-Pull-me Drillpress, SS bandsaw, belt sander, jointer, jigsaw, shaper attach, mortising attach, TS-3650 Rigid tablesaw, RAS, 6" long bed jointer, Foley/Belsaw Planer/molder/ripsaw, 1" sander, oscillating spindle/belt sander, Scroll saw, Woodmizer sawmill
Here is a picture of a 10" wheel mounted with a 1.5" x 60" belt. I think it was a lawn mower wheel in a previous life, that I trued up on my Southbend metal lathe. It is usable but not a very good drive wheel.
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Peter
a 510,a Mini, dedicated SS drillpress, SS spt's, home made SS belt grinder, SS piston air system, Southbend 10k lathe, mill/drill, Taig
a 510,a Mini, dedicated SS drillpress, SS spt's, home made SS belt grinder, SS piston air system, Southbend 10k lathe, mill/drill, Taig
That is really cool!!
Heath
Central Louisiana
-10ER - SN 13927, Born 1949, Acquired October 2008, Restored November, 2008
-10ER - SN 35630, Born 1950, Acquired April 2009, Restored May 2009, A34 Jigsaw
-Mark V - SN 212052, Born 1986, Acquired Sept 2009, Restored March 2010, Bandsaw
-10ER - SN 39722, Born 1950, Acquired March 2011, awaiting restoration
Central Louisiana
-10ER - SN 13927, Born 1949, Acquired October 2008, Restored November, 2008
-10ER - SN 35630, Born 1950, Acquired April 2009, Restored May 2009, A34 Jigsaw
-Mark V - SN 212052, Born 1986, Acquired Sept 2009, Restored March 2010, Bandsaw
-10ER - SN 39722, Born 1950, Acquired March 2011, awaiting restoration
The base is just two 6" long pipe nipples screwed into two 4" floor flanges and then bolted to the extruded aluminum piece by 5/16" bolts, the heads of which nicely fit the "T" slots in the aluminum. I turned the nipples down so they slide into the SS spt sockets easily.
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Peter
a 510,a Mini, dedicated SS drillpress, SS spt's, home made SS belt grinder, SS piston air system, Southbend 10k lathe, mill/drill, Taig
a 510,a Mini, dedicated SS drillpress, SS spt's, home made SS belt grinder, SS piston air system, Southbend 10k lathe, mill/drill, Taig
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