Anyone using the Grizzly G1015 Belt Sander?

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Has anyone tried using a single phase vfd to slow down the motor on the Grizzly.

There is no such thing.
A VFD uses 3 phase power.

I just purchased the grizzly 1015 and for the life of me I cannot get the tracking to stay in one spot.
The belt wants to fly off of the wheels.

Also my drive wheel slid onto the shaft like butter and I have read in a lot of different posts that most people had to hammer the drive wheel on.
I do have a little play with the drive wheel and it does seem to wobble a bit when turned on.
Could this cause the belt to slide off the wheels?

Also every now and the when I turn the motor on without the belt I can hear a weird soft grinding nose coming from the left side of this motor.
Not sure what that is maybe it just needs to break itself in?

You can almost always improve tracking with more belt tension.
It needs to be way tighter than you first think.

You can also add a few wraps of tape in the centre of the wheel.
Creating a crown or high spot will cause the belt to centre on that.


Grinding noise?
Bad bearing ?

 

[Jason Magruder]

I've had a grizz for about 10 years now. I made some wooden wheels in various diameters to slow the belts down. I only use it to flat grind so plywood works fine for the drive wheels. When I want it real slow for sharpening and really fine belts I run the belt on the motor shaft with a little electrical tape for grip.

Tracking is not very good. I've tried lots of things to get it to track better but ultimately the design and tolerances on the machine just don't allow for good tracking.

My biggest gripe is the completely worthless work rest that comes with it.