Belt Sander almost done

Patrice Lemée

Patrice Lemée

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I will finally try this knifemaking thing you guys seem to like so much. ;)

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Thanks for looking.

Pad
 
nice setup :thumbup: Looks a little smoother than the gorilla i built
Carful with this knifemaking stuff its more contagious than the clap :eek:
 
I built my main grinder, but it looks like a junkyard special compared to yours (works good, though)!:D You're well on your way to becoming addicted, like the rest of us!:) What HP is that motor you've got there? Where you get your parts?

Todd
 
Thanks for the compliments.

The motor is 1HP 1750 rpm. I thought it better to start slowly and I can always get more power later, the frame can take a lot more. The drivewheel and contact wheel came from Beaumont. I made the tensioning wheel and the rest. Still needs a couple of deflectors for sparks and flying metal. And also a platen for flat grinding.

As to the addiction well I already have the general metal working type so I guess adding knifemaking just makes sense. ;)

The one who dies with the more tools wins, right?

Pad
 
Me sees a Lowes' spring in there :) , same one I have in a similar
looking home-made-grinder.

How is it tracking ? The tracking wheel on top should have a little
crown on it. 1-2 layers of duct tape will do in a pinch.

Also, you'd need to add a flat platen and may be a 10" wheel
for hollow grinds. Both are trivial things, with this particular type
of design.


Rashid
 
Good eye Rashid, you are close, Home Depot. ;)

The top wheel is crowned. I have to turn another one though. This one is a little off. My turning skills are sadly quite lacking. :(

Tracking is fine, the tracking mechanism is doing it's job. Simple but effective.

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The platen is next on the list. For the 10" wheel, I will wait to see if the bug really bites me. :)

Pad
 
Looks good, but is that a TEFC motor? I can't tell fom the picture. I am certainly no expert, but I have read that metal grit, etc. can collect in a non-enclosed motor and will eventually cause it to arc out and possibly explode. Whether or not that's true, I cannot say, but I wanted to pass along that warning. Good luck!

Here are some BF links that mention problems with dust and gives some potential solutions;
motor question

How important is tefc?
 
Pad,

I still think that building such type of grinder (let's call it "Big Red", after
Goddard's original design) is best done using a buffer/grinder as foundation.

You get cheap motor, TEFC, 2 shafts - so one can still be used as a buffer.
That's exactly what I did - based mine on 3/4 HP grinder/buffer from HF.
Every now and then I think that having some extra HP would not hurt.

Well, HF sells 2HP (!!!) 10" bench grinder for whopping $109

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Chris, I appreciate your concern. It is a TEFC motor.

Rashid, sadly we don't have any stores here like HF or Grizzly. This was a used motor but still almost new and it cost me about 170$ taxes included. If we had, I might have just bought the Kalamazoo Sander from Grizzly.

Pad
 
Padrig,
for future reference check Princess Auto. They have good sales now and then.
I got a 1hp TEFC motor for 130CAD. Delivery in Canada is 40 cents per pound. eg 30LBs is 12 dollars.
 
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