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After finally being able to afford a Wilmont TAG-101 grinder, I wanted to do things right. My last grinder was a Kalamazoo 2x72 and I welded a nice stand for it with the intention of always using it at standing height.
As it turns out, standing can be just as tiring as sitting, if that's all you're doing for long periods of time. So wouldn't it be cool if you could have an adjustable height stand for a grinder?
How the heck do you manage that for something that weighs 200+ lbs though and keep it rock stable? I'd seen another post on here that mentioned using an architect's drafting table that had an electrically powered adjustable height stand. A bit of searching craigslist turned up one that was under $100 and could lift 250 lbs of free weights in addition to the drafting table top (50+ lbs by itself).
Picked it up, got it home, only to find out it'd seen water damage in the past (the electrical components were still in solid shape) and the bottom half was packed with mud and ants. Lots and lots of ants. So many ants...
As it turns out, the bottom legs were hollow and you couldn't access most of the interior space. Which was filled with mud and an ant's nest.
Out came the chop saw and I welded up some new legs for it.
Lift as it looked initially:
New grinder:
Bottom of the lift, with the legs chopped off and a wire wheel taken to all the rust:
Top of the lift and the arms the desktop used to be secured to:
Interior of lift column with ball screw and motor:
As it turns out, standing can be just as tiring as sitting, if that's all you're doing for long periods of time. So wouldn't it be cool if you could have an adjustable height stand for a grinder?
How the heck do you manage that for something that weighs 200+ lbs though and keep it rock stable? I'd seen another post on here that mentioned using an architect's drafting table that had an electrically powered adjustable height stand. A bit of searching craigslist turned up one that was under $100 and could lift 250 lbs of free weights in addition to the drafting table top (50+ lbs by itself).
Picked it up, got it home, only to find out it'd seen water damage in the past (the electrical components were still in solid shape) and the bottom half was packed with mud and ants. Lots and lots of ants. So many ants...
As it turns out, the bottom legs were hollow and you couldn't access most of the interior space. Which was filled with mud and an ant's nest.
Out came the chop saw and I welded up some new legs for it.
Lift as it looked initially:
New grinder:
Bottom of the lift, with the legs chopped off and a wire wheel taken to all the rust:
Top of the lift and the arms the desktop used to be secured to:
Interior of lift column with ball screw and motor:
