I post my first videos and nothing...Ryan posts a math question and everyone goes nuts - Ha, I love this forum. (I really do) and my friends understand my humor, I hope you do too. Also, Ryan is a really good online friend and he is doing some important work for me, so give him all the help you can.
Anyway, moving forward with this build, and after grinding with these wheels for a couple of hours yesterday, I have some things to say about my experience. As usual, take it or leave it.
Here's the bad:
1. The rubber spindle bushings are on the lower end of QC, but, I wouldn't be surprised if they are very close to 70 duro.
2. These recent ones were a little less true than some I have had, which caused a little more "bump" than I cared for.
3. I was able to true them up to an acceptable level on my own, but I would have to recommend that if you needed to do this, you should epoxy the rubber to the shaft, chuck it in a lathe and true it that way.
4. Someone with a mill probably doesn't need any advice from me, but they could deepen the seats so the wheel doesn't want to drop out on a belt change. My first attempt was to drill separate holes in separate arms, but I ran in to slight alignment issues. I opted for aligned and less grab by cutting one hole in half for the arms.
Here's the good:
1. I came in under budget and have enough left over material to make 3 more wheels if I buy 4 bearings.
2. After some tweaking to true the wheels tonight, I am
very happy with the results.
3. You don't have to be a machinist to get this done. (You do need a level of building experience and and/or problem solving with an eye or method to get things true.) Plus, a drill press and some sort of saw at a minimum.
4. I spent $30 on 10 bearings which are true and run cool. $28 on scrap aluminum and 3 feet of 1/2" drill rod, and under $20 on rubber bushings. About $6 on the Allen head screws. About $84. I had the steel arm, bolts and epoxy.
5. $84 (plus on hand material) is pretty nice for a Beaumont style small wheel attachment with 4 wheels ranging from 1/2" to 2." I want a 3" or 4" contact wheel. I will probably get that from Beaumont.
Here's the summary:
I've made my grinder and every attachment (except the main wheels and belt, motor), if that's not your kind of thing, buy the Beaumont attachment and wheels as you need them. You won't sacrifice a thing except money, and even that will be well spent.
If you are the gambling type and believe you can build anything, you might like something like this.
Here are the two wheels (1.5, 2") that I haven't shown.
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