Grinder needs an oil change and air filter

69_knives

69_knives

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So, has anybody built a gas powered grinder?

I have a 1.5 HP gas motor with horizontal shaft and was just trying to process the feesibility of turning it into a grinder/buffer/sharpening station.

I guess about the only advantage is that I could grind stuff in a power outage so long as I had a candle or lantern. :)

I did a few quick searches for gas powered grinder and the only thing I came up with was something that almost made me shoot beer out my nose... http://www.cnpowersport.com/sdp/478408/4/pd-2602483/2460898-1589425.html#normal_img
 
that could be done with some belts and pulleys. you can vent the exhaust through a larger pipe outside and use it inside. in a small shop it would serve as a heater.
 
I have had a design for a powerhammer that had a gas engine..... Still wish I had gone through with the prototype when I had the chance.
 
That would be sweet.

I remember when I was a kid there was an old machine shop a block or two away from the house and was in there a couple times with Dad and every machine in the place was powered by one motor that I couldn't see. Just a bunch or huge belts, shafts and pulleys running through the ceiling. Would be pretty cool to set up a shop like that.
 
Don't you people know gas engines are killing the planet?!? For goodness sakes, try this instead... you will save the environment and work off those extra holiday pounds at the same time... :D
 
You may help save the planet but you better stone cold sober if you value your family jewels doing it like that...:D
 
There is nothing wrong with using a gas engine, lots of hydraulic presses run off them.
One thing to keep in mind is that the HP rating of a gas engine and an electric motor are not the same. Usually you will use a gas engine about twice the HP of an equivalent electric motor. So, with that rule of thumb, your setup will run something like a 3/4HP electric grinder.
 
I can't remember what metalworking forum I saw it on but this like backwoods master machinist/mad scientist had lathes and mills powered by the pto on an old truck.
 
Electric motors are cheap compared to buying gas and pull starting every time you change a belt would suck.
 
Amish style. I saw a gas powered Miter saw and table saw on a work site years ago. I have also heard about Amish converting washing machines to run off gas engines. I imagine the same has been done with grinders.
 
Actually, washing machines ran on gas motors first, then were converted to electric.
Somewhere I still have an old Maytag hit-or-miss engine.
Stacy
 
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