Horizontal Ginders?

I have seen several grinders of this sort in shops where guys make folders exclusively. they are great for profiling right to the line while maintaining a perfect 90 degrees as well as putting small radius' in with little wheel that are dead on straight up and down. Have you ever checked out any of the oscillating spindle sanders that are made for woodworkers....I have a friend who has a big one (woodworker) and he swears by it. they are a lot cheaper than the kandg grinders and do the same thing...although i doubt if the sandpaper will last as long as a 2 by 72 belt....
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[This message has been edited by tom mayo (edited 04-30-2000).]
 
I'm at the point where I need one of the horizontal belt grinders also. No way can I afford one so does anyone have or know where one can get plans for a home built one??? Harbor Freight sells one of the spindle sanders for about $150 but I'm not sure if it oscilates. As quick as sanding drums wear out, I think I would rather try making a horizontal belt sander, even if it uses 21 or 24" belts. As with everything, I've got some ideas. Just gotta get off my butt and try em. I know how to set up a tensioner and since I can turn stck on my lathe, I think I could make the contact wheels with bearings in them. The way I would make them, there would be no need for tracking because I would have a lip or flange on them similar to a pulley on a bandsaw, but bigger, to keep the belt inline. I'll try to work on it some this week and let you guys know if it works out. Probably go the way of most of my ideas, but I gotta try! Thanks!! Michael

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[This message has been edited by L6STEEL (edited 04-30-2000).]
 
Guys: Stephen Bader offers a hinged base for their machines that lets you flop the machine over on it's side. Cost is about $150. I have one-works well but, I don't use it-just devised other ways to do the same thing, I guess.
But, if you've gotta get one, $150 beats $1850 by uh....$1700!!!!

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I just finished building my horizontal grinder. It has a contact wheel (5/8"Dia.) and an idler wheel. It's set up to drive the contact wheel. I used a piece of Blanchard ground stainless for the work rest that has dowel pin holes for micarta spacers. As the belt wears I add spacers to raise the work zone on the belt.
At this time I'm realy am not sure what RPM the motor runs. I got it for free and it's a 2.5 HP. It seems to run faster than 1750 but slower than the high speed motors. All I know is that with one to one pullies, it makes the small contact wheel FLY!!
I still have more work to do on it like enclosing the wiring and making a few more contact wheels for slightly larger Diameters. So far it's working fine and REALY cuts the time it takes to finish all my "inside" work.
Neil

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Dr. Lathe: Sounds like a neat machine. Your workrest is what I never made for my Bader attachment. I actually just work freehand on the Bader small wheel attachment, and, by cocking the knife off to the side, I can do about 80% of the contouring inside the finger groove before switching to a slack belt.
Be careful running those small wheels too fast-they can't take it! The bearings will fry without notice. At about $35 apiece, better to slow it down some...

RJ Martin
 
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