Horizontal grinder table - Reeder?

[C_Claycomb]

I have a Reeder grinder and have been thinking about making a long table rest like the Reeder Table (24” x 8” with 2” and 4” cut outs to follow my platen wheels. The Reeder Table is covered in 1/4 tapped holes.

Anyone have a long support table like this for their horizontal grinder? What could all those threaded holes be used for?

 

[A.McPherson]

Anyone have a long support table like this for their horizontal grinder? What could all those threaded holes be used for?

Don't have one, but you could use the holes for lots of things...

Changing the orientation of the table, setting up jigs, installing a lever to use as a push stick to increase grinding pressure. Installing angled rests for pre-set grind angles.

Probably lots more... Sky's the limit! Just gotta have some imagination.

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

In have one. Don't use it much. Greg at Reeder makes it for his machine. Check his site.

 

[C_Claycomb]

In have one. Don't use it much. Greg at Reeder makes it for his machine. Check his site.

Oh…I regularly check Greg’s site (Reeder products) to drool after the few bits and pieces that I haven’t already bought! However, he is a bit too far away for me to buy more of his stuff on whims. Shipping, tax and import duty add up!
What do you use it for when you do use it?

I have been wanting to have a tool rest that has a recess for the vertical platen, in order to grind with a push stick , spine supported on the rest. Thought if I was going to make one for that, might as well be long enough to turn around and use horizontally with the wheels.

Don't have one, but you could use the holes for lots of things...

Changing the orientation of the table, setting up jigs, installing a lever to use as a push stick to increase grinding pressure. Installing angled rests for pre-set grind angles.

Probably lots more... Sky's the limit! Just gotta have some imagination.

Uncharacteristically, I am running an imagination deficit! Had thought of the pressure lever stick, but not the angled guide fence, like that idea. Not sure what kind of jigs would benefit from a fixed base, knife making or otherwise. Though it might be interesting to hear from others.

Grinding arcs would work with a fixed pivot point, I did something like that on my old grinder.

Cheers!

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

I just looked at Greg's site and don't see the horizontal work rest. Now that I think about it, it was for the TW-90. Since I haven't tilted that grinder in years, I don't use the rest. I bought it as a big batch of work rests and tool arm knuckles. One rest had four different curves on it to fit various size contact wheels.

I'll have to go look for it if it ever stops raining.
The horizontal table was about 18"long with lots of holes to attach guides and such. It had standoffs to make it sit on the workbench. The ends are cut to allow the 2" wheels to sit in the curve so you can do curved grinds on handles and such. The straight part sits along the 10" flat platen at 90°. The main reason for it was supposedly so you could grind handles and fittings at a perfect 90°. I had few reasons to need that.
Like I said, I hardly ever used it. I'm not sure where it is right now, but I'll take a look around next time I'm in that part of the shop..

 

[A.McPherson]

Not sure what kind of jigs would benefit from a fixed base, knife making or otherwise.

I was thinking of a rail bolted to the work rest that a jig would ride on...
So I guess not really a jig, more of a fixture, but whatever... Lol!

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

I can't find the photo, but one fellow made a wooden table that was permanently attached to his bench. When the grinder was tipped over sideways, the flat platen rested right next to the table. The table had a metal plate on it that could be moved in and out a bit to get a snug alignment with the belt. It seems like a simple solution for some folks, especially if you set up a dedicated horizontal grinder.