how do I "Slow this wilton down"

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I am looking for a sorce for a smaller drive wheel setup for a whilton grinder.
also a reasonably prices 8" serrated contact wheel for same. can some one please point me in the right direction? thanks
T.C.
 
polish avenger said:
PM me.
-Mark
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After visiting your shop, I know why you posted this. I started giggling as soon as I saw your post!

p.s.
I got my copper bolster material today. I'll be working on the damascus drop point with the ivory and scrimshaw this coming weekend. Oh joy!
 
It was that obvious, huh? Nice to find someone that needs one! He just hasn't mailed me yet.
Best of luck on the project...hope it turns out the way you want it. Where was it that you got the copper from?
I cut that forging off the stick a couple of days ago...haven't touched it since. Been re-doing the arms on my grinder after a trip to the Steel Yard in P-town. I'm much happier with the alignment now.
-Mark
 
Change the drive wheel size is all you need to do. A 4" wheel will probably be just what you want. Concider a 10" wheel ? Frank
 
In order to slow down the Square wheel, you have two options.... 1. change the motor out to a variable speed, or 2. Install a smaller drive pulley. If you choose #2 there are some other things you must do besides just changing out the pulley. The smallest you can go on the drive pulley, and still have the whole range of belt tensioning, is about 7". Installing a "slow down" pulley will require that you relocate the tooling arm, by moving it forward on the chassis. This will require you to unbolt the tooling arm from the frame (take out the two socket head cap bolts that hold the tooling arm to the frame), and you will have to drill and tap a new hole. The tooling arm is mounting with two bolts through the rearward oval on the tooling arm. This will give you just about the same range of belt tension as if the 10" factory drive pulley were installed.

I've owned/used a Wilton Square Wheel for almost 25 years, and have a page on my sight on "Tricking out the Wilton Square Wheel Grinder"
With a "slow down pulley" the Wilton is a MUCH nicer machine to use, and is very cost effective for what you get in return.
 
I purchased a "slowdown" wheel from Koval something like 18 years ago and didn't have to do any drilling. There are two sets of holes in mine and the tooling arm has two different slots for attaching it. The slowdown wheel measures right at 7 3/8 inches in dia. It really helped but isn’t nearly as good as variable would be.

Ramsey
 
thanks for the help I will give true grits' slow down wheel a try. cann't afford a variable grinder at this stage.
 
It is worth ponying up the cash for a DC variable motor kit for your Wilton. It was a conciderable sum of money back then in the 1980's, but Koval knives sent me the motor and speed control making the Wilton into a machine that has good speed control. It turned the Wilton from a regular belt sander into a fully controllable Cadillac of a grinder. You won't regret the upgrade.
 
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