How high is your grinder mounted from the floor?

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I'm thinking about designing a lift stand for my 2x72 Tilt Grinder project, and I'm wondering what height you guys are mounting your machines at. I guess specifically, what is the contact wheel arm socket's approx. height from the floor?

I was hoping to come up with a ballpark for the adjustment height range. Many times I've thought I got the height on a stand or something perfectly correct, only to realize that I totally screwed up due to lack of knowledge or wishful thinking.

Either way, thank you in advance for your time. :)
 
The distance is a little different for each person. Lock your elbows to your side and hands straight out in front of you, have someone measure the distance from your hands to the floor. That will be the distance for the center of your platen or wheel

Stan
 
I'm thinking it should be similar to a lathe. My headstock is at elbow height as is my grinder used for sharpening. Good place to start in any case.
 
What Stan said. I recently moved and made a new stand for my Sears 2X42. It used to sit so the "sweet spot" was was about just above my pot belly. Now it directly in front of my pot belly. It doesn't seem like much but it seems as if I have a better "feel" for what I'm doing and what's going on.

- Paul Meske
 
I put mine at about 14" from my eyes when standing, because that's where things are in focus. Bruce bump has a cool adjustable pedestal. There is a hydraulic jack in the square tube.


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I don't have an "organic tool rest" or pot belly as described above, but what ever height is ergonomic for your skeletal system
where you can brace your self well is where I would set it at. Got a stool just the right height for the grinder too.
 
Welcome hardycommand.
This thread and the others you posted on are all old threads. Look at the date before resurrecting old threads. Usually, it is best to post a new thread if the old one is more than a year old. One of the threads you resurrected was twenty years old.

A simple answer to your question is to hold a tool or knife like you were sharpening it on an imaginary grinder or machine. Have a friend measure the height of the tool tip. That would be the contact point height of the grinder wheel. Same method will work for a belt grinder or any other tool.
 
This is a great topic that I too was looking for last year.
I don't believe enough people think enough about ergonomics in general.
our bodies are pretty amazing with adapting to our surroundings, but I'm always trying to work better.

I'm only 6'2"..... but I notice that most things are designed with much shorter people in mind.
When I was designing my grinder stand, and workbenches I set them up considerably higher than what's normally available.
without measuring, I'm sure my drillpress platform is a good 5' off the ground.
because of it's comfortable height, I find myself using it for quite a bit more. Layout/light assy/etc.
I probably need to make more taller workbenches.

The advice above of making it adjustable is good.
Start off like Stacy said, but give yourself plus or minus a couple inches...... just incase.
 
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