Is it time to upgrade my belt sander?

[kc custom]

After nearly a lifetime of collecting tools ( I sold my first hand ground knife in 1977) its finally starting to be fun. Never ground on any kind of a jig and
now it doesn't matter weather its hollow or flat they seem to get by o k . I would suppose some kind of a fixture would help. Grind, Grind, Grind, it will
get better.

Ken

 

[tsavickas36]

I'm not set up to post pictures here. There are a few in the Grizzly Belt Grinder Mod group on FB.
The contract wheel is just a bar that I ground down to fit in the receiver with a hole trapped at the end for a bolt that serves as the axle for the wheel. A couple of washers act as spacers to center the wheel.
The waterfall platen is a piece of 1.5" angle tacked to a 3/16 x 2 x 6 flat bar such that the flat bar is in line with the belt. The angle is at the very end of the flat bar. One hole through the angle for a bolt to replace the top wheel. The belt still runs around the bottom wheel. It works well, but gets hot quick. It will wear down quickly, so version 2 will be hardened.

That gives me a pretty good idea on what to do. Thanks Ben.

 

[tsavickas36]

More often than not, it's the Indian, not the arrow. Keep practicing.

I agree, the process is painful but I will battle through. It is allowing me to learn to fix some mistakes as well and it doesnt have to be a wasted knife just different than originally planned.