Hello all!
Thank you for the kind words.
Robert, Hang in there, the 10" wheels are coming. It is going to take some time though....I hate to promise anything but I don't think I'll have them in a consistant supply for a while. (late spring...?) I know that I've been saying "a few months"...for a few months now and I apologize.
On a brighter note: lets talk about home built machinery.
Here is a buffer/grinder thing that I made a while back. Maybe the photos will give you some ideas. It is somewhat flexible in that I use wheels for right angle grinders such as depressed center flap wheels, cut-off wheels, and depressed grinding disks. Or I can change it over to use wire brushes, flap wheels, buffing pads, scotch-bright finishing wheels...etc. Basically I can use about anything that I can fasten to the spindle shaft.
I cobbled it up from stuff laying around the shop. No plans or drawings. The spindle housing is a home-made casting but a couple of pillow blocks will do just as well.
Robert, these photos are just some food for thought. Hopefully they'll trigger some inspirations.
Take care,
Rob Frink
<a href="http://www.geocities.com/beaumontmetal/index.html"> Beaumont Metal Works </a>
[This message has been edited by rfrink (edited 02-04-2001).]
