Here is the one who competes with my wife several times a week. She is the reason my wife goes to bed alone some times. She is the one who gets much of my attention and most of my cash.
She's loud, fast, and doesn't care who she hurts. Yeah, I know she's heavy but I like em that way
This is still a work in progress and I turned it on for the first time last night after I finished wiring my shop (read: garage) for 220v. I don't have it wired up to a switch yet so am forced to plug/unplug. The 220 switch should come soon.
For those of you who are astute, you'll notice that this is a GIB/EERF grinder from PolarBearForge that is belt driven. To my knowledge this is the first one of its kind.
I chose to run it this way b/c a friend gave me the 2HP pool pump. The mounting system on the pool pump wouldn't work so I had to do some backyard engineering to get it to work. She's an ugly broad!
It is set up left handed so that my CCW motor will run it in the right direction without taking up extra table space. I like it behind the grinder rather than beside it.
You will notice that the drive rod is all thread. Had already gotten the flange bearings and step pulleys in 5/8" because I expected to have a 5/8" drive wheel. But late in the game I was able to buy a drive wheel for the 2x42 Craftsman here for $15. It is only 1/2" and has no keyway so I got sleeves for the pulley and bearings to go from 5/8 to 1/2 and used the all thread to run the much cheaper drive wheel. It works smooth for now. I might have problems in the future with it but i'll cross that road if it happens. I can always switch back to a 5/8" rod and wheel if I need to.
Thanks for looking,
Jason
She's loud, fast, and doesn't care who she hurts. Yeah, I know she's heavy but I like em that way
This is still a work in progress and I turned it on for the first time last night after I finished wiring my shop (read: garage) for 220v. I don't have it wired up to a switch yet so am forced to plug/unplug. The 220 switch should come soon.
For those of you who are astute, you'll notice that this is a GIB/EERF grinder from PolarBearForge that is belt driven. To my knowledge this is the first one of its kind.
I chose to run it this way b/c a friend gave me the 2HP pool pump. The mounting system on the pool pump wouldn't work so I had to do some backyard engineering to get it to work. She's an ugly broad!
It is set up left handed so that my CCW motor will run it in the right direction without taking up extra table space. I like it behind the grinder rather than beside it.
You will notice that the drive rod is all thread. Had already gotten the flange bearings and step pulleys in 5/8" because I expected to have a 5/8" drive wheel. But late in the game I was able to buy a drive wheel for the 2x42 Craftsman here for $15. It is only 1/2" and has no keyway so I got sleeves for the pulley and bearings to go from 5/8 to 1/2 and used the all thread to run the much cheaper drive wheel. It works smooth for now. I might have problems in the future with it but i'll cross that road if it happens. I can always switch back to a 5/8" rod and wheel if I need to.
Thanks for looking,
Jason
because the bench here is about a foot too tall and is built into the garage so I can't alter it
