Small wheel attachment for Grizzly?

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Its good to be back on the forum. After 2 operations and some Titanium rods & screws in my spine, I am finally able to sit upright and do something other than "veg". Now to the question, have any of you come up with a small wheel attachment that would fit on the grizzly grinder. With all the time I've had to sit and think, I have come up with alot of projects, and this is one of them. I am thinking of an arm that will mount where the platten mounts. has anyone tried this?

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Now I know were to get some Titanium for upcoming projects.......OUCH!!!
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[This message has been edited by ydduit (edited 06-24-2000).]
 
I wouldn't spend to much time on making add on equipment for the Griz. If you want a quick small wheel grinder buy a set of rubber sanding drums from Harbor freight( the long ones)with the 1\4 inch shaft. Mount your router on a router table chuck up the proper size and grind some finger grooves or whatever. You can buy a speed control if you want.
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TJ Smith
 
Sanding drums are OK but they don't last long at all. A small wheel is really the way to go. Not to say that what I did is the "proper" way to do it but do a search in the archives for a post called "small wheel grinder". All it really takes is some heater hose over the shaft of a bench grinder an an idler wheel. I used a 2 X 48 belt.

C Wilkins
 
Thanks for the replies guys. I have tried sanding drums in my drill press with poor results(takes to long), I never gave a router table a thought. I am going to search the archives and check out your sugestion also CL.

R A Wilson
 
Thanks for the tip CL. I rigged up my grinder the way you did and was amazed with results. Now maybe I will enjoy grindin finger grooves
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Do you put anything around the arbor when you do that? Something like elecrical tape seems like it might cut down on wear to the arbor...

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Osbourn
Put heater hose over the arbor and put
a washer in front of it to keep it from tracking into the grinder.
 
Mr. House's instructions are correct. I used just standard automotive heater hose over the shaft of the grinder. I did put some duct tape on the shaft first. (What would we ever do without duct tape or WD40?)

A large washer is recommended to place over the shaft of the grinder next to the housing prior to putting on the heater hose. As Nathan mentioned, this prevents the belt from cutting into the housing.

This is cheap, easy and works fast. As mentioned in a previous post, this is much more convenient than having a small wheel attachment on your grinder. You really don't have to worry about changing out accessories, which is a pain. The only drawback is that you are somewhat limited to one size wheel.

C Wilkins

[This message has been edited by C L Wilkins (edited 06-27-2000).]
 
I didn't have any hose laying around so Tried using just duct tape.I worked great and I can add or remove tape to change diameter. I don't know the life span on using just tape but so far I have ground about 8 finger grooves and done some handle profiling and the tape is still going strong.
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