Stainless steel KMG, Build

[rfrink]

Wow!!

There is nothing that I hate more than machining SS.

I Hate it! I hate it! I hate it!

It eats tooling, it work hardens, it's gummy...it breaks taps...it costs a fortune....it wrecks bandsaw blades....and did I tell you that I hate it.

But one thing for sure.....It'll make a very cool KMG clone!

I can't wait to see more.

-Rob

 

[techna]

Jarod I found a motor for your grinder......Well kind of anyway. Too bad this one is only 1hp, but you gotta admit that in 2 hp or bigger, it would lend even more drool inducing panache to your project.

 

[Phil Dwyer]

Now he's going to have all of us scouring the country side for a stainless motor. What were you thinking?!

 

[kc custom]

Just makes me plumb sick to see nice tools made out of stainless.
Ken.

 

[JTknives]

Now he's going to have all of us scouring the country side for a stainless motor. What were you thinking?!

yep , my baldor has some stainless

 

[techna]

Just makes me plumb sick to see nice tools made out of stainless.
Ken.

Why? I thought this was a pretty nice tool.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=650934

 

[kc custom]

This was a joke the only reason it makes me sick is cause I don't have one!
Ken

 

[Ryan Minchew]

I am thinking about droping the recever risers by an inch so its a little lower. that the onley thing about the grinder plans that visulay bugs me. on a real kmg the risers are 5" not 6" i think and these are 6". is there any advantage to keeping them at 6"? QUOTE]

I think the time that will come into play is with a 14" or bigger wheel. When I bought my 14" wheel from Rob I had to buy a spacer that goes on top of the tool arm to raise it. If you use smaller diameters it's not a problem. When the machine is on the table that size wheel if put on without a spacer the belt hits the table.

 

[go mike]

Now he's going to have all of us scouring the country side for a stainless motor. What were you thinking?!

http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_200365380_200365380

Worth it? Yes.

 

[flatgrinder]

Dude, you're insane! You should mirror polish it! :thumbup:

 

[JTknives]

http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_200365380_200365380

Worth it? Yes.

ya i saw that one, and its not even that pricy for a 2hp motor. well it kinda is for a 3 phase but this is new and stainless steel . i will have to use my 1.5hp baldor for now then upgrade to that with a vfd. man that would be pimp.

I am thinking about droping the recever risers by an inch so its a little lower. that the onley thing about the grinder plans that visulay bugs me. on a real kmg the risers are 5" not 6" i think and these are 6". is there any advantage to keeping them at 6"? QUOTE]

I think the time that will come into play is with a 14" or bigger wheel. When I bought my 14" wheel from Rob I had to buy a spacer that goes on top of the tool arm to raise it. If you use smaller diameters it's not a problem. When the machine is on the table that size wheel if put on without a spacer the belt hits the table.

ya i was looking at the math and did some modleing in solid works and noticed that if i used a large platten or contact wheel i would have a problem. so i'm going to leave it 6" long. thanks for you info.

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

ya i was looking at the math and did some modleing in solid works and noticed that if i used a large platten or contact wheel i would have a problem. so i'm going to leave it 6" long. thanks for you info.

As far as I can tell, the table surface under the wheel or platen serves no purpose. I'd mount it so it overhangs the table and not worry about it.

 

[JTknives]

As far as I can tell, the table surface under the wheel or platen serves no purpose. I'd mount it so it overhangs the table and not worry about it.

my grinder i have now is like that where the wheel is past the bench by quite a bit maybe 8" or so.

 

[JTknives]

ok update time. i have been working on it when its slow at work and this is what i have got done so far. dont mind the bolts, i need to still order stanless flat head bolts, these are just to test fit everything. so far what you see is all done . the bolt i'm using for the pivot is not stainless, i found a bag of them at work and thought to my self man thats just what i need. i will go to fastall to see if thy can find me some in stanless, if not then i will just make one .

 

[Keith_H]

That looks great. I am curious why you milled it like that over surface grinding it?

 

[JTknives]

That looks great. I am curious why you milled it like that over surface grinding it?

its all mostley 303 and 304 so non magnetic. plus it was all cut from larger blocks of material so all the demensions had to be milled to size.

 

[Fiddleback]

Wow. Thats gonna be sweet JT.

 

[69_knives]

That is going to be one stout grinder. Nice work!

 

[Landi]

Looks good JT.

 

[WadeH]

JT have you ever wondered why nobody likes you. Good looking piece.