Recommendation? Storing beltgrinder tools

FredyCro

FredyCro

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So, how do you store your beltgrinder tools, arms, wheels and so on? Ideas and pics welcome.

I would like to build a new bench for the "dirty" tools and plan the storage ahead.
 
Natlek said:
Well, when you ask..........................
Scattered around the shop, I search for them for hours sometimes . If I find them , I'm happy 🤣
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i think he was talking about a Organized place to put them!! (He-He)
you know like a tool cart or a cabinet with holes for each item ..
 
I have a KMG tool arm holder that bolts to the base plate. It holds the arms at an upward angle.

At 70 and ill I struggle to lift the arm+attachment out of the holder nowadays with the grinder a little above waist height. I think having the arms parallel to the ground would have been a bit better. Some day, if I ever weld again, I may secure it to a weighted base on the floor.
 
Make a "tree" for the arms. Use square tubing that is a bit bigger than the arms.
Take a section of 2.5" flat bar about 24" long. Cut the square tubing at around 30° to make a bunch of 6" pieces. Weld them along the bar every 4-6". Bolt the bar to the wall or the leg of a bench. Drop your arms in the "branches". To store wheels and other tooling, do the same, but use pieces of 3/8" round stock for the branches. Weld them at about 10° . Just stick the wheels on the pegs. using 6" pegs, you can stack several wheels on each one.
Small stuff and jigs are best put in a clear storage bin with a big label saying "Grinder Tools". Store that on the floor under the bench. The small tools and things ( box wrenches, Allen wrenches, screwdrivers, etc.) should be in a small clear plastic storage bin and kept on the bench or a shelf over it.

For a really cheap wheel storage, screw 8-9" lag screws into the 2X4 shop wall studs and cut the heads off, leaving around 6" to drop wheels and jigs on..
 
fitzo said:
I have a KMG tool arm holder that bolts to the base plate. It holds the arms at an upward angle.

At 70 and ill I struggle to lift the arm+attachment out of the holder nowadays with the grinder a little above waist height. I think having the arms parallel to the ground would have been a bit better. Some day, if I ever weld again, I may secure it to a weighted base on the floor.
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Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith said:
Make a "tree" for the arms. Use square tubing that is a bit bigger than the arms.
Take a section of 2.5" flat bar about 24" long. Cut the square tubing at around 30° to make a bunch of 6" pieces. Weld them along the bar every 4-6". Bolt the bar to the wall or the leg of a bench. Drop your arms in the "branches". To store wheels and other tooling, do the same, but use pieces of 3/8" round stock for the branches. Weld them at about 10° . Just stick the wheels on the pegs. using 6" pegs, you can stack several wheels on each one.
Small stuff and jigs are best put in a clear storage bin with a big label saying "Grinder Tools". Store that on the floor under the bench. The small tools and things ( box wrenches, Allen wrenches, screwdrivers, etc.) should be in a small clear plastic storage bin and kept on the bench or a shelf over it.

For a really cheap wheel storage, screw 8-9" lag screws into the 2X4 shop wall studs and cut the heads off, leaving around 6" to drop wheels and jigs on..
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Thanks, a lot of good ideas. I am running out of space in the shop and the make do tables need to go out to make for a more reasonable use of space.

I was thinking I could store the arms and tools under the bench to keep out of the grinding dust and maybe do some kind of hanging arm holders in which they would slide into paralel to the ground. I have basically 4 arms (flat platen, table, wheel and small wheel).

Welder is on the the top of the shopping list. I am thinking a small MIG/MAG 180-200 A inverter unit that can do flux wire and stick welding will get me started?

I need to finish the cargo bike to get it out of the shop and start rearranging everything. No knifemaking in the near future. Patience, young padawan.
 
For horizontal storage, use SCH80 3" PVC pipe an pipe straps.

On the side of my rolling Reeder grinder stand I put aluminum tubes to store all the tool arms with their attachments ( flat platen, several sizes of contact wheels, surface grinder, small wheel, etc.) There are eight tubes, four each side.
 
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Thats a piece of oak baseboard drilled for the tool arms, held up with some simpson stongtie brackets...total cost = 0 dollars
 
FredyCro said:
Thanks, a lot of good ideas. I am running out of space in the shop and the make do tables need to go out to make for a more reasonable use of space.

I was thinking I could store the arms and tools under the bench to keep out of the grinding dust and maybe do some kind of hanging arm holders in which they would slide into paralel to the ground. I have basically 4 arms (flat platen, table, wheel and small wheel).

Welder is on the the top of the shopping list. I am thinking a small MIG/MAG 180-200 A inverter unit that can do flux wire and stick welding will get me started?

I need to finish the cargo bike to get it out of the shop and start rearranging everything. No knifemaking in the near future. Patience, young padawan.
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https://imgur.com/Da0GBg0

I 3d printed some pieces to hand my small wheel in the rafters in my VERY low ceiling shop
 
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I did like Stacey posted and welded square tubing to a flat piece bar and bolted that to my cart (disc/2x72 on it). The flat platen is too long though and I have to pull the wheel out a couple inches to get the platen in/out and no room to use the 3rd down
 
Other small wheels in a plastic tub on the cart shelf with the work rests for the disc/2x72
 
JamesBro said:
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Thats a piece of oak baseboard drilled for the tool arms, held up with some simpson stongtie brackets...total cost = 0 dollars
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Is that Sherline mill in corner ??? What are you using it for ? I've been thinking for a few years about buying them /lathe + mill/ .They have so many accessories...........
 
Natlek said:
Is that Sherline mill in corner ??? What are you using it for ? I've been thinking for a few years about buying them /lathe + mill/ .They have so many accessories...........
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That is a Sherline and 95 percent used for slots in guards, almost every knife I make gets a guard and I hate filing slots. It works well for my purposes but it is definitely size/ rigidity limited.
James
 
Dang some of ya guys are organized. I'm more like Natlek. I gotta em in a box on a shelf under the bench.
 
Horsewright said:
Dang some of ya guys are organized. I'm more like Natlek. I gotta em in a box on a shelf under the bench.
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I think room constraints force you to be. When I work and change between arms I will just put them anywhere I have place. Thankfully they are big enough in order not to lose them. Other stuff gets misplaced often enough.
 
I'll be honest ... most of the time I set the arm on the floor leaning against the bench when I switch from flat platen to rotary platen to contact wheel. The two I am not using are right there by my legs and ready for a fast change. The other wheels and arms are stored on pegs and tubes.
 
Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith said:
I'll be honest ... most of the time I set the arm on the floor leaning against the bench when I switch from flat platen to rotary platen to contact wheel. The two I am not using are right there by my legs and ready for a fast change. The other wheels and arms are stored on pegs and tubes.
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Same.
 
Relatively small space here, so my grinder setup is portable so I can wheel it around the garage as necessary. I'm planning on adding a sliding shelf for the water bucket so I can simply pull it out when in use.
Edit: I keep my small wheel attachment on metal pegboard nearby, and the various small wheel attachments and jigs/soft platen attachment etc in metal drawers also nearby.
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Michael Black said:
Relatively small space here, so my grinder setup is portable so I can wheel it around the garage as necessary. I'm planning on adding a sliding shelf for the water bucket so I can simply pull it out when in use.
Edit: I keep my small wheel attachment on metal pegboard nearby, and the various small wheel attachments and jigs/soft platen attachment etc in metal drawers also nearby.
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That's neat! One cart to rule them all :)
 
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