Alan Davis Knives
Knife Maker
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Last year I was talking to Jim McGuinn of Angle Pro Grinders about what I was looking for in a dedicated horizontal grinder, about 3 weeks ago he delivered this to me. It has 5 separate work stations including two platens, the 4" rubber drive wheel, and two small wheels between 1/2" & 3". In the pics I have one of the platens removed. The rotating holder for the small wheels accept Bader type wheels, each side has 3/16 & 1/4 receivers for all sizes of the small wheels.
The entire machine rotates each direction 180 degrees on a lazy Susan for a full 360 access.
When delivered all the work rest moved up and down in and out and angled, I did have a tack weld added to the two small wheel rest to prevent them from angling during heavy use. I plan on making one additional rest for the small wheels that will angle. I was able to tighten all the other rest to the point where they do not move. I also added a lever to make belt changes a bit quicker and easier, which I believe Jim will be adding to it from now on. He also mentioned changing the platen work rest to be more like the ones for the small wheels.
I have completed 3 folders using this machine to profile them and it saved me about an hour per knife in setting up each small wheel and different grit belts. I am already trying to determine if I have enough room in my shop for his AnglePro 272 Flip as well which would just about give me every small wheel size I use set up all the time.
Here is a link to his Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/groups/387075094834894/
The entire machine rotates each direction 180 degrees on a lazy Susan for a full 360 access.
When delivered all the work rest moved up and down in and out and angled, I did have a tack weld added to the two small wheel rest to prevent them from angling during heavy use. I plan on making one additional rest for the small wheels that will angle. I was able to tighten all the other rest to the point where they do not move. I also added a lever to make belt changes a bit quicker and easier, which I believe Jim will be adding to it from now on. He also mentioned changing the platen work rest to be more like the ones for the small wheels.
I have completed 3 folders using this machine to profile them and it saved me about an hour per knife in setting up each small wheel and different grit belts. I am already trying to determine if I have enough room in my shop for his AnglePro 272 Flip as well which would just about give me every small wheel size I use set up all the time.
Here is a link to his Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/groups/387075094834894/
