It seems like everybody is building belt grinders these days. You may believe [Jeremy Schmidt] is just hoping on the bandwagon, however you’d be wrong. He took a full two years to style the perfect belt grinder for his needs. now he’s developed his perfect beast, as well as we must say, it’s rather impressive!
[Jeremy] had seen grinders which can tilt, however most of them tilt the entire machine, including the table. He designed his machine with an independent table. This means the belt can be put at any type of angle, while the table stays flat. He’s accomplished some truly fascinating completes with a program grind on a 45-degree angle to the workpiece.
No develop is without its problems. In [Jeremy’s] case it was building the box which acts as a receiver for the machine as well as the tables. routine square tube stock wasn’t rather stiff enough, so bar stock was the method to go. The very first attempt at building the box resulted in a warped tube, because of the stresses of welding. [Jeremy] was more cautious the second time, moving from section to section of the four welds. This kept the warm from building up, as well as the box stayed straight.
The final result is an incredibly stiff machine which definitely will withstand anything that [Jeremy] can throw at it.
If you want to see more belt grinders at work, inspect out [Bob]’s treadmill belt grinder, or [Mike’s] conversion.