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John Hill:
I like the bins PK! :thumbup:

Powder Keg:
The wheels are just band sawed out of some 1" thick wood I had lying around. I then drilled them and ran a bolt and some washers through them. I used a Nylock nut on the bolts so I could just snug the wheel up and it wouldn't work loose. The only thing I had to buy were the nuts, bolts, washers, and the handles. I made them big so they would roll good if the floor got a little messy :bugeye: :jaw:

More to follow.

Powder Keg:
The last couple of weeks I have been researching line shaft information. The grinder and the drill press will be ran with a line shaft ran against the east wall of my shop. I tore into the grinder tonight and found a few things that I'll have to make. There is a flange with a tapered bore that centers the grinding wheel. One of those is missing. This grinder came with a loose and a tight pulley when it was new. Mine had the loose pulley but in place of the tight pulley was a V-pulley. I'll have to make one of those to\o/ Then I'll have to fab up a couple of tool rests as mine are long gone.

On these loose and tight pulley arangements, Do I need a loose and tight pulley on the line shaft also?

Thanks, Wes

John Hill:
Line shaft sounds like a great project Wes.  I do not know the answer but I imagine if you are using fast and loose pulleys on your machine there would be no loose pulley on the overhead shaft  because if the belt is not moving what would be the point of the loose pulley on the machine?

Powder Keg:
I've been puttering around my shop after work this week. Here is a top view of the grinder shaft. You can see the ear that's busted off. It had been fixed and busted off again :doh: I ground all the "fix" off and cleaned it up for a good brazing job. It sure is dirty!!! This was after some scraping.



Yeah!!! The bolt holes still line up :lol: The brazing rod stuck pretty good. There will probably be a couple of bubbles on the left side, But It should be good as new. A little filing and some paint, no one will know that it was broken :beer:



I've never seen a grease cup before. If you look real close there are two in the middle of the picture here.



There is a tapered flange that the wheel rides on. Here they are after some scraping.




It's coming along.....

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