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| Alan Haisley:
--- Quote from: RussellT on February 16, 2013, 11:05:57 AM ---I cut the angle in half with the angle grinder (obviously what it's for :lol:)and here's the progress so far. Did I mention I was making two? --- End quote --- I thought you were making a bracket for each side of one wheel. I was waiting to see how you fit the upright and bracket in the area between the motor and wheel guard. Much clearer now. Alan |
| RussellT:
Thanks for your interest Alan. A little more progress today. I decided (impatience won) to risk distortion and weld the tables to the mountings. The results were OK. There was a little bit of a bump opposite the welds near the middle but a few minutes work with a file made it acceptably flat. Just one picture today. More to follow. Russell |
| Stilldrillin:
Thanks for showing this project Russel. :thumbup: I have the same grinder. It's under the bench, somewhere. Cos we just don't get on! The wheels didn't cut. Neither did others which replaced em........ :bang: Until I can locate a supply of proper wheels, it will stay under the bench........ :( David D |
| Meldonmech:
Hi David, I bought a similar grinder 10 yrs ago with useless wheels, and was advised to contact www.peterchild.co.uk. on his site he gives advice pics and prices. I do cabinet making and wood turning as well as metal machining and require a cool and fast cutting wheel, as some tools are only high carbon steel and are easily burnt. I visited his work shop and show room, and tried one of his pink wheels, which at the time was the best he stocked. The wheel cost me £20 about the same as the 1/2 hp grinder. However it turned out to be a great deal, cuts very well and cool, plus very little wear, several months later I bought a pink fine wheel as they cut HSS very well. The wheels he stocks now are the best available, but it depends what you want. Definitely worth look Cheers David |
| RussellT:
Thanks for your interest David. I don't have quite as bad an opinion of the wheels as you. Perhaps my expectations of a cheap grinder weren't very high. The coarse one isn't very good in fact the fine one may be quicker but there have been several occasions when I've touched something to the wheel to take a little off and taken off too much. Better wheels might be nicer but I think I only paid £14.99. I do regret not getting a grinder with a bigger motor as it's very easy to slow it down if you're trying to take off a lot of metal. I've finished off the grinding rests. I've shortened some sticking out bolts, and found some knurled nuts and bolts to hold them to the base board. I've replaced one of the clamping screws with a stud and a nyloc nut so it stays adjusted and I've made a knurled knob for the other. Then I've tried it. This composite picture shows the tables at different angles. The bases weren't moved and the grinder is running. This is the table set up to grind a lathe tool. So, does it do what I wanted it to? Yes, definitely. It is easy to adjust. The tables tend to ride up on the support pins as I alter the angle but it's easy to push them to the correct place. The angle can be adjusted without altering the in/out adjustment. Construction was simple. I have got some ideas that could make it even simpler - for example using a single piece of angle for the base and cutting a large washer in half to make the bearing surface. I will probably make one or two extra bits and pieces as time goes on. I could cut some angle setting gauges from a few bits of card or thin sheet metal. A couple of scraps of square bar bolted together would make a gauge that would slide along the front edge of the table to set a tool at an angle. That's all for now. Russell |
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