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AUSSIE INGENUITY {or desperation}
Hey All,
i have been using an Abbott & Ashby Grinder with a MultiTool attachment {2x48 belts and a disc grinder} for about seven years now. Nothing wrong with it, but limited in what it can do {horizontal platen and 8 inch serrated wheel with no work rest} and my style has evolved. What i wanted was a vertical platen with a work rest and also a work rest for hollow grinding on the 8 inch wheel. i also wanted to keep the disc grinder and be able to run 72 inch belts, and keep the spindle on the left side of the grinder that i run my buffing wheels on. Just to make it interesting i had no funds for all the call stuff out there.
Soooo... below is the result. i call it the ADAM2010. :)
i used an old school desk i found for the main support {board rather than arms} and also for the work rest. Cut offs for the support arm for the work rest and main board. $20 on nuts, bolts, threaded rod and wing nuts. $75 on a set of skateboard wheels and bearings {only needed 2, so i have spares}. Took a couple of adjustments to get it right, especially as the tracking is built into the multitool, so it is limited. Needed a second set of eyes to spot where it wasn't right {thanks Simon} - one of the holes i drilled mounting the grinder was slightly angled and it was just enough to throw tracking off. Once Buckler spotted it, i re-mounted it and was off. There are extra nuts on the threaded rod the skateboard wheels run on as spacers to line it all up. The workrest is held by two wing nuts so i can move it from wheel to platen in seconds. Can also easily remove platen to slack belt. 90 % of my knives are convex ground, the rest flat, and my razors hollow. She ain't pretty, but works great and compared to professional options was cheap as chips. Be Warned though - Initial testing when tracking and/or alignment is off at all results in a belt coming off that can remove digits or worse! :borg:
