Thread: New grinder project

We'll have to see. The arm for the contact wheel slides in and out, held in place by two T nuts I made from 3/8" rod.

There are a few holes in that big angle piece on the tool arm but all the contact wheels will be bolted on. Easy enough to change. It was tricky to get that angle/bracket welded on at the right angle. I had to clamp a straight edge onto the wheel when bolted on to the bracket, and shim it along the length of the telescoping arm so I could see if there was any angle deviation over a distance, and then I tacked it on.

I have more steel to make another tool arm if needed, but I have a Grizzly with a platen, so I might just use this grinder for hollowing. I have a 6" caster wheel with PU tread, this 5" steel wheel, and I'm going to try to find some small contact wheels... bushings or something for <1/2" and about 1" and about 2".

I have a really coarse belt for fast removal (likely on the Griz) and a 120 orange ceramic belt and another Norton ceramic belt of some sort from knifemaker.ca.