Thread: Needing belt grinder design

Originally Posted by Maximilian

Besides contact wheels, (flat) platen and small wheel attachments, used by both knife and razor makers and maybe the option to turn your grinder vertical, I'd love to hear what makes a grinder straight razor friendly? Just curious.

I don't have an answer to that, and I could be wrong in my statement. It just seems that there could be a better design that makes grinding razors easier or more efficient. I've never ground a razor, so I really don't have any experience. I have looked at grinders, and they all seem to be "knife" grinders. I'm hoping to be able to make it to Charlie's meet this year, so hopefully I can get some experience.

Originally Posted by thehattr

I don't have a welder and I was trained to be a machinist, so I have 0 experience welding and wouldn't trust any of them to hold of I tried, if I could even find a welder to use. I have taps and drill bits. Although most of my cost will probably be in bolts.

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That makes perfect sense.
I am not a machinist at all and while I do have quality drills and taps, I only do simple things because I have no clue how to make sure that everything lines up etc.