Thread: Grizzly grinder for razor making?

I need a grinder for my shop anyhow so I statted kicking around the idea of trying to make a razor. Just wondering if anyone here used a grizzly belt grinder? I know it's not as good as a KMG or other better brands but will it work?

I used a chicago combo knife buffing/sanding belt to make one out of an old file a long time ago. I had a real hard time keeping it straight. My blade didnt turn out well. I did not anneal it like you should. I have witnessed some impressive blades made on a belt sander like that grizzly I think it just takes practice. If you youtube charlie lewis he "shows" alot of good information on how to make a razor and he even shows some of his setups. Good luck friend-

Thanks, I was just checking out the Coote Belt Grinder and it looks even better than the Grizzly just without the motor.

I bought that chicago for the buffing attachment. We all know we need to buff on an Ebay razor every once in a while, but its nice to have the belt sander aslo. I have had to grind on a couple blades and it really comes in handy. If you plan on making a hollow grind. Really look at a couple of set ups. You can view a few on youtube and google. A hollow grind tends to be tricky as seen in most of the videos on the web. I have seen a couple of machines that have two wheel setups moving in the same direction. This makes it a uniform grind. We were posting on this about 6or7 months ago, but I cannot find the link. Most of the machines I have seen the people made their own wheels out of wood. I do not have the time to do this, but am so very interested to see what you come up with.

It can be done. But it's not the best option. Which, of course, you already knew. Here's my little Frankenstein. The expandability and off the shelf options of a "dealer built" model, are worth the expense in my eyes. That's probably just cause I don't have one though I guess. This is a Buffalo sander/grinder with home made attachments. Or rather, scrounged and bolted together parts of other things, that seem to give me a nice little wheel to grind against. It works great for a lot of things. But I'm saving for a real grinder now.

I'm really out of sorts today it seems. Grizzly makes a decent grinder don't they. You must be talking about this one http://compare.ebay.com/like/2711748...Types&var=sbar and not this one http://www.righttoolusa.com/p/Grizzl...FaI-MgodGyQAWg

Yes, I was looking at this one

G1015 Knife Belt Sander / Buffer, Woodworking, Buffing, Grizzly Industrial, NEW! on eBay!

I think maybe this Coote would be better though.

Coote Belt Grinder - Prices

sounds fun let us see what you make. If I had the dough i would be right there with ya!

Ok I thought you were talking about 1x42 initially. Mine is 1x42. You're way ahead of me.

Got some more research to do but we'll see what I decide