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Thanks for the info and the link, Randy. My plans from Tracy Mickley should be arriving tomorrow.:y

You and Josh talk about the necessity of truing the idler wheels. The link you show with the...

Very cool, Randy. Thanks for the reassurance and the very wise advice ("Just one step at a time"). I'll get in contact with Tracy soon and keep you posted.

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Thanks for the great advice, Randy. I'll have to swing by sometime when a get a chance and see your grinders. The idea with this motor and building a grinder for myself is that the motor has never...

It's got a shaft that measures 5/8ths (not including the extra key like extension at the end) and is 2" long.

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Thanks Russel. Build off.....sounds interesting. I've been reading a bunch on building one and would probably buy the $25 plans that are out there. I'd go for the no weld tube steel approach.
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Wayne Goddard's "The $50 Knife Shop" book talks about old electric motors from clothes dryers working well as the basis for a homemade grinder. RPMs of that type of motor I understand are the lower...