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    A friend of mine has a home built table saw. This reminds me of the way that works. Very similar

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bruno View Post
    Very interesting.
    How do you keep the belt from running off the wheel?
    Are the wheels shaped, or did you spend a lot of time aligning them?
    The Drive wheel has a slight crown, the contact wheel is flat. The belt tracking was not a big issue. I just tapped (left-right) the arm around with a hammer til I found then sweet spot the tighted the big wing nut.

    I have found that if I press hard and lose tension the belt will slip off, but if I use a light touch it works fine.

    I will have to make more contact wheels and think about building version 2 now that I know the idea works.

    Charlie
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    What size is your motor, and what is the rpm?

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    Your tension issue could be solved by adding a third, fixed, wheel as the contact point then your current one becomes just a tension arm that might allow you to use a little more pressure if you want to.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kyle76 View Post
    What size is your motor, and what is the rpm?
    It is a 1725rpm motor, I think it is a 1/4 horse but I am not sure.

    Charlie

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    That's awesome! One day when I have the room...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wildtim View Post
    Your tension issue could be solved by adding a third, fixed, wheel as the contact point then your current one becomes just a tension arm that might allow you to use a little more pressure if you want to.
    That is what I will do on the next version, a really good idea.

    This one was quick and dirty just to see if it would work.

    Charlie

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    Fantastic. I had some wandering curiousity about having my own regrinding setup, but put it off as I really had no idea where to start and not much experience. Now that I can see a nice DIY one, I hope to at some point give 'er a go.

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    I am taking notes as I type this. A friend had his washing machine go belly up but he assures me that the motor is good. I've got the motor now, and a bit of work ahead of me but your post gives me hope.

    Are you also able to convert it to accomodate a buffling wheel?

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    Forgive my ignorance but just how do you use the belt sander to polish a blade ?

    Where on the belt and in what kind of orientations do you hold the blade ?

    Cheers

    Barney

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