Ok folks here's the story behind the madness. I've been grinding my knives on a 1x30 for the past months with good results but, since money is tight lately and I wanted something to keep my creative juice flowing aside from knife blade desing I decided to go in the garage and take apart my old benchpress and turn it into a 2X72 grinder. After tinkering on this frankenstein grinder for a few days here's what I got, Needs Tracking, platen, and drive wheels and of course a few belts, aside from that it's all solid and stable. Motor is 3/4HP not DC so a variable control might not work. Total money spent on this grinder is $140.00 since the motor was already in my garage. I'll have a video soon when I get wheels for it t'ill then keep the sparks flying! Hope some of you find this project inspiering. Cheers!
The belt is 3 1x30 taped together for visual FX only. The contact wheel is from a dolly. I'm hopping to get a kit of wheels within the 2 to 3 weeks from now. Cheers!
The only problem I encountered was the tracking system... it was a B***h to make and then again aren't 100%sure it will work at least track decent. any tips on tracking that is easy and bullet proof. Regards
I would recommend putting a crown on your tacking wheel and drive wheel if you haven't done so already. Do a google search for "crowned tracking wheel" and you'll get lots of hits, a crowned wheel is essential in my opinion. When I make tracking wheels I put a 1 to 2 degree crown on them and they track like a dream. Regards
