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Cordless Grinder Turned Belt Grinder
“I needed a little belt grinder for touching up ends of threaded rod, so I made one from an old cordless 4 1/2-in grinder,” says Allan Isaac.
    He made a machined flat pulley on his lathe to screw on to the grinder shaft and built a steel frame to mount a 2 by 30-in. belt. He fabricated 1 1/4-in. tubing with smaller tubing inside to hold the implement bearing shaft he purchased at a farm supply store.
    “The secret to keep the belt in alignment is the 3 bolts that go against the bearing shaft that can be adjusted,” Isaac says.
    To change the belt, he loosens the crank screw that tensions the belt, slips on a new belt, and tightens it up again lining it up with the bearing and a horizontal steel plate.
    “The nice part about it is if you need something ground flat, you just hold it up against it,” Isaac says.
    Because it is powered with a battery, the belt grinder is portable, and Isaac keeps it handy on the edge of his workbench.
    Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Allan Isaac, 4031 Old Alaska Highway, Farmington, B.C. Canada (ph 250 794-1416; adisaac@telus.net).


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2018 - Volume #42, Issue #6