Double Bench Grinder Saves Space

Double Bench Grinder Saves Space FARM SHOP Maintenance “When I was setting up my shop I knew I needed at least three different grinding wheels ” says FARM SHOW contributor Tony Bunniss “I had two electric grinders but wanted to make them a little more compact so that they didn’t take up valuable room ” He knew he needed a silicon carbide wheel wire brush wheel and a general-purpose wheel to shape a high-speed steel cutter and drill bits Bunniss’ solution was a rotating mount for the two grinders He explains “I have the silicon carbide and a regular wheel on one of the grinders and they take care of any grinding I need to do on a carbide cutter or a high-speed steel lathe cutters ” The other grinder is set up with the wire brush and a regular wheel for general grinding “To rotate the grinders I loosen the set screw with the welded ‘tee’ handle back it out of the hole in the shaft and rotate it 180 degrees ” says Bunniss “The mount has a built-in stop which will only allow the platform to turn 180 degrees to the stop and back which prevents the cords from wrapping up on the post ” Bunniss built the entire system out of scrap metal That includes two pieces of pipe with one machined to fit within the other As he explains “I used a 6-in long by 3-in OD pipe for the inside pipe that is welded to a 10-in by 3/16-in by 18-in long channel iron for the platform The outside pipe was machined to a loose fit for the 3-in OD pipe and then welded to an 8-in by 10-in by 1/4-in wall plate ” Since the walls of his shop are poured concrete getting a secure mount was a relatively easy process He made the stop by drilling two holes a little over 180 degrees from each other around the circumference of the side pump and then cutting out the metal between them with a metal saw Says Bunniss “I could have accomplished the same thing with the milling machine and the rotary table but I didn’t think it needed to be that accurate ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Tony Bunniss Webster Minn glennlee1964@gofast am

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