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I was looking at the blueprints of Hofis shop, and there was this:

And, I realized it would be possible to build a belt grinder. My sister-in-law works at a sandpaper factory, so the belts are hopefully easy to get, my father is an electrician (and i am his apprentice), so electrical engines are not difficult to come by. So, any ideas?

I've built the no weld grinder. Did it as a winter porject about a year ago. I posted a few pictures on Tracy Mickleys website along with my homemade bandsaw. I need to take a few more pictures now that I've had it up and running for a while now.
Don't go cheap on the motor. Keep all of you tolerances as tight and square as possible. I made the main 4 inch box tube out of a thicker wall tube than he suggests. I didn

Standing all day on that SLAB won't help those feet.

Nice looking belt grinder. The small smithing group of freinds I`am involed in , we are planing on hvaing a small work shop to make a few of the no weld belt grinders, but we are going to do some welding on certian parts of them.
I plan on starting another thread because ,I/we have some questions.
Chris

Chris, I've built the no weld grinder. Did it as a winter porject about a year ago. I posted a few pictures on Tracy Mickleys website along with my homemade bandsaw. I need to take a few more pictures now that I've had it up and running for a while now.
Don't go cheap on the motor. Keep all of you tolerances as tight and square as possible. I made the main 4 inch box tube out of a thicker wall tube than he suggests. I didn’t want to introduce vibration due to thin stock. I also used a thicker stock to hold the tubes together. It looked like his prototype was weak in this area. I purchased different sheaves than he offers, it gave me more speeds. I think has since expanded his offering of parts this year to include a bigger drive wheel and sheaves with more grooves. I also modified his system of tensioning the belt. I just needed a stronger spring a better way to retain it. He has done the hard part though. Overall the system works good. I do push it hard. I’m glad I invested a little extra in some areas, to keep it reliable when I do crank it up.

http://www.mickleyknives.com/html/grinder_builds.html

I had not seen this this season.
thank you for sharing

peoples alway want to no wat the midlle inishal stands for in the name-then i says now ya nos me.

made a image pop in this ol head

This Big Guy sez he dos use it to.
i nevr have any problems with it. i dont need to buy tht expensiv microsft office ether. they have enuf of my hard earned dinero