Thread: grinder/buffer setup

Here are some pics of my new grinding setup. It is not finished yet, but it is far enough along that I can show you some pics.










Charlie

Your ingenuity never ceases to amaze me, Charlie. I can't wait to see finished product. Since the contact wheels are sitting in a tray, are you going to use some sort of water bath to cool the wheels?

Thanks for sharing!!

Chris L

Nice Charlie, looks like a sweet setup for hollow grinding with precision
I know other people are going to have the question... so I thought I'd go ahead and ask....

what are you using for your contact and drive wheels (looks like pulleys or big casters for the contacts)

Very ingenious! Due use extreme caution when using that at least for the forst 100 times. Not joking! Good luck with it and I am interested in reading your follow up posts.

Originally Posted by ChrisL

Since the contact wheels are sitting in a tray, are you going to use some sort of water bath to cool the wheels?

Chris L

Yes I plan on using coolant.

Originally Posted by Del1r1um

I know other people are going to have the question... so I thought I'd go ahead and ask....

what are you using for your contact and drive wheels (looks like pulleys or big casters for the contacts)

The wheels that are over 3" are modified caster wheels. (trued, cut down in width, bored for bearings and balanced) The wheels that are 3 and under are made from scratch out of aluminum. I have wheels from .5" to 8"

Charlie

I'm green with jealousy. Nice, real nice set-up!

That's really cool stuff! A most inventive use of cross slides for tension/tracking and square stock for support of the motors. I envy your ability with the machinist side of this, using castor wheels really saved you some money and also gave you some strong, lightweight wheels.
I like your work Charlie, I really do.

Oh MAN that is SWEEEET!

That has the look of a regular production shop in the works. Ingenious Charlie.

All I could think when looking at those photos was WOW !