Grinder Woes

Murph, I have that one saved as a favorite for some day in the future! Seems like that would also be a good time to put a smaller drive wheel on it to reduce the sfpm.
 
chapnelson said:
Murph, I have that one saved as a favorite for some day in the future! Seems like that would also be a good time to put a smaller drive wheel on it to reduce the sfpm.
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Go for it!!!!!!!!!!!! Ive still got it where i can run the smaller belt as well. Mine actually tracks the smaller belts better now than it did before.
I havent run across a smaller drive wheel yet but ive got my eyes peeled and will let you know when i come up with something.
 
I cut the guards off mine so I could run leather and scotchbrite belts. They just get in the way, +1 on getting a better platen face.
 
Update: good news, Ive got a ceramic platen on now.

Bad news, my trugrit order arrived and the 3m belts were too thick to clear the guard. Aagh!
So I cut the guard off just enough for good clearance with enough left for strength since the guard is the housing for the wheel assembly ... hate doing stuff like that. I don't get why they're not made with enough clearance to accommodate belts thicker than AO.

Good news, now I'm almost finished with wife's knife!
 
I was thinking about ordering some from Trugrit today actually... how long did it take for them to ship them?
 
I could be way out on this but have you tried to crown your top wheel. Use masking tape for sure. If it works, it will last for years. Frank
 
Frank Niro said:
I could be way out on this but have you tried to crown your top wheel. Use masking tape for sure. If it works, it will last for years. Frank
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Frank, I would like to learn more about "crown your top wheel." Will that help with vertical alignment between the top and bottom wheels? Seems like no matter what I do, the belt slides left (inboard) on the bottom wheel.

Now that I've cut the guard and put a platen on it, its clearly not going back to Sears, so if there's anything else I can do to tweak it, I'm all ears. The platen wasn't square horizontally (has vertical adjustment) so I still need to put that in a vise and bend it a little. I'd also like to figure out a self-adjusting tracking screw for the top wheel.
 
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