Hi,
Here I go again as I feel a project coming on. I've been thinking about how useful my home made belt sander has been and would like to retain this as it is for general workshop use.
What I'm now planning to do is to make another belt sander but this time as a belt grinder; the new machine will be used solely for tool and cutter sharpening as I think it's time I got to grips with the problem of keeping all my tools sharp.
I've just spent quite a while surfing the web and think at last I might have found the high quality grinding belts I need and these are the belts used in industry; not cheap but considering my new machine will cost virtually nothing to construct I can spend money on best quality belts and a pack of ten belts should last a long long time.
I've just emailed the belt manufacturer asking for their advice as to what they recommend regarding the correct belts for my application. This company can make belts to any size so I've requested details on belt size 50mm x 915mm.
Their website is just full of goodies for a guy like me but I would need deep pockets to afford what I would like rather than what I need. I was very interested to see their "Fini Tube" machine which is used to clean up tubes and pipes etc. Not cheap but if I needed such a machine the idea is all it would take for me to make one.
http://www.abrasivesformetal.co.uk/Grind...inder.aspx
If I can obtain the belts then making the new belt grinder will be easy enough for me and I'll add the details on the forum. I can foresee a few restless nights ahead.
Kind regards, Col.
Here I go again as I feel a project coming on. I've been thinking about how useful my home made belt sander has been and would like to retain this as it is for general workshop use.
What I'm now planning to do is to make another belt sander but this time as a belt grinder; the new machine will be used solely for tool and cutter sharpening as I think it's time I got to grips with the problem of keeping all my tools sharp.
I've just spent quite a while surfing the web and think at last I might have found the high quality grinding belts I need and these are the belts used in industry; not cheap but considering my new machine will cost virtually nothing to construct I can spend money on best quality belts and a pack of ten belts should last a long long time.
I've just emailed the belt manufacturer asking for their advice as to what they recommend regarding the correct belts for my application. This company can make belts to any size so I've requested details on belt size 50mm x 915mm.
Their website is just full of goodies for a guy like me but I would need deep pockets to afford what I would like rather than what I need. I was very interested to see their "Fini Tube" machine which is used to clean up tubes and pipes etc. Not cheap but if I needed such a machine the idea is all it would take for me to make one.
http://www.abrasivesformetal.co.uk/Grind...inder.aspx
If I can obtain the belts then making the new belt grinder will be easy enough for me and I'll add the details on the forum. I can foresee a few restless nights ahead.
Kind regards, Col.
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