R.W. Deavers Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Over the course of a little over a year, I have gone through two bench-top 4 x 36 sanders. I finally had enough and decided an upgrade was in order, and rather quickly (our annual community yard sale is next weekend). So, I got together with a good friend of mine and we worked out some details and he started the build (he had the motor and most of the frame steel). When the machine got to my shop, I had some work to do to get it in running shape. I must say, this machine works better than either I or my friend could imagine. I'm going to try to list what was used: The drive motor is a 1750 RPM 110V furnace blower motor (1/4 HP) and the drive wheel is from a junked push-type snow blower, the two large rollers are old steel casters with rubber tires and grease fittings, the main frame rail is a piece of 6" wide 'C' channel welded to a 3/8" thick vertical plate with two pieces of 2 x 4 rectangular tubing as feet, The power cord is from an old burned up angle grinder, The pedestal and rocker arm for the tensioner is made from scrap pieces of steel with the spring from a junked futon bed. The only out-of-pocket expense was the set of skateboard wheels and bearing for the tensioner roller. 1 You are NEVER too old to learn something new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Craft Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 It's alive! Sorry couldn't help myself!! Who knows Frank may just allow you to progress to another before he needs a new neck bolt! I do a lot of metal fabrication work and once I build my KMG clone, I wonder how I ever got by without it!! 2 C Craft Customs ~~~ With every custom knife I build I try to accomplish three things. I want that knife to look so good you just have to pick it up, feel so good in your hand you can't wait to try it, and once you use it, you never want to put it down ! If I capture those three factors in each knife I build, I am assured the knife will become a piece that is used and treasured by its owner! ~~~ C Craft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C-S Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 This is certainly a monster. NICE, i also built my own. A different kind of monster. This has 2hp drive on it, with 5 stage pulleys. I am going to have to re-mount the motor though, on a hinge to act as its own tensioner. The power in this scare the crappers out of me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hewitt Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 You've gotta love that, recycling at its best! Your only likely problem is being a bit underpowered, but what the hell, sort out the bugs with what you've got and when it burns out or you start to bog it down while grinding just swap it out for a 2hp'ish motor and then it'll eat anything! i love it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Dougherty Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Nice As Bob said, you'll probably want a much larger motor on once you get to know the beast. -Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.W. Deavers Posted July 27, 2017 Author Share Posted July 27, 2017 Believe it or not, I've done some grinding on it, and the motor never even hiccuped. Even with an 80G belt, as soon as the steel touches the belt, the machine just eats it. 1 You are NEVER too old to learn something new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C-S Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 11 hours ago, R.W. Deavers said: Even with an 80G belt, as soon as the steel touches the belt, the machine just eats it. Thats cool. Get at it then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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