And I am assuming OSHA will be assembling a SWAT TEAM about 90 seconds after I hit publish….
Introducing The Flesh Remover 2000
I bought that 8 inch Horror Fright Bench Grinder a couple weeks ago because the little 6 incher didn’t have enough OOMPH when I was using the wire wheel I put on it.
After I got the new one put together and mounted on a stand I took one of the wheels off and went to mount that 8 inch wire wheel on it.
No love.
I wound up taking the guard off completely because it rubbed so bad and then found out it was wildly out of balance.
So I wound up putting that thing all back together and commenced pondering my navel over the situation.
I got that wire wheel and the adapter from Old Chuck a few years back and it was already mounted on a small GE electric motor but the capacitor was bad so I had to grab the wheel and give it a spin to get the thing going.
I had taken the motor pictured off my old drill press that I gave away and had replaced anyway so it was just laying around. I got the steel from the scrap bins at work, paid good money for it and decided to build a stand, mount the motor and wheel and go to town.
I also have an 8 inch Scotch Brite wheel still in the wrapper that I am going to see if it will fit too.
That would be a handy sumbitch.
This kind of shit is why you will never see a Snowflake step foot in my garage.
Keep your beard and hair away from that beast !!!
That’s nothing.
Over to The Farm there is an old grinder that is just a couple of pillow blocks, a shaft, two open pulleys, and a open frame motor. Has to be sixty years old, or more. Talk about a finger eater.
Leigh
Whitehall, NY
My late Father had just about the same set-up and for a long time I didn’t know grinders were supposed to have wheel guards, belt guards or tool rests. Thanks, Phil, for reminding me I need to get it out of the box it went in when I cleaned out the Old Man’s stuff and get it back working again as a testament to his grit and manly ways.
My father had an old pulley-drive Craftsman table saw on one end of a wooden frame (on wheels) and on the other end was a belt sander (pulley-driven on the other end of the motor shaft, also Craftsman). We respected it, NEVER touched it and Dad let us eventually use it. I don’t know what happened to it but it just worked and worked.
Later (in ’68 I believe) he got a Craftsman Radial Arm saw, 10″ blade! We used the crap out of THAT one, as well. Again, I don’t know where that one went either. Pity.
I have one of those old Craftsman table saws down stairs now. bought it for 80 bucks back in 1967-8 when I had a paper route. old lady wouldn’t sell to me.
so, got the money out of the bank and waited for dad to come home. he worked concrete and mason stuff.
I talk him into going with me to see it, the whole time saying “what in the hell do I know about anything”
he looked at it and shut up. made in 1952-3. came with blades and a dado set. he told the old lady I would never use it without him being there.
I guess she thought I was going to kill myself with it.
anyway, I did have to replace the bearings about 14 years ago. still the same motor. 1 and 1/2 horse Craftsman and I even have 2 spare sets of belts with it. it is a damn good saw still. a lot better than most crap I see sold today. back in 1970 or so, we made new cabinets for mom’s kitchen too. still there.
dad got the oak from a saw mill or something (?)
and dad never gave me grief about buying tools after that. although dad did bitch about the electric bill now and then. but I did fill his basement with a lot of tools he might not ever had.
wire wheels are made to take off skin. so will a Scotch brite wheel is you not paying attention to what you doing. came across Scotch Brite wheels by chance
at a car show many years ago. guy was using a very fine one to clean up some S.U. carbs. it did a great job of it too. I have a old Sears Craftsman’s 6 inch grinder I bought back 1971-2 I think ? anyway, still working 3/4 horse motor.
looked at some newer ones a while back , maybe 2-3 years ago.
god they lightweight anymore.
besides I have a jig for grinding lathe tool bits for it, do a finish job on the 2 inch band sander after getting it close. Phil, please wear a face shield when using that monster thing you made ? you getting too old to be picking wires out of your face anymore. besides, that hurts a bit.
I have a 5′ 2×6 sawhorse that has 4 electric motors on it. One has a 10″ brass wire wheel, another has a 8″ coarse stone, the next has a semi fine 8″ stone, and the last one has a 12″ buffing wheel. All of the motors are rescues from AC compressors, washers, and dryers. None have guards and only the stones have guides. I also have a 4″ belt sander with a 6″ disk on it. It is the grinding/sanding/polishing station.
The stone wheels are used mainly for sharpening lawnmower blades that I change every two months from May to October.. I took the buffing wheel and polished my S&W model 65. The stainless is now so shiny it almost looks like chrome.
The OSHA agents that read that had a massive stroke and are hors de combat now.
Good.
I feel like such a Philistine, chucking a wire wheel into a hand drill. You da man!
Those wires do come off. But only while you’re using it.
Remove the switch. Fabricate a new switch with a momentary one under a foot pedal and fasten it to the base. That way, when you have something heavier that requires both hands, you aren’t fumbling around, plus when you step away, it is shutting off on its own.
Put a toggle switch in series too. That way when you are carrying something and accidently step on the foot switch, you don’t wind up with half of your sweater wrapped around the wheel.
Or at least unplug it and have a hook on the front to hold the plug in a very visible location…
I built a similar stand to hold two 6″ grinders so I could have coarse and fine stones on one, and a wire wheel and polishing wheel on the other. The stand uses a steel rim from a Subaru as the base, welded to a scrap of 3″ pipe. I then welded a bad wheel bearing to the top and attached an old brake disk to that with lug nuts. Made a frame to hold the two grinders back to back that also uses the lug nuts to hold it to the stand. I added a stop pin that keeps the top from spinning on the bearing while in use. I can stand in one spot, use the stones, spin it around, then wire wheel and polish. The whole thing is made from scrap from my junk pile. I need to get stronger motors, those cheap grinders stall out too easy.
Thanks for sharing Phil. It is good to see what you are up to in spite of all the things going on in your life. I miss your project posts.
As messed up as I am and with all of my health issues I still can’t just sit around doing nothing.
I drive myself nuts.
I managed to get that heavy stand up on the table to paint it but when the Kid happened to stop by I grabbed him to help me get it back down.
No use hurting myself even more.
The end cap opposite the wire wheel may be covering the threaded end of the shaft. I had a chuck I could screw on and turn my arm saw into a drill press.
Deacon in Louisiana
There is another shaft under the end cap but it’s not threaded. I am thinking about making another adapter that will stick out far enough to mount the Scotch Brite wheel on the other end.
I may even make a couple of plates to put in front of the wheels.
That’s your PTO, Phil. Put a pulley on it and drive all your equipment from it…
With all that oomph picking the wheel tines out of the front of your cloths won’t be easy
It actually spins fairly slowly.
That’s why I picked that motor to use.
Im certainly not the one who’s going to mention that bat shit looking weld job. Nope.
Certainly nothing to be proud of for damn sure.
I’m still trying to figure out the new welder I got myself for Christmas last year. I can tell you one thing for sure, Flux Core Wire sucks ass.
I need to spend another $300+ and get a bottle of Argon….
Just busting your balls. Im good with a stick for sure but only played around with other methods.
No sweat, I weld,,,,,,,,,grind,weld,grind,weld
While I really don’t like flux core; on the occasions I have been forced to use it, treat it like a self feeding stick welder. Seemed to work for the mutant-battery charger it was.
Leigh
Whitehall, NY