Recent content by RSwannabe

Mating sander to base to check alignment for motor position. Its coming together! I'm planning to run a Baldor 2hp 3 phase motor I picked up for $50. I pulled apart the motor, cleaned it, installed new bearings, and repainted it in Rustoleum Smoke Grey.

So then I disassembled the sander and the base, replaced all bearings with new, cleaned, primed and painted. I cleaned up the hardwared with a wire wheel and a 3m soft deburring wheel. The soft deburring wheel is fantastic for stripping old paint and getting a bright finish. Here is the test...

In looking into other options for mounting the Delta belt sander, I came across the old optional cast iron art deco bases that were offered for the Rockwell Delta machinery. I love old machinery and I love good art deco, so this was right up my alley. To say I was smitten would be an...

I've been on a bit of a quest for a good belt grinder recently. I've got a multitool 2x36 unit attached to a Baldor 7307 1/2hp grinder that I restored, and it is good (https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/multi-tool-belt-grinder-version-awesome.555837/#post-11612797). I also restored...

Shawn, Thank you. I've been using the wire wheel and Atlas belt sander on the Baldor as I contemplate what I'll do. I'd like to try mounting the Atlas on a high speed Baldor to see how it would perform, but they don't make a high speed 10". They do maker a high speed 8", but it only is 3/4...

The good: it runs smooth and quiet, and the motor’s got lots of power at its rated rpm. The Atlas looks like it was made to mount to the Baldor and the size is just right. The tracking and adjustment of the belt on the Atlas are rock solid. The cast-iron construction quality of both units just...

I reached out to Matt Blast here on Garage Journal, and he made a new wiring sticker, and a new number plate for the grinder for me which look fantastic.

I cleaned up and repainted the Atlas, and installed new bearings, and mounted it up to the Baldor. I also drew up and printed a custom 3.25 inch diameter by 4 inch wide drive pulley, bolted it all together, and fired it up.

I drew up in CAD an adapter that would bolt to the Baldor in place of the wheel guard that the Atlas would mount to. I printed the early iteration in petg to test fit, with the expectation that I would then machine the piece out of metal. But then I thought well let’s see what is possible with...

I did this resto and upgrade because I had the idea I wanted to make myself a powerful variable speed belt grinder for my shop by combining a grinder like this with a belt grinder. I’ve been looking for something like one of the old Delta 6 x 48 belt Sanders to see if I could make it to a...

So i drew up in Onshape and 3-D printed a switch cover plate that accepted the control panel from the VFD to mount on the switch location on the stand. And because I like my vintage tools to look vintage I also drew up and printed a cover for the control panel.

It is a three phase 1.5 hp grinder, and I don’t have three phase in my shop, so I bought an ATO 2hp vfd with the idea that I would incorporated into the base of the stand. I was surprised when I got it and found that it would just fit into the top of the main shaft of the stand. It’s almost an...

So I thought I would post my most recent project. I came across a Baldor 1021w 10” grinder with cast iron stand for a good deal and picked it up. It was rough, but fairly complete, so I stripped it down, repainted it Rustoleum Smoke Gray, and installed new bearings.

@GeoBruin - the Atlas 5010 is very similar to the Delta 6x48 belt sanders, albeit at 3/4 scale. The benefit of the Delta is a 5.5” diameter drive wheel, so if spun at 3600 rpm the belt will be doing over 5000 feet per minute. The Atlas only has a 3.25” diameter drive wheel, so even spinning at...

@GeoBruin - I had read before that Craftsman grinders required a spacer/adaptor to mount a multitool. Yours looks very clean. Did you machine that table and its mounting brackets as well? Again, those look really nice. For the record the MT will bolt directly to a 7” Baldor grinder, but will...