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Nice clean install HAP - great job - I need a guard now too. These things scare the heck out of me. Glenn

Its refereed to as a "link belt". You can make a belt any length by adding or subtracting small little pieces. Its a wonderful invention. Also, Horror Freight sells them in the 'A' belt size. Don't know if that's a good thing or not.

Ok guys, I think this is mostly complete. Rebuilt the platten mount out of 1" plate. Got it wired up and works beautifully. Tracking is dead on and steady now. I still need to make the platten back and a cool adjustable table that can conform to all different wheel confings. I have the design...

Kevin, I put about a 1.5 degree crown on that pulley. Higher in the center for tracking. I've read that people have used flat pulleys and used a few wraps of electrical tape around the center and used this as the crown. Suppose to work fairly well.

A 15 lb Kamloop fish. :dunno: A whiteboard for sketching / making lists. A paper towel dispenser. A small shelf for misc things. Some reference pages for tapping etc...

Well, Like I mentioned in an earlier post, the fab work needs to be done spot on. All shafts need to be perfectly in-line to each other. That is why I am redoing the front plate on the one I just built. I used some 3/8" plate and it pulled when welding. I'm redoing it out of 1" plate and just...

Thanks Larry for the info. I can already see that tension needs to be just right. I need to find a bit longer/stronger compression spring. I'm sure tracking really is affected by the belt tension.

Thanks! That means alot coming from you. I've followed some of your builds and must tell you that they are superb. Your attention to detail is incredible. Thanks again.

Oh, and I need to add the actual platten - think I might go with the ceramic glass plate and use the high temp RTV gasket maker to glue on as well as a small shelf to support it. This thing is going to run very fast, 4500 sfpm. Might end up with a VFD and 3ph motor. Will see. Glenn

OK guys, made some more progress on the belt grinder. A few shots showing how I plan to utilize the platten, using the 5" wheel out front or the 2" wheel out front. Or combination using a flat platten vertical or horizontal. Also rotating it for slack belt at an angle or having the flat platten...

It does take alot of space up, true, but it is the most used area in my shop. Between deburing holes, cutoff table, general deburing parts and sharpening carbide tools and tig electrodes, it gets a bunch of use everyday. Also, the mass really helps to keep the vibration down. I think I finally...

Thanks Kevin for the info. I realize how to grind into the part, this photo was actually a staged shot and realized I needed to take a pic. Glenn

That's a great idea, thanks.

Thanks for all the comments guys - especially the nail polish one :) About fabbing the piece: I mounted a 8" 4-jaw chuck into my 12" three jaw chuck (to hold the square block of aluminum) and turned the dish. I then freehand cut the corners on my bandsaw - works real slick. Then sanded smooth...

Re: what did you do in your garage today? Built my brother and ashtray - YUCK :) Glenn

Thanks guys, I would have liked to make him something else - an ashtray is just wierd and creepy. Oh well, I certainly have my share of vices, err.. vises :) Glenn

Guys / Gals: Just a couple of pics of my brother's Christmas present. He ask for an ashtray for his shop. :eyecrazy: So, anyway - I made him one. Merry Christmas to everyone. Glenn

Mine is forever changing, still working on what I like best with regard to sanders and grinders. Glenn

Re: what did you do in your garage today? I have started a thread here: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=170641 The grinder is a few pages in - page 3 or 4, something like that. Glenn

Yes 2D only I believe (same as AutoCAD lite) - make sure you search for DraftSight. This is totally free and works exactly like AutoCAD. It's owned by the Solidworks company (Dassault Systems). It's nice to have that other D, but 2 is enough for me. :o