Bench Grinder mount

[onelochevy]

Made a little wall mount for my bench grinder yesterday. Wanted it to be easily removable just in case I ever needed it out of the way for something. So, I swung by HF and picked up a 12" hitch receiver tube and ball mount, and went to lowes for a piece of 3/16" flat bar, then came home and broke out the cut-off wheel and the welder. Pretty happy with the turn out.

 

[akdiesel]

I like that. Great work.

 

[jshillin]

Good job. I really like that setup.

 

[bert.]

looks good
only problem i can see is that your air compressor will be sucking all the grinding dust in

 

[twarren]

Hi Onelochevy.
I see you have your vice on a pedistal. Can we have a closer look. I am planning to do something similar. A week ago I saw a post of how someone had made a pedistal from a truck brake drum. It looked pretty neat but I cannot seem to find it again. A closer look at yours might help me.

Thanks,
Twarrren...............

 

[onelochevy]

Hi Onelochevy.
I see you have your vice on a pedistal. Can we have a closer look. I am planning to do something similar. A week ago I saw a post of how someone had made a pedistal from a truck brake drum. It looked pretty neat but I cannot seem to find it again. A closer look at yours might help me.

Thanks,
Twarrren...............

Here's a shot of my vice.

 

[pendragon1998]

A wall shield behind that grinder might keep your wall looking better over the long-term.

 

[jomobco]

A wall shield behind that grinder might keep your wall looking better over the long-term.

Diamond plate would be great

That shine would look fine!

 

[onelochevy]

thanks for the compliments guys. havent decided on a wall guard yet...but diamond plate does sound pretty good.

 

[nine4gmc]

are you in BR? I think I have seen that truck.

 

[KCarGuy]

I like the idea...
And great job on the build.
I may just do that with some small mods.
Thank You for sharing.

 

[onelochevy]

are you in BR? I think I have seen that truck.

I'm in Slidell

 

[kunkernator]

I love the wall mount. Does the ball mount wiggle at all inside the receiver tube? Or does the weight of the grinder hold it down well?

 

[87Pomona]

I love these DIY threads! Good job, I think I'm going to steal your idea.

 

[raffaelli]

Nice work! Will steal that idea!

 

[gygeneral]

Great idea. I think I may steal your idea and weld the receiver to my welding table instead.

 

[pendragon1998]

Speaking of a wall shield, it might be a good idea to do something about metal bits getting into that outlet behind the grinder. Maybe build a plastic box around the outlet.

Also, someone else mentioned this, but I'd be worried about grinding **** getting into that compressor intake.

 

[Mr.N]

Here's a shot of my vice.

Get some more receiver tube and mount it on your vice stand.
Then you can interchange the vice and grinder, using the wall mount as a storage spot.

 

[scrapart]

I like this so much I m going to do this! My grinder don't get much use out of site out of mind.

 

[dittle fart around]

Made a little wall mount for my bench grinder yesterday. Wanted it to be easily removable just in case I ever needed it out of the way for something. So, I swung by HF and picked up a 12" hitch receiver tube and ball mount, and went to lowes for a piece of 3/16" flat bar, then came home and broke out the cut-off wheel and the welder. Pretty happy with the turn out.

This is very cool. I've got a hitch mount for my vw engine stand on my workbench. When I went to use it the motor weighed too much and went looking for heavy stuff to keep it from tipping over.

 

[NewEdgePerf]

Brilliant!

I like the idea of the interchangeable tools onto the pedestal using the receiver tube.

Tony D

 

[steel 35]

Clean and thanks for sharing!

 

[work.truck]

Awesome great grinder wall mount. .... i was thinking kind of the same thing but didnt know how i wanted to do it .... now i know .... i was thinking of making it interchangeable with a vise ..... so you can pull the grinder off the wall and then put the vice in and use it.... but I also really like your vice stand.... how does that vise stand work is it pretty sturdy?

 

[asnatlas]

This is awesome

 

[bsaint]

looks good
only problem i can see is that your air compressor will be sucking all the grinding dust in

Good thing he has an air filter.

 

[jgreg65]

Look great! Man that's a fantastic idea, thanks for sharing! I'd like to see more of the vice stand too

 

[FadedGray]

Smart design if your cramped for space.

 

[Ratchet Guy]

I wondering on the vibration transfer when you use the grinder

 

[1969]

Started 10.28.12.

 

[Motorious]

I'm new to this board and I can't see any pictures. All I get is a photobomb message. How do I access pictures?