I started researching brake lines for my 1967 Ford Mustang Fastback project. I'm creating all the hydraulic and fuel lines in stainless steel. One comment I found from one vendor was to cut the lines with a chop saw/cutoff wheel rather than a tubing cutter. I wanted to make sure I had square ends, and did not want to use my large Makita chop saw so I turned to the Internet to see what I could find. I stumbled across the Grizzly G8183 4 1/2" Angle Grinder Stand. This turns your 4 1/2" grinder into a metal-cutting chop saw.
The Grizzly G8183 4 1/2" Angle Grinder Stand as advertised in the Grizzly catalog.
All the parts out of the box and on my bench. My Makita 4 1/2" grinder in the background. I mounted a 1/16" cut off wheel in it.
Here it is all put together.
I was not very happy with the overall quality. While the stand that holds the grinder appears to be well built the base left a lot to be desired. So I embarked on making improvements.
I took all the necessary measurements from the base and drew them up in Fusion 360, a free web-based CAD system from Autodesk. I created a .dxf file and took it to a local water jet company. I cut the base out of 3/16" cold rolled plate.
I had all the slots and mounting holes cut by the water jet. I forgot to add the corner holes to the drawing. The plate is designed to be bolted down at all four corners to my StrongHand bench. The plate is 11 1/4" square with 10" between holes. Here I'm marking the four corner holes.
These were then drilled out to 13/32"
I needed feet on it to raise the plate off the bench (there are nuts underneath and they needed clearance). I had a piece of 1 1/4" cold rolled round bar in my scrap heap. Here I am cutting the feet on my band saw. I measured one and cut four.
They needed to be drilled out so I chucked them in my lath. Here I am drilling with a center drill.
Here I am drilling an 1/8" pilot hole.
And final drilling with a 7/16" bit.
The feet are tack welded to the bottom of the plate.
The angle adjuster is bolted on. I welded two 1/2" x 1/2" x 1/8" angles to the bottom to capture the nuts so they won't turn when adjusting the angle of the cut.
Here it is in the finished state with the parts necessary to bolt it to the bench.
Here it is all bolted down and ready to cut a piece of 3/16" brake tubing. I'm not happy with the clamping device. I think I'm going to fabricate a new one with a piece of Acme thread that acts more like a vice.
Britt
The Grizzly G8183 4 1/2" Angle Grinder Stand as advertised in the Grizzly catalog.
All the parts out of the box and on my bench. My Makita 4 1/2" grinder in the background. I mounted a 1/16" cut off wheel in it.
Here it is all put together.
I was not very happy with the overall quality. While the stand that holds the grinder appears to be well built the base left a lot to be desired. So I embarked on making improvements.
I took all the necessary measurements from the base and drew them up in Fusion 360, a free web-based CAD system from Autodesk. I created a .dxf file and took it to a local water jet company. I cut the base out of 3/16" cold rolled plate.
I had all the slots and mounting holes cut by the water jet. I forgot to add the corner holes to the drawing. The plate is designed to be bolted down at all four corners to my StrongHand bench. The plate is 11 1/4" square with 10" between holes. Here I'm marking the four corner holes.
These were then drilled out to 13/32"
I needed feet on it to raise the plate off the bench (there are nuts underneath and they needed clearance). I had a piece of 1 1/4" cold rolled round bar in my scrap heap. Here I am cutting the feet on my band saw. I measured one and cut four.
They needed to be drilled out so I chucked them in my lath. Here I am drilling with a center drill.
Here I am drilling an 1/8" pilot hole.
And final drilling with a 7/16" bit.
The feet are tack welded to the bottom of the plate.
The angle adjuster is bolted on. I welded two 1/2" x 1/2" x 1/8" angles to the bottom to capture the nuts so they won't turn when adjusting the angle of the cut.
Here it is in the finished state with the parts necessary to bolt it to the bench.
Here it is all bolted down and ready to cut a piece of 3/16" brake tubing. I'm not happy with the clamping device. I think I'm going to fabricate a new one with a piece of Acme thread that acts more like a vice.
Britt
