Saturday swap meet score

[rsanter]

Went to the swap meet in Selma this past weekend. Found a few things but this was the best. Been wanting a belt grinder for a while but they are expensive so I was just going to build one.
He was asking $50, I got it for $40.
It was missing the adjuster knob for alighting the belt but I made one on my lathe ( didn't feel like waiting for ordering it)

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[bikeguy5]

nice find
you ****

 

[busted knuckle]

pedestal too! Great find anyway and I second that you ****.

 

[bubinga]

whats the wheel on the right side?

 

[bonneyman]

nice find
you ****

What he said.

 

[lilcraigford]

whats the wheel on the right side?

I'm not sure what the correct term is, but that looks like an expanding wheel. The wheel is made of rubber and designed to deform for smoothing and contouring surfaces.

Edit: Its called an expanding rubber sanding drum; here is a picture:

 

[zkling]

Great deal, even though it is an offshore unit, those are nice ones.

I'm not sure what the correct term is, but that looks like an "expanding wheel". The wheel is made of rubber which allows it to deform for sounding countours and such.

Yep, called an expander wheel. Pretty much a single wheel belt grinder contact wheel.

 

[bubinga]

OK thanks, don't think l ever saw one of those.

 

[Packard V8]

That's the best of the imports. I'd have paid twice that.

jack vines