Storing and mounting multiple bench grinders and sanders

[JradM]

I've got a bunch of bench grinders and sanders and I'm wondering if there's anything I can do to save some space in my shop.

I got tired of always swapping from fine and coarse grinding stones, buffing pads, wire wheels, sanding discs, etc. So over the years I've collected a few. They each do different things.

I have all the things pictured below. I have one grinder mounted on a dedicated pedestal, I two stored on a small table - e.g. I can work with one on the tabletop and keep another on the lower shelf - then swap them. The 1" belt/5" disc sander is constantly in my way and I just shuffle it around. The buffer is the newest addition - it doesn't have a home yet.






Maybe I just get a cart and clamp each thing down when I want to use it? I wish I didn't have to lift each machine up and down all the time, but it wouldn't be terrible if I could just store them all together (especially if I had space for all the spare belts, discs, stones, compounds, jigs, etc.).

Maybe there's something I haven't thought of?

 

[RTM]

Different versions of this? Swore there was one that rotated perpendicular to the bench a while back.

3 in 1 Rotating Bench - Has Anyone Tried This?

I just saw this bench for sale & wondered if anyone has any experience with it. Also, any idea who makes it? I am trying to research it a bit, but I only know that it is a bench with a rotating center section for mounting 3 tools. I cannot make out any brand names from the picture. I...

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[humber2]

Two smaller units could be mounted back to back on a common stand.

YMMV

 

[Jgaz]

Check out these cool solutions by @moparfreak.

Mopar / Wood Shop Cave

Took a break from shop projects and made something off the Honey-Do list - a mountainscape. This is made up from different kinds of rocks / pieces we've collected at some of our recent trips to national parks (Rocky Mountain, Olympic, Big Sur). Grabbed a piece of scrap wood (love using scraps!)...

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If the rotating table doesn’t work for you checkout the way he stacked the grinders.

You might have to scroll up and down from the pic I linked to see the whole project.
Very well done

 

[NakeDiesel]

This is what I built, my rolling/spinning fab station of death:

 

[isb cornbinder]

This is what I built, my rolling/spinning fab station of death:

My now deceased neighbour and friend built something very much like your red bench system. Well done. After my friend died, I helped his wife set up a garage sale. She was 6 feet tall and looked like Heidi Klum, the model and AGT judge. She could sell rocks

 

[DGersic]

Build something like this, but with grinders instead of buckets.

 

[danielbuck]

it doesn't solve the lifting problem, but for mounting I use trailer hitch receiver square tubing welded to a table, and square tubing welded or bolted to various tools that slide into the receiver held tight with two bolts that I just snug by hand. it works pretty good, I'd love to have more space to keep everything permanently mounted, but right now it's not in the cards. I just swap tools on the receiver hitch tubing.

 

[Oregon rock crusher]

I keep a few on the end of my "heavy" rolling bench. There is a dental lathe, a standard grinder, and a small belt grinder which are mostly for light grinding and polishing during assembly. Things like wire brushing threads or cleaning up tags. Staggered around both sides they don't interfere with each other at all or consume bench space.

 

[tncatadjuster]

This is what I built, my rolling/spinning fab station of death:

Dang, door slams and splitting mall drops.... ouch.

 

[NakeDiesel]

Dang, door slams and splitting mall drops.... ouch.

lol, those have been hanging up there for 10+ years....

 

[HoosierMark]

Check out the thread for the Black and Decker workmate. They had something on there about a guy who had one. He made wood plates for various tools he could interchange on the workmate due to it clamping. He would take the tools and hang them on the wall similar to a bookcase set up. Take one off the workmate and put another one on it. Workmate will fold up for when you do not need it.

 

[RMERR]

I dislike changing belts/discs constantly as well. I've got all my finishing machines on pedestals in a kind of circle which I step inside of to work. Very efficient as I can quickly bounce from machine to machine. It takes a dedicated space, so not sure it's a real space saver, but I love having them all set up and ready to go. A pegboard for belts and a small cabinet for wheels. A roughly 4 foot barrier around 3 sides helps contain dust.

 

[stickshift]

Could mount each grinder to a hitch, and mount receiver to workbench.

Another option: