About Building The Belt Grinder
About a year building after getting the forge up and running I built a 2×72 belt grinder from scratch using Jer Schmidt plans. The belt grinder is the workhorse of the entire shop as I use it for just about everything, from squaring the edges of parts and pieces to smoothing rough edges or shaping contours on parts, to rounding the ends of pin stock, to shaping knife blades and handles.
Photo Gallery Of The Build
For those who are interested in more info “behind the scenes” …
Even More welding and fabricating!
Here is a photo gallery showing how I built the 2 x 72 belt grinder. My home built grinder is the workhorse of the shop for many things.
This was built from scratch using plans from Jer Schmidt. It took about 2 weeks of just cutting out the individual pieces, mostly made from 3/8 inch bar stock and 1 inch bar.
I used a 3 phase 3HP motor to power the grinder, and made a variable speed controller which I housed in an old 50 cal. ammo can with a couple of fans inside.
I also built several attachments; a flat work table, a pivoting work table, a small wheel attachment with several sizes of wheels that interchange, a large wheel attachment, and finally a sliding table (X – Y axis) which is especially useful for working on blades. Jer Schmidt is an awesome designer and youtuber with plans available for sale.
Using the grinder made a big mess of metal filings and wood dust, so I designed and build a shield which attaches across the side and behind the belt.
Photo Gallery Of The Build
For those who are interested in more info “behind the scenes” …
Even More welding and fabricating!
Here is a photo gallery showing how I built the 2 x 72 belt grinder. My home built grinder is the workhorse of the shop for many things.
This was built from scratch using plans from Jer Schmidt. It took about 2 weeks of just cutting out the individual pieces, mostly made from 3/8 inch bar stock and 1 inch bar.
I used a 3 phase 3HP motor to power the grinder, and made a variable speed controller which I housed in an old 50 cal. ammo can with a couple of fans inside.
I also built several attachments; a flat work table, a pivoting work table, a small wheel attachment with several sizes of wheels that interchange, a large wheel attachment, and finally a sliding table (X – Y axis) which is especially useful for working on blades. Jer Schmidt is an awesome designer and youtuber with plans available for sale.
Using the grinder made a big mess of metal filings and wood dust, so I designed and build a shield which attaches across the side and behind the belt.
I have also included a couple of photos of the anvil stand that I made for the horned anvil.