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Five pieces of steel and three hours of labor of love: A week ago, I bought a Harbor Freight 8-inch bench grinder for only $45 (with a coupon) with a 3/4 HP motor. But now I need a stand to place it on. :-) I figured it would be funner to make my own, rather than buy one. A quick trip to the local metal recycling place is always fun, since they have a huge parking lot of bins full of used metal for people to rummage through. I got 45 pounds of scrap mild steel (5 individual pieces of steel) for only $18. Couldn't be happier! I used my dual-voltage Everlast 140ST welder on a 220v outlet with Lincoln's 3/32" E6013 and capped with its 3/32" E7018 rods for all of the mild-steel weld points at approx 85 amps give or take--a quick, easy, fun project. I even added a front tray to hold the grinding wheel dresser and on the back (not shown) two hooks to wrap the power cable when not in use. It's 32 inches tall, which is perfect for me. The project was finished with RUST-OLEUM's pistachio or moss green paint (forgot the actual name). And I also upgraded the grinder's wheels from the 1-inch thick cheap Chinese wheels to thinner 3/4-inch thick, but much higher-quality SAIT/United Abrasives 36- and 60-grit wheels (not shown). That's all folks! Attached ImagesAgape GuyEverlast Power I-MIG 200 (dual voltage)Everlast PowerArc 200 stickHarbor Freight Titanium 125 Easy FluxHypertherm Powermax 30Way too many power tools
Reply:Thanks! BTW, I put into storage the cheap 1-inch thick Chinese-made grinding wheels that came with the bench grinder. In this photo you see the high-quality, thinner 3/4-inch thick SAIT grinding wheels. I went to a local Home Depot to get some 5/8"-holed beefy machined washers to compensate for the thinner grinding wheels (you can see the washers on the inside of each side of the wheels). I also upgraded the screws & bolts that held the black side guards in place with better hardware. All of this worked out well, and there is very little vibration. Attached ImagesAgape GuyEverlast Power I-MIG 200 (dual voltage)Everlast PowerArc 200 stickHarbor Freight Titanium 125 Easy FluxHypertherm Powermax 30Way too many power tools
Reply:Originally Posted by M J MauerCongrats nice looking stand.
Reply:We should have a competition ! Go find a 40 year old rustbucket Lincoln and a brand new Everlast 200. Set them both on 150(duty cycle be damned !) and start speedloading rods and see who dies first.Where do I buy my Lincoln ticket ?I built a wood stove in the seventies with a red radio and burned so many 6011 in a row my budddy was ready to call the fire dept. I couldn't kill it ! I tried ! My guess is the Everlast welds nicer but when you're drunk, you won't notice anyway.Bubble gumTooth pixDuct tapeBlack glueGBMF hammerScrew gun --bad battery (see above)
Reply:Originally Posted by BurpeeWe should have a competition ! Go find a 40 year old rustbucket Lincoln and a brand new Everlast 200. Set them both on 150(duty cycle be damned !) and start speedloading rods and see who dies first.Where do I buy my Lincoln ticket ?I built a wood stove in the seventies with a red radio and burned so many 6011 in a row my budddy was ready to call the fire dept. I couldn't kill it ! I tried ! My guess is the Everlast welds nicer but when you're drunk, you won't notice anyway.
Reply:Originally Posted by tackitNice stand and grinder Agape, good mods to the grinder. I would weld a rod across the front legs to stand on for when you need to dig in with the grinder.
Reply:I decided to implement the idea from "tackit" and add some form of footrest rod to stand on, so I can use it whenever I need to dig just a little bit into the grinding action--this is a good idea. Anyway, since I'm making enhancements to my bench grinding pedestal, I thought why not also upgrade the cheap "tool rests" that come with most bench grinders? A quick trip to the local metal recycling yard resulted in my spending $8 for a couple of pieces of scrap steel: a 3-inch angle iron piece (1/4-inch thick; 20" long) and I also found a 1-inch thick, 2-foot-long threaded round stock scrap piece. Both were in decent enough shape for my particular needs. I'll post more photos as I get the pieces prepped and bolted & welded on. In the mean time, see photos for today's progress that shows the initial rough cuts of the angle iron pieces that will eventually become my tool rests---these were fabbed using a 14" chop saw, 2" die grinder cutting tool, and 5" angle grinder-- a lot of grinding today just to notch the heavy duty tool rests! I still have to drill a hole in the side of each of them, smooth out the shapes, then maybe paint them, before mounting with wing nuts. For the footrest rod to be welded to the pedestal's base, I still have to remove the rust before I weld it on then paint it. I spent most of the project time today just on notching the 1/4-inch thick tool rest pieces. More photos to come. BTW, please forgive me as I will NOT be re-titling this post to Seven Easy Pieces. :-) Attached ImagesLast edited by Agape Guy; 12-01-2013 at 02:51 AM.Reason: typosAgape GuyEverlast Power I-MIG 200 (dual voltage)Everlast PowerArc 200 stickHarbor Freight Titanium 125 Easy FluxHypertherm Powermax 30Way too many power tools
Reply:Done! Here are the finished tool rests, after drilling, final shaping, and bolting to the modified tool-rest arms. They work really well--I can rotate them to extreme angles (e.g., to match the lengthwise bevel angle of a chisel's blade to sharpen it), which I could not do to the OEM tool rests that are fixed. I think everybody who has cheap bench-grinder tool rests should do this upgrade. There are lots of ways to do it. Just go to YouTube and search "bench grinder tool rest upgrade". (Now I just have to finish my pedestal's footrest bar enhancement.) Attached ImagesAgape GuyEverlast Power I-MIG 200 (dual voltage)Everlast PowerArc 200 stickHarbor Freight Titanium 125 Easy FluxHypertherm Powermax 30Way too many power tools
Reply:BEFORE and AFTER comparison. Attached ImagesAgape GuyEverlast Power I-MIG 200 (dual voltage)Everlast PowerArc 200 stickHarbor Freight Titanium 125 Easy FluxHypertherm Powermax 30Way too many power tools
Reply:those guides you added are much more better than the stock one's. nice!i.u.o.e. # 15queens, ny and sunny fla
Reply:Thx guys. Also check out these people who did some nice work: Agape GuyEverlast Power I-MIG 200 (dual voltage)Everlast PowerArc 200 stickHarbor Freight Titanium 125 Easy FluxHypertherm Powermax 30Way too many power tools |
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