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Bought my first dressing tool. Both wheels on bench grinder had deep grooves in them. The dressing disc wore down to round washers in first use but still working. I decided to make my own disc from 1/4" steel plate, slugs produced from iron worker. Used 1 1/4" punch , drilled 1/4" hole through concave side made by punching plate. Grind down the convex side of washer making it possible for to install 2 washers in dressing tool. Works better and longer than original tool.
Hi stainless steel,
Welcome! :welcome:
Sounds like an interesting tool - let's see a few pics! :cool:
What's next on your build list?
Ken
Hi stainless steel - welcome to HomemadeTools.net :welcome:
Welcome to the forums, stainless steel! :welcome: Looks like an interesting project to share.
Attachment 8178I used a handle from tool made for dressing bench grinding wheels that I purchased from amazon. The little disc are very thin and wear quickly. So I made my own disc and when they wear out just make some more.
Ken, my name is Paul, I recently finished a ring and square tubing roller. I have completed 5 jobs already using this tool, the heaviest material was 1"x 3"x 11ga steel tubing, rolling on the 1" side. I added a chuck from old pipe threader to the output shaft of gear box to twist 1/2"x 1/2" x 20' sq bar cold bend 24 revolutions to use as spindles and pickets. I used 1/2 hp motor @ 1725 rpm and 30:1 gear box reduction. Pictures and video will follow when I have a change to send them.
Hey Paul,
That sounds like a nice, beefy roller. We'll look forward to the photos and video. :hattip:
Ken
Thanks stainless steel! We've added your Dresser Disc Replacement to our Metalworking category, as well as to your builder page: stainless steel's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:
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I needed a tubing roller and picket twisting tool. I found a 30:1 gear box reduction, i used 1/2 hp motor @1725 rpm. Other material used was 3/8" plate, 1 1/4" flush mount bearings, size 50 chain and sprockets. I used old chuck from old pipe threader to twist 1/2" x 20' sections of square bar into pickets. I tried attaching 58 sec video of roller working, but said file was too large. I will send more pics later on.Attachment 8920
