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    Lightbulb Belt Grinder Build (on a Budget)

    Hi Folks,

    If you like machining and fabricating you might enjoy my latest build video - my rendition of Jeremy Schmidt's 2x72 belt grinder build:



    Enjoy!

    Cheers,
    Craig

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    The machine and the video are very well made.
    Good job!
    When I was young and poor I learnt a trade, and after many years of hard work I’m not young anymore.

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    nice shop,. nice welds, nice build, nice video. I modified the house version

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    Quote Originally Posted by wedoitall75 View Post
    nice shop,. nice welds, nice build, nice video. I modified the house version
    Thanks guys - what modifications did you find useful?

    Cheers,
    Craig

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    Congratulations craig9 - your Belt Grinder is the Homemade Tool of the Week!

    This is a really nice belt grinder, and it's good to see a budget build with professional quality video production.

    Some more good builds from this week:

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    craig9 - we've added your tool entry to our All Homemade Tool of the Week winners post. And, you'll now notice the wrench-on-pedestal award in the awards showcase in your postbit, visible beneath your username:



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    Wow - thanks Jon - I did not expect that!

    Cheers,
    Craig

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    You deserve it Craig! Very well done all the way around.



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