Making a Contact Wheel upgrade for my 2 x 72 Belt Grinder on a budget.

A few years ago i made myself Dan Comeau's @DanCom excellent 2x72 belt grinder. It has served me very well since. However recently I have yearned for a little more versatility, especially the use of a contact wheel or various projects. Dan very kindly supplies his version which I am sure is great. However when I researched the £3000 machines out there, I found they used a slightly different approach which I thought might work for me too. Anyway, it turned out to be very cost effective: the steel used was from my scrap bin and the only real expense was the 10" contact wheel I got on Aliexpress for about £50 and the bearings which were another £10.

The wheel I ordered can be found here: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1685...390e4c4dVX4eo4

Hope this be of interest to some of you. Take good care.

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Thanks anthonyget! We've added your Belt Grinder Contact Wheel Attachment to our Belt Sanders and Grinders category,
as well as to your builder page: anthonyget's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

<div id="blocks"> <div class="block b1 pngfix"> <div class="bimg"> <div> <a href="https://www.homemadetools.net/homemade-belt-grinder-contact-wheel-attachment"> <img src="/uploads/253299/homemade-belt-grinder-contact-wheel-attachment.jpeg"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="head pngfix"></div> <div class="left pngfix"></div> <div class="right pngfix"></div> <div class="blockover b1 pngfix"> <div class="title"> <a href="https://www.homemadetools.net/homemade-belt-grinder-contact-wheel-attachment">Belt Grinder Contact Wheel Attachment</a> <span> by <a href="https://www.homemadetools.net/builder/anthonyget">anthonyget</a></span> </div> <div class="tags">tags: <a href='https://www.homemadetools.net/tag/belt-grinder'>belt grinder</a> </div> </div> </div> </div>
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