My New 2X72 Belt Grinder

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The lever worked awsome! I even had a 2" stainless steel ball bearing laying around so I used that as the tip. It LOOKED really good too...
A little TOO good I thought to myself. Too good to be on this boring, simple, gray grinder that I was building......


At this point in the build I found myself using the lever to compress the pillar all the time because it worked so well and looked so nice. During this time I kept thinking the lever and mount reminded me of something......
STEAMPUNK!

It was then that I decided to make the worlds first "Steampunk Belt Grinder." (I couldn't find one on the Google so I'm making that claim right now damnit!) I'm not really into steampunk, but I do appreciate the look, and I've always wanted to make something functional in the steampunk theme. Now I guess I have a piece of functional art!

Again, no progress pics were taken but here are some pics of the finished build. I used a 2.9hp direct drive DC treadmill motor, and used a CNC plasma cutting table to cut most of the parts for it.
Enjoy!

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When tipping it on it's side, I can use the same work rest by sliding it out and turning it a quarter turn.