Newbie to site(Belt Grinder)

[Bevoblood]

Thanks Mr. Collar it was a lot of hard work and redesign along the way. It is the combination of several ideas and grinders I took inspiration from.

[wizard69]

Thanks Mr. Collar it was a lot of hard work and redesign along the way. It is the combination of several ideas and grinders I took inspiration from.

It is certainly different from the normal square wheel. Was the idea here to be able to do slack grinding and square wheel grinding with out changing the setup? Or possibly a space savings measure?

Also it is kinda hard to tell from the pics but it looks like you have a cooler blowing on the back side of the platen? I think this is the first I've seen something like this.

[Bevoblood]

Wiz I just kind of took ideas from several types of grinders 2,3 and 4 wheel types and put them in mine,I took little things I liked about each design and incorporated them into something I liked. I wanted to be able to have it for multiple uses. I can take the front attachment plate off just by sliding it off easily and it makes it easier to square/flat grind sometimes. I can easily slide the D plate back to slack grind. I can easily slide attachment plate back on throw a quick digital angle meter on it and get the exact angle I want to put on a work piece. I can also quickly change the direction of the motor on the back of the control box since the power goes in via banana plug so just flip the cables in 5 seconds and I can put an angle on the plate in the other direction. This way I am not looking down into the workspace area. I can now easily see it since the work piece since it is out front now and not looking down into the workspace.
Yes that is a 24 volt computer blower fan, the switch is small black box mounted with velcro on the side of the upright that is plugged into a 24 volt wall supply mounted with velcro on the back of the upright. It does a good job keeping the platen cool since it is a blower type fan and not a regular type fan and keeps the dust out of the way.