I have an idea and im wondering if it will work i have access to a variable speed bench grinder 5 amp delta is there any reason i couldnt slap a pulley for a v belt on that sucker and use it to run a coote kalamazoo or a grizzly
Feb 21 2012our coote isnt designed for more than 2000 rpms so using step pulleys back to back would be wasted because we couldent use one of the pulleys due to the speed being way to fastso we made this mounting bracket that lets you use one step pulley and move the motor mount slides on a piece of 16ga 34 tubing which fits perfectly on 58
Kz448 kalamazoo 2 x 48 belt sander with motor with or without 12 hp motor 1ph 3450 rpm each e with 5 contact wheel tilt table and removable platen full hinged guard for quick belt change vertical or horizontal position kz448 runs 4500 sfpm kz348 is belt driven supplied pulley vbelt both use 2 x 48 sanding belts
The vbelts are tensioned not too tight however so that they will slip if you hit a chunk of bone instead of breaking a grinder part the motor mount is slotted and the main base beneath the grinder mounts is slotted allowing them to slide for proper vbelt tensioning see below for exact motor pulley and belt
Apr 19 2018the issue im running into is finding a belt grinder that can go slow enough to be better for sharpening so far ive e to either just a run of the mill belt grinder and accept that the speed will give less than ideal results or go all out on a coote and have to find an appropriate motor and pulley
Mar 31 2007i am ready to order my motor and coote belt grinder i spoke to norm coote and he has the step pulleys i need for the belt grinder and motor the only question i have is how do you gents with step pulleys mount your motors so you can easily move the drive belts from one pulley
Sep 03 2015as you can see i used a salvaged treadmill motor to power it if you want to repurpose a treadmill motor you have to either buildbuy a dc power supply for it or use the controller it es with and heres the trick there is a transducer somewhere on most treadmills that detects a magnet on a spinning pulley
Purchase the contact wheel first to determine thread size i know that these are not cheap but i believe coote belt grinder company has the best prices on them be sure to get one that is serrated the size you chose will be determined on the grinding you want to do you will have one step down pulley on the motor this will mean you need
Nov 20 2018think i would find a 3400 motor so the sfpm might be perhaps 4500 and 5500 with having a double pulley that would be a reasonable size what is your aim as many are over the counter for a reasonable price still nothing wrong with making your own design some belt grinders have a
Dec 31 2017i am build a 2x72 belt grinder using a dc treadmill motor the 15 hp motor i have is rated at 90v on the tag no rpm is given i am driving it with an 120v scr speed control fed through a bridge rectifier i get a maximum of 108v at present this gives me a motor speed of 6700 rpm if i
Oct 06 2011the motor is bolted to a hinge so that the weight of the motor keeps the belt taught fwiw i dont use the disk grinder much probably because i dont do much full tang work one issue i had was wandering belt syndrome so i put blue masking tape wraps in the middle of the top wheel to create a domed effect which keeps funky belts from
I would spend less for solid grinder like the craftsman rather than the middle of the road grinders that dont actually offer that much more and save the money for when you finally take the deep plunge which you will if you do want to spend more but not 2000 then go with the 2x72 coote and get some kind of variable speed and 2hp
Jun 05 2014it didnt seem to matter whether it was running at half or full speed using a 120 grit belt im wondering if putting a pulley on the motor would help as i just filed down the pulley that was on there for the treadmill which is very small or if i should start looking for an alternate source for motors
Bolt together 2 x 72 belt grinder i have been wanting a 2 x 72 belt grinder ever since i started making knives on my wimpy 4 x 36 belt sander after looking around at some designs i figured i could probably make one myself i had access to our scrap bin at work that often had squa
Mar 04 20132x72 belt grinder build i started a picasa albums with build pictures and captions i will update the thread as i add new pictures currently it is functional but i still have work to do on the tool arms and i am making a cabinet for it to set on
Oct 31 2016so i put the flywheelpulley back on and found a 2 multiv pulley with a 58 keyed bore bought a 18 piece of 58 keyed shaft and a couple of pillow blocks used the treadmills belt to couple the motor pulley and 2 pulley on the 58 shaft together and put the grinder belt drive wheel on the other end of the 58 shaft
Jul 02 2008question about the craftsman belt sander 2x42 sign in to follow this another option if you are set on the variable motor is the coote grinder for 400 and then get the motor this is also a damn fine machine i have used one a few different times i run a 1 12 pulley on my motor and a 5 12 pulley on my coote that cuts my speed to
I am going to build the polar bear forge 2x72 belt grinder having trouble deciding on the motor i cant run a 15hp motor on the 15a outlets have tried with a 12 disc sander the closest outlets to the garage door 1x 220v 20amp outlet 25 away that runs a 3hp lathe 1x 115v 15amp 15 away 1x 115v 20amp 25 away the motor i was looking at was a 1hp 3450 run by a teco vfd 115v
Sep 16 2019i have some 72s on order arriving tomorrow the motor attached now is 2 hp and runs 3400 rpm i put a 2 drive pulley on it and the grinder has a 4 pulley on it this should get me down to 1700 rpm on my 10 contact wheel if anyone with more experience with these grinders sees anything going horribly wrong with this setup please let me know
Jun 01 2013burr king and bader were the first to offer a grinder with attachments etc for the custom knife making industry and they thought that the existing size of a 2 x72 belt would be about the best size for the job you can also run 1 1 12 belts on these machines can you think of a belt size you think would work better
Feb 06 2009i want to build a 2 by 72 belt grinder i want a maximum speed of 5000 fpm i want a vfd it looks like i can achieve this with either a 1725 rpm motor sped way up for 5000 fpm or a 3450 rpm motor which would run at around 5000 fpm at 60 hz and would have to
New multifunctional belt sander 1 belt sander it can be used for highspeed steel drill bit rough grinding blade edging fine grinding tungsten steel turning tool polishing bodhi root etc compact size for portable carry work with low noise
Sep 12 2011im not sure what the max speed rating would be on the belt its self but most beltsanders that i have used are 14001500 ftmin max speed if you bought new belts then they may have a max speed on the package but if not im sure you could contact the co and they could tell you espeacially if they are a high quality belt
As long as the buyer obtains a smaller belt grinder with a highquality work table and platen and a strong enough motor the 1by 42should work fine for knife making tasks such as bevel grinding profiling and most initial knife development steps the 2by 72is the far better choice