Gene Davis
05-01-2016, 10:16 PM
I've a vintage Baldor grinder, 6" wheels, 3450 rpm, weighs a ton as these old ones do. It's from about 1950. Currently it sits atop a 36-high bench, and I would rather it be on its own stand elsewhere.
Looking at the Harbor Freight one with 4 legs, currently about $26.50 out the door, I thought I would make one out of a couple boards from the BORG instead. My sketch is attached.
Like the HF bent-metal affair, this one has four canted legs and a rectangular footprint on the floor about 20" wide x 19" deep. The halfway-up platform is from a piece of 1/2" plywood I've left over from something. It gets its corners nipped and is let into mortises cut into the inside edges of the legs.
I'll figure a way to have a cupholder front center, to hold a plastic cup of water to dip the hot ends into when grinding. And a mount for a light fixture at the back so I can gooseneck an LED light over top.
Any cautions? Any ideas for alternatives? I know a lot of grinder stands are heavy welded steel affairs and this seems a lightweight, but I watched a YouTube video showing a review of the HF thing, and the reviewer said things were quiet and steady and firm with the grinder running.
Looking at the Harbor Freight one with 4 legs, currently about $26.50 out the door, I thought I would make one out of a couple boards from the BORG instead. My sketch is attached.
Like the HF bent-metal affair, this one has four canted legs and a rectangular footprint on the floor about 20" wide x 19" deep. The halfway-up platform is from a piece of 1/2" plywood I've left over from something. It gets its corners nipped and is let into mortises cut into the inside edges of the legs.
I'll figure a way to have a cupholder front center, to hold a plastic cup of water to dip the hot ends into when grinding. And a mount for a light fixture at the back so I can gooseneck an LED light over top.
Any cautions? Any ideas for alternatives? I know a lot of grinder stands are heavy welded steel affairs and this seems a lightweight, but I watched a YouTube video showing a review of the HF thing, and the reviewer said things were quiet and steady and firm with the grinder running.