Grinder Frame

This is hilarious. You have to see this.

That’s the body of the frame for my belt grinder. It’s an old real estate sign sandwiched around two pieces of scrap exactly 1 1/2″ thick, which happens to be the thickness of a typical grinder toolbar.

Can you believe that? I used two tools. The bandsaw and the impact driver. Took me maybe 25 minutes, and I’m slow.

Everything but the screws is scrap. And I had way too many of those screws anyway.

I haven’t firmly attached the top member, because I’m not sure what shape it will have to be to take the stuff for the tracking mechanism, and I also want to be very sure of a good fit against the toolbar.

Come on, tell me that’s not funny, compared to welding and cutting and grinding all day. I seriously think this will work. Why wouldn’t it? It already has, for someone else. Even if it doesn’t, it’s great fun. I love that bandsaw. It’s slow, and the cuts are not quite as good as table saw cuts, but it produces one fourth as much dust, it’s extremely safe, it’s easy, and you don’t have to wear any protective gear. A mask might be a good idea, but very little dust flies up where you can breathe it. Okay, okay. I should wear goggles or something, because tools are crazy, and this thing will eventually find a way to get me. I’ll worry about it next time.