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DavidR8's shop shenanigans

Belt grinder wheels arrived!
Super impressed.
Bottom drive wheel is 4", top is 3"
Bought from Nexus Grinders in Raymond AB.
Drive wheel was $40, idler was $37. I can't buy the material for that money :(
Going to be paired up with a 1hp Baldor motor that I scored for $60.

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Only took about 20 mins to cut through the track. I was expecting it to take longer.
 
David_R8 said:
Mini anvil in the making.
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I don't really use an anvil for much more than something heavy to beat something on. So my anvil is just a cutoff piece of track and nothing special. I hope SWMBO never finds it. So I hide it under a big work bench loaded with "stuff".

Are you planning to do more than that? If so, I'll be most interested in following along.
 
Susquatch said:
I don't really use an anvil for much more than something heavy to beat something on. So my anvil is just a cutoff piece of track and nothing special. I hope SWMBO never finds it. So I hide it under a big work bench loaded with "stuff".

Are you planning to do more than that? If so, I'll be most interested in following along.
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I may put a bit of a horn on it and flatten the top. It’s definitely only destined be a solid surface used to flatten stubborn metal. I don’t see any smithing in my future.
 
David_R8 said:
I may put a bit of a horn on it and flatten the top. It’s definitely only destined be a solid surface used to flatten stubborn metal. I don’t see any smithing in my future.
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I think we are on the same page. I'd appreciate it if you posted some photos when you are done. If it's easy to do I might do the same. Right now I don't even know what's better than a plain old section.
 
Susquatch said:
I think we are on the same page. I'd appreciate it if you posted some photos when you are done. If it's easy to do I might do the same. Right now I don't even know what's better than a plain old section.
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Will do!
 
David_R8 said:
Put up a white board in the shop this afternoon.
Needed a motivational message View attachment 35654
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Ha ha I am telling myself every time I'm working on a project at.

I get mad and frustrated at my 12 year old boy for NEVER putting things away and having a mess about him, and then I remind myself "how could he be any different with me as his his old man?" .

However I just about never leave the shop in a mess at the end of the day, I don't sleep well if I do.
 
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