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DavidR8's shop shenanigans
- Thread starter David
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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.
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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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.
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.
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.
Will do!
Former Member
Guest
I think I'd reply with a multiple personality......
WHY?!
Which would start a fight in the shop
10 things. Every time I walk in, every time I walk out.
DPittman
Ultra Member
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.
I can handle almost all my mess. But damn, I *hate* cleaning up aluminium swarf. Seems to stick to everything and no surface stays clean unless I repeatedly wipe everything down with clean cloths. Steel is so much easier to clean up.