Bob Warner
KNIFE MAKER
For those that know me they know I tend to overbuild things, just my nature. Well I “may” have exceeded my own work with my grinder overhaul.
I have a KMG grinder that I have had for many years. When I first got it I built a pretty hefty pedestal stand for it. It was pretty stout and has lasted well for many years. Unfortunately I have not used my shop that much for the last few years and the KMG rusted up pretty badly. It really looked bad so I decided it was time to clean it up and build it a new pedestal stand for it.
In the photos below you will see:
1 – The grinder mounted on the stand right after I got it and built the stand. Overbuilt? Yes a bit. But there has always been an issue with it that bothered me. It would rock a little bit when I was grinding and I always had to come up with things to jamb under it to make it stand still. It irritated me but I lived with it.
2- I decided to make a new stand, a little heavier and sturdier so it would not move around. Here is the stand. It has 1” thick plate for the base, 6” (1/4” wall) tube for the upright and 1” plate for the top. It is very heavy and hard to move when you want to so it probably won’t move when I don’t want it to. If you look in the background you will see the poor KMG all rusted up.
3-This is what a KMG looks like after it is torn all the way down, sanded and ready to be painted.
4-This is the grinder back together and painted. Installed on the stand and working. I need to clean up the motor and wiring but it is complete again.
I added a larger pulley to the motor to increase the top speed and it really moves now.
Now I need to polish the rest to get the paint off of it and I will be done. Then I can trash the old stand and move the grinder to its place.
Excuse the mess in the shop but I made the mess, making the changes to the grinder and building the stand. It will all be clean again tomorrow.
I have a KMG grinder that I have had for many years. When I first got it I built a pretty hefty pedestal stand for it. It was pretty stout and has lasted well for many years. Unfortunately I have not used my shop that much for the last few years and the KMG rusted up pretty badly. It really looked bad so I decided it was time to clean it up and build it a new pedestal stand for it.
In the photos below you will see:
1 – The grinder mounted on the stand right after I got it and built the stand. Overbuilt? Yes a bit. But there has always been an issue with it that bothered me. It would rock a little bit when I was grinding and I always had to come up with things to jamb under it to make it stand still. It irritated me but I lived with it.
2- I decided to make a new stand, a little heavier and sturdier so it would not move around. Here is the stand. It has 1” thick plate for the base, 6” (1/4” wall) tube for the upright and 1” plate for the top. It is very heavy and hard to move when you want to so it probably won’t move when I don’t want it to. If you look in the background you will see the poor KMG all rusted up.
3-This is what a KMG looks like after it is torn all the way down, sanded and ready to be painted.
4-This is the grinder back together and painted. Installed on the stand and working. I need to clean up the motor and wiring but it is complete again.
I added a larger pulley to the motor to increase the top speed and it really moves now.
Now I need to polish the rest to get the paint off of it and I will be done. Then I can trash the old stand and move the grinder to its place.
Excuse the mess in the shop but I made the mess, making the changes to the grinder and building the stand. It will all be clean again tomorrow.