[TheForge] Grinder rollers

[Justin Fellenz]

I am very familiar with this problem, done it many times. The last
time, I built a header for my unimog--a new set is about $1300, and I
couldn't find a used set, and I had just seen jesse james build a
header in like 6 minutes, and...halfway through I found a set of used
ones for $300 and I think I have 8 precious days into that very
complicated set of pipes and the truck doesn't run worth a darn. Still,
though, a grinder doesn't look to difficult....

;)

I know someone with an old burr king set up for knifemaking, wants a
grand for it. Seems high.

Thanks for your suggestions, folks. And for the gazinta
thread--building a shop next year (finally...no more wrenching in the
rain/snow/heat/cold/dark) and I wouldn't have thought of a gazinta. Nor
would I have ever used the word.

J 

JRF

--- Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer <artgawk at thegrid.net> wrote:

> I thought that they are so expensive and I have all this nifty 
> junk...I'll just make one.
> My dear wife pointed out that, in the end, if i was paying myself 
> minimum wage...VS the cost of a new machine...i might have come 
> out even , maybe..but got a poorer quality machine in the end.
> This is not to say that i won't make the same mistake next time...PF
> 
> Justin Fellenz wrote:
> > There was a thread about belt grinder rollers a while back. Doesn't
> > seem too hard to make the steel part. Is the problem finding the
> right
> > elastomer and then bonding it to the steel? That's the impression I
> get
> > reading the thread--been toying with the idea of building a knife
> > grinder because they're so flippin expensive to buy, but Iam
> wondering
> > if there's a hidden gotcha...
> > 
> > J
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