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I have been wanting a 2 x 72 belt grinder ever since I started making knives on my wimpy 4 x 36 belt sander. After looking around at some designs I figured I could probably make one myself. I had access to our scrap bin at work that often had square tubing and small chunks of flat stock but I didn't have access to a welder. This led me to design a belt grinder that was similar to many of the welded designs I saw but would be bolted together rather than welded. This also had the advantage that if one of the pieces broke or I messed up on it while making it then all I had to do was unbolt it and make a new one.
Hi, I wonder if i can buy the one that's made already as shown above...I just couldnt have time to assemble one...i've started making my n=own kanife already, and i have a 1 x 30 \" belt sander.Cheers,Mario Tin-ga
This is an in-depth overview of how to make a belt sander. It includes numerous reviews of articles on building a belt sander, forum discussions (including our HomemadeTools.net forum and others), and videos on building a DIY belt grinder or a DIY belt sander. Eight of these builds include detailed homemade belt sander plans.To instantly download a free PDF ebook version of this article, click here.
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We'll focus mostly on 2x72 belt sanders. However, we do have a handful of mentions of small strip sanders, handheld belt sander conversions, and home built belt sanders with belts shorter than 72\". We'll also discuss sourcing used motors, building your own homemade belt grinder wheels, and a variety of other techniques for saving money while you make your own belt sander.
A high-quality new 2x72 belt grinder costs over $2,000, even if constructed from a belt grinder kit. Some home builders make their home made sanders for next to nothing, while others purchase new wheels, a new motor, and other goodies that can quickly push the cost over $500. However, a good homebuilt 2x72 belt sander can reasonably be had for 1/10th of the retail price - around $250. If you can inexpensively source some spare parts and components (most namely the motor), that cost can easily be cut in half, to around $125.
All of the builds featured herein are fully credited to the original builders, and link to each respective build page or video. We've done our best to contact everyone mentioned here, but if you see your build in here - congratulations, you're internet famous :). If you have a belt sander build that you'd like us to add, post about it on our homemade tools forum.
A belt sander can be reasonably broken down into the five constituent components listed below. If you want to build a belt sander, but you don't know where to start, consider each component separately.
2. The wheels. You can purchase pre-made belt sander wheels from Beaumont Metal Works, although they're fairly expensive. If you have machining skills, you can machine your own wheels. You can source wheels (skateboard wheels are a favorite). You can also build your own wheels from wood, or multiple layers of MDF. Idler wheels can be pulled off of engines. Wheels will need to be crowned for correct tracking. Crowning can be machined, or even done with masking tape. However, the crowning can be worn down by the backing on the 2x72 belts.
3. The power source. This will almost always be an electric motor. You can buy a brand-new motor. To save money, you can remove a motor from an existing tool or appliance.A favorite trick is get a free treadmill from Craigslist, with a nice motor plus controls that will allow you to vary the speed of your belt sander. To get a rough idea of the treadmill motor's condition, examine the treadmill belt, and see how worn the more common buttons or controls are. A treadmill motor will usually be in excellent shape; you're probably not going to be getting a well-used treadmill from an Olympic athlete. When sourcing from Craigslist, consider searching with misspellings; in this case, your most common misspelling of treadmill is going to be \"treadmil\". Also, it's occasionally spelled as two words: \"tread mill\".
4. The tracking mechanism. The belt needs to be properly tracked so that it rides correctly on the wheels. For many first-time belt sander builders, this is an afterthought that turns into a huge headache when the belt sander is first tested. Fortunately, tracking is fairly easy, and is usually achieved with an eye bolt. Tracking generally needs to be adjusted when speed is altered.
5. The tensioning mechanism. The belt on the belt sander will need to be tensioned to operate, and then relaxed to remove the belt. One trick is to mount the motor to a hinged plate, which is then used as the tensioning device. Another great technique is to salvage the incline motor from a treadmill, which is used to vary the treadmill incline so that a person can walk or run \"uphill\" on the treadmill. This incline motor can be used as a tensioning motor.
Once the belt sander is built, these add-ons will be fairly easy to construct and customize for your use. It usually makes more sense to build your belt sander, get it running, and then customize it as you see fit. Most homemade tool builders never completely finalize a build; they like to add to it and adjust it over time. Your belt sander will probably never be completely finished - you're making a tool, not a sandwich.
Here's our curated selection of articles and forum discussions of standard belt sander builds (videos, plans, and miscellaneous other belt sander builds are further below). Click on each photo below for the full build.
There are actually hundreds of YouTube videos on building belt sanders; you could watch them for weeks. We culled out the ones with bad lighting or audio, and we focused on shorter videos. Some of the better videos that we included are indeed longer (20+ minutes), or are part of a series of related videos. You can also use the 2x speed trick mentioned above to reduce a half-hour video to a manageable 15 minutes.
The easiest way to build a benchtop belt sander is to solidly mount a portable belt sander. This won't be a DIY 2x72 belt grinder, but the cost is minimal, sometimes even free. Firmly mounting a portable tool for use as a fixed tool is a well-used trick of the homemade tool builder, and applies to many different tools. Here are some examples of builds that feature mounted portable belt sanders. Click on each photo below for the full build.
A hand drill/driver or a rotary Dremel tool will never be powerful enough for a 2x72 belt grinder. Nevertheless, powering a belt sander with these tools is clever, and worth mentioning, albeit briefly. Here are some examples of drill-powered and Dremel-powered belt sanders. Click on each photo below for the full build.
You can find all manner of homemade tools on the Homemade Tools Forum, but forums specific to knifemaking are also great resources for homemade belt grinder builds. Here's a list of forums with information on making your own belt grinder. 153554b96e
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