grinder on lathe bed?

I thought about it, and decided not to on my set up.

1. The metal and wheel dust would f@@ck up the ways in short order.

1. I built a table that sits on the ways for chisels, so I don't have to balance them. It's much more handy.

I put the grinder on its own stand 3 steps from the lathe, and I'm happy.

Walt C

The grinder just being in the way would be enough to change my mind. The grinder won't just be in the way when you do long spindle work, it will also be in the way when you do bowls and other faceplate work. Find another place for your grinder and you will be much happier.

Barry

"C&S" wrote: I finally bought myself a grinder. I am looking for a place to park it in my shop and I thought that I might build a base that would mate with the bed on my Jet 1442. (clip) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ In the metals newsgroup someone with a similar problem solved it by mounting several tools on trailer "receiver" hitches. He mounts the part that normally goes under the car/truck bumper on his bench, and then he can slip his vise, grinder, etc on and off easily.

It just occurred to me that this would allow you to back into a friend's/customer's driveway, and use a variety of tools there as well. This would be ideal for a handyman type operation.

Used somewhat similar system myself until I got the "Big Buffer." Grinder and buffer had box sections that extended past the motor mounts which were inserted into a slot under the lathe top. They were stored underneath when not actually in use. Cleat up on the box, down on the top kept 'em well enough.

Don't know exactly how I will go once Blue is gone. The grinder's still held in his stand. Probably to a stand alone.

you could also back your truck into his shop, throw a receiver bar into his bench and drive away with his bench...

Sorry, just the weird way that my mind works.. *g*

mac

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I'd avoid it for the same reason that I don't like the shop made grinding disks that fit either hand wheel or between the spindle and chuck.. I just don't like either metal shavings or sparks around the lathe..

Another consideration is that I recycle my shavings and wouldn't want them "contaminated" with metal and grinding wheel dust.. YMWV

mac

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I saw a friends grinder was mounted on a purpose built (and abour $50.00US) grinder stand from Harbour Freight. Then one day I was driving home from my store, and saw a table base out by the trash behind a restraunt. Took the base home built a open front wood box on top of it to holod all of the sharpening paraphenalia (Oneway system) and bolted the grinder on top. First time I fired it up it wobbled like mad, but a shim under the offending foot on the base fixed that.

On the original question I would not want the grinder dust anywhere near where I am trying to finish sand my pieces. With my luck I would get a bunch of them on the workpiece and end up with some huge scratches that would mean more sanding (and more sanding...)

Roman

The best stand that I've seen so far was in a mobile sharpening van...

I looked like a 2 foot long piece of channel steel, about a foot wide, with a 2" pipe fitting welded to the middle... He had a plywood table/grinder mount on the other end of about 3' of 2" pipe and hooks under the table to hold different jigs..

One thing that I thought was very clever was that he had attached a pair of casters to one side of the channel and what looked like the handle from a golf bag to the other, so he could tilt it and wheel it like a hand truck...

mac

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Don't do it! The reason a grinder wheel can sharpen tooling is that it is HARDER than the tooling! Any of the grit off the grinding wheel that lands on your bed ways will continue to do its job, i.e. remove/scratch your bed ways! This grit between your tailstock base and the ways will reak havoc on BOTH mating surfaces. Not to mention if the fine dust gets into your taper area of either the headstock or tailstock. Better to have a dedicated area if at all possible to touch up your turning tools or at least maybe behind you and several feet away. Remember...Sharp tools are safer than dull ones! TimQ