home brew shop equipment
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losthelm
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home brew shop equipment
after reading some of the post on beltsanders what all is out there for plans and instructions on home build shop equipment?
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Sasha
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I get accused of "sasharising" te whole workshop.
I tend to build tool and equipment as a first resort, buy them and modify to my needs as a second. Buy them and use them "as is" while modiying my workshop practices around them as a distant third.
By all means I would advise building your own linisher. It is one of the simplest tools to build, and one of the most useful.
Just don't skimp on the power of the motor. You want both speed and power. Too slow is inefficient and leads to overheating the belts, to weak (mostly becasue you have set up the pullys to speed the belts up) results in the thing bogging down and the motor overheating.
Always go overspec on the motor.
Make sure you use encased bearings rather then bushes or free-bearings (the grit will get into everything).
Take the time to come up with a belt fitting/tensioning system that is fast and hassle free. That will be the part of the machine you will curse most often if it is not right.
PUT THE SWITCH NEAR TO WHERE YOU WILL STAND TO WORK, NOT NEAR THE MOTOR WHERE YOU HAVE TO REACH ACROSS THE MACHINE TO FLICK THE SWITCH! (you would be surprised how many people miss that one!)
Align and clamp twice, weld together once!
Consider building in the fittings for dust extraction right form the design phase, even if you do not hook up the vaccuum at the beggining. It is better to have it there as an option then to try and jury rig it in later.
Good luck.
Sasha
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Work like you were living in the early days of a better nation
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I tend to build tool and equipment as a first resort, buy them and modify to my needs as a second. Buy them and use them "as is" while modiying my workshop practices around them as a distant third.
By all means I would advise building your own linisher. It is one of the simplest tools to build, and one of the most useful.
Just don't skimp on the power of the motor. You want both speed and power. Too slow is inefficient and leads to overheating the belts, to weak (mostly becasue you have set up the pullys to speed the belts up) results in the thing bogging down and the motor overheating.
Always go overspec on the motor.
Make sure you use encased bearings rather then bushes or free-bearings (the grit will get into everything).
Take the time to come up with a belt fitting/tensioning system that is fast and hassle free. That will be the part of the machine you will curse most often if it is not right.
PUT THE SWITCH NEAR TO WHERE YOU WILL STAND TO WORK, NOT NEAR THE MOTOR WHERE YOU HAVE TO REACH ACROSS THE MACHINE TO FLICK THE SWITCH! (you would be surprised how many people miss that one!)
Align and clamp twice, weld together once!
Consider building in the fittings for dust extraction right form the design phase, even if you do not hook up the vaccuum at the beggining. It is better to have it there as an option then to try and jury rig it in later.
Good luck.
Sasha
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Work like you were living in the early days of a better nation
-Oysterband