Small Wheel help!

[DaveL]

I am trying to use a small wheel assembly with a Burr King grinder and having no luck at all. It seems to me that if someone made a variable speed grinder for small wheels, it would be in demand. I need one all of the time and end up finding some way to get by. Any ideas out there?

[DC KNIVES]

Dave, there are several out there. JL Grinders has a horizontal 2"x72" which can be ordered with a variable speed but these grinders are a little pricey, about $2500 I think. Rob Frink at Beaumont Machine sells one that is 2"x48" or 2"x72" with and optional extension. Knifekits. Com right here sells a 1"x42" with a horizontal attachment but not variable speed. I built my own but not variable speed. I used a slower motor(1750 rpm) with a 2" drive wheel to get the speed I wanted. Hope this helps. Dave

[Alan L]

Dave, Rob Frink and the KMG grinder are the way to go. www.beaumontmetalworks.com is the website. He makes small wheels from 1/2" up to 3", the adaptors to hold them, variable-speed motors and controllers, on up to the whole darn grinder. If you had a Bader instead of a Burr-King, Rob also sells drop-in parts to convert itto small wheel. I don't know anything about a Burr-King, though. I do love my KMG!

[Andries Olivier]

I also use a home-built with a 5" drivewheel fitted with a 1400 rpm motor. The front assembly is made of 8" section of 2" hollow shaft fitted with highspeed bearings on both ends. Works for me.

[Dan Graves]

I built a 2 X 48 grinder with the shaft being 3/4" and turned down the shaft to (where belt will ride) 2 sizes 3/8 and 1/2 and covered with rubber tubes from auto parts house (these are contact wheels). No platten just backstand idler. They can run for hrs. and never overheat.

[Dan Graves]

I have had several e-mails on my belt grinder and thought I would post a picture. I love this grinder.