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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ม.ค. 2020
- Do your belts wibble wobble on your 2x72 Belt grinder? Mine did, and the tracking was horrible. In this episode we discuss everything you need to know about 2x72 Belt Grinder Tracking and how to tune your 2x72.
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Thank you for explaining the tracking for the 2x72 grinder that I can understand.On my own 2 hrs not close to tracking,watched your video and 15 minutes perfect on a variety of belts
Brian! Wow man great video! Your channel is awesome, you did a wicked job of getting this info to us, can't wait to see more about your belt grinder.
Best regards
David.
Thanks David!
Very detailed and informative!!
Great Video!
Dude!!!!!! thank you thank you thank you so much because I had built my own on a very tight budget and simply conceded that the belt was just simply going to wobble a little bit. You have given me new Hope my friend
So good to hear. I have had a few people reach out to me with pretty much the exact message, and bro...it makes me feel great that my work helps others. I struggled with this stuff FOREVER. Hope all is well!
Thanks so much for the tips, my grinder was running with the alignment wheel loop sided just to get the belt straight on the platen, added a 1/4" spacer fixed it after checking with a straight edge.
Perfect. Sounds like you did exactly what is needed. Sometimes a spacer solves it all! Nice work John. 👊🏻😁
Man....After 3 years of struggeling with the tracking of my beltgrinder i finally found the courage to tear it down and make the adjustments shown in your video.
Now the tracking is pretty on point with the tracking wheel in level....before i had to crank it up like 10 degrees to the left.
This is such an improvement thank you sooo much for sharing buddy, this is what TH-cam is all about!
Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪
I love hearing this! I am so glad it helped you out. Take a pic of your grinder and email it over to me. I’d like to see your setup. Brian@housework.us
Pascal! I got your email and I wanted you to know I’ll be featuring your pics and email in y upcoming vid (releasing on Friday) thanks so much. 👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻
Amazing news! Realy looking forward to that! 🙌 you can also mention my Instagram "auf_messers_schneide" if you want to. Maybe some of the guys want to check out my knives and blacksmithing :)
Would be an honor! 😊
After Literally almost beating my brains in, I finally stumbled across your video, looking for Tips and tricks for dialing the Tracking in along with pulley & belt alignment. And man Having the ability to actually TURN the tracking assembly side to side, along with the Tilt Was THE TICKET, and with making it with 1/2" steel as well as my Spacer on the end of my Bar, instead of 1/4", I FINALLY Got this thing dialed in. I used a 40 pound Mini Shock instead of the Spring. I'm DEFINITELY Gonna Add The VSC as Mine is a 3450rpm Motor, It's A bit much full speed...LOL
Glad it helped!! ⚡️⚡️⚡️ Cheers!
@@HouseMadeUS I might get brave this winter, and try building the Swivel Model, Now that I Have a pretty good idea on what's going on, most DEFINITELY Gonna get The VSC, 3450 rpms Right off the Rip is a lil bit scary...lol
There's so many cheesy ideas out there, but yours is pretty much bullet proof & straight to the point. I'm Gonna post a video on my channel of this thing later on, I just got done painting it. Check it out sometime & tell me what you think, I'm gonna give you some props on the Tracking Assembly & All the helpful Info, Keep up the Great Work man...🍺
Super helpful video sir!
Thank you Caleb! 👊🏻
Really enjoy your channel
Thanks Terry. I appreciate that.
Perfect timing. I've got a 72" grinder and my tracking wheel sits a little cockeyed. Dl'ing this so I can watch it later. Thanks for the info.
You’re welcome Skip. Glad you got something out of this. It’s a topic that can bring about some brain work. Which hopefully I took some of that out of it for others. 👊🏻
That explains why my belt wobbles now. I alway kept the belt on! Thanks for the tip
Glad to help! Thanks for watching and commenting.
Very good job. Thanks
Thank you my friend. 👊🏻
Hi Brian I totally agree with Notus Notus this now explains why my grinder is all over the place it’s a cheap model bought for me as a present however checking out the angles shows me there are no level ones in existence on it, I don’t have the money to buy a new one however if I cut it apart at the welds I suppose I could rebuild from scratch, this is the best video out there on this topic Brian well done, but now rather than thinking it was me doing something wrong I have some decisions to make about the future of my grinder. Once again awesome video sir.
Thanks Robby, I appreciate that. What model did you get? I bet you can shore that thing up pretty good. Also ACE hardware has some spacers that work well if you need to move the wheels around on the axles. Just a thought.
House / Work hi Brian thanks for the reply when I turned fifty my mother bought it for me it’s a Chinese model she found on eBay, not ideal I know but it was a lovely thought she had obviously been listening to my wife saying she was tired of listening to me moan about using a small belt sander designed for wood I inherited from my farther to make knives, one good thing if I dismantle and rebuild it technically it will then have been built in the UK and not China, it will require cutting all the welds possibly replacing a part then re-welding it back together again.
Tremendous video, wish i could have seen it before i built my grinder and spent hours trying to figure out what was off on my tracking.
One thing I would note that wasnt mentioned, tracking likely needs to be adjusted when switching from one belt grit to another.
Totally agree Austin, my belts behave very differently. Good point sir!
Welp, you just saved me an entire morning.... Thank you!
Good evening mr. house made thank you so much for explanation, you open my mind,aboud wheel alignment with belt,now l have this informetion for me became more easer for built my belt grind.l am sorry my ingles not good but l learning,again thank you so much for share your knowledge with us,that Almighty God continue bless you and your family.
Great explanation dude. I like your design a lot. I built Jeremy Schmidt's 2x72 and absolutely love it. But it has its downsides in that it needs to be perfectly built and is a pretty complex build. I'm having tracking issues with it . But then again I'm using homemade mdf wheels and a treadmill motor so theres too many variables in what could be off.
As of now I got it working pretty well with shit wheels and bearings. Once I get real wheels for it and eventually the proper motor I'm sure I'll get it dialed in.
Needless to say .....when......not if I build another 2x72 I'll be doing your design. It looks sturdy and not overly built or complex. Keep it up dude that thing is sweet. 👍 haha I just realized that I was ramble typing....sorry about that .
Hey man! Yeah I agree on all points you made. The catalyst to design and build this was because my first one was pretty terrible with tracking. I wanted to better understand how that works and add the tilting mechanism. I’m about ready to finish the tilting work rest, so be on the look out for that vid this Saturday. I appreciate you taking the time to write in. 👊🏻
Just a quick question, how much rotation should there be in a properly tensioned belt?
I have built my own grinder and I tension it so that the belt can turn around 45 degrees on the longest side of the belt. Just curious if this is too much tension or too little.
Great video btw!
I downloaded your plans and built it suare. I cant seem to get it tracking right.
What kind of motor were you running on the belt grinder based off dan’s design? Thing looked futuristic...
An old treadmill DC motor. It eventually failed. Haha.
With reversing it has to do with the leading wheel changing from top to bottom
I think you’re right. That makes sense.
I built one of the basic grinders very similar to your first one. All holes were drilled in one pass and tubes were clamped and/or laid on a flat surface for welding. I can get the belt to track good but anything more than a light touch causes the belt to fly off the grinder. I've checked multiple times for parallel and alignment between all the wheels and all looks good with the Mark 1 but didn't use feeler gauges. Any suggestions would be appreciated!
Could be the belt it too loose. What’s the tensioner look like?
@@HouseMadeUS The tensioner is the same design as your first build, in fact I built a replacement with no improvement. I've moved the platen in and out to vary the tension, lately I'll have the belt come to the top of the tracking roller bolt before pushing down on it to mount the belt. Any more tension seems to make the belt wander even more and same can be said for less tension. I tried a couple different springs but the compression weight isn't listed on the packaging unless you count #34 (or #29) as the weight. Common interpretation would be Number 34, not 34 lbs. Current spring is 1.250 od x 4" hard drawn MB. The tensioner tube is a little loose in the upright so I got some bearing end set screws ( I know them as Vellears (spelling) from my last job) and strategically placed one in the upright to keep it from twisting. It works for the most part but makes compressing it a little more difficult even though I almost polished the tube.. Another possible issue I noticed is the rollers can get quite warm during operation, don't know if that is common or not. Appreciate the help!
Nice machine, i just built one similar your older one, rather a simple design.
Very cool! I still have that original grinder also. I would use it more if it tilted but its a solid unit.
I understand the straight edge, but it is straight in reference to what(especially with a floating wheel)? I usually use a square instead of a straight edge. If you want to stop the belt from warping, loosen the belt after use... Also, it might seem dangerous, but the belt goes off to the side when it comes off(in my experience) not at you. When I was 1st testing the reverse concept, I had many fly off forward and back...
I hear you, mostly I’m looking for alignment against the outside wall of the wheel. If they are not aligned all in the same axis then there will be issues.
Just another very small hint Ref: Tracking Wheel Adjustment Bolt / Screw. instead of using 3/8" in. - 16 NC (NC = National Course Threads) We're talking a "FINE" adjustment for the {Floating Tracking Mechanism} Tracking Wheel, so why not use a "FINE" threaded bolt, i.e., 3/8" in. - 24 NF, (NF = National Fine Threads.) Should be able to hit that Goldilocks position much easier, and keep it right where you want it. Great stuff.
You’re right about the fine adjustment. I think Brian’s concept was a build for the lowest common denominator, with least amount of tools. If I recall the whole thing can be done with 2 different taps. But you’re free to upgrade any of the build. Case in point, I put bronze bushings in the tracking support pivot
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Cool last name...same as mine an I'm a maker,small world
Yeah man, love your last name!! Hehe! Thanks for watching.
Good info. I'm trying to understand the tracking on my Burr King and I think all I have is a knob that pivots the idler wheel side to side. Here's a link to my grinder th-cam.com/video/HtSFCTFNEjo/w-d-xo.html Although it's not the stock setup the tracking mechanism is stock. It seems to track well but I wonder if I can benefit from adding a lever that changes the idler wheel vertical angle like the open end wrench knob that you have?
Need a new belt on that one
Yeah I use worn belts all the time. LOL