Hands down. I bought the plans. His are metric so I’ll be converting to imperial and using mostly aluminum. But this is night and day better than anything I’ve ever seen.
@@Jraksdhs Dude just learn metric you will hate imperial once you do so. trust me i'm 100% born and raised in the USA. imperial was all i used up till about 5 years ago when i started 3d printing. once i got into machining I didn't want anything to do with imperial anymore.
Definitely one of the greatest build I've seen. Insanely well documented and wonderful editing. Love that you show each time what part you are machining.
This is absolutely fantastic. Already watched part1&2, but I'll leave part 3 for later. I love watching metalwork/machining channels, and in my opinion this seems to be the best so far.
The machine is fantastic! I love the overkill. Your running commentary is humorously informative. Thank you so much for all the effort you have put into this series. It’s hard to wait for what’s next!
Oh man I just watched the first part of this video yesterday and was so ready for part 2! Thank you!! Your videos are amazing, perfect blend of awesome machining and great shots as well as narration.
I had to stop the video just to comment that your solution for securing the drive wheel stock to the lathe is nothing short of genius. You’ve raised the bar for me and what I can do with my small lathe. Apart from that, watching this series was like watching a feature film. Amazing engineering.
I am from Qatar, you are really cool. Wonderful performance, explanation and way of thinking of distinguished people. May God reward you. I am one of your followers
I had to machine a similar piece of angle recently. I stopped the chatter by placing wooden wedges under the overhang, just some lengths of timber with a 45 degree mitre, clamped at the back of the vise so as not to interfere with the table movement. They only need to make light contact, otherwise they can flex the material but it worked very well. Great work on this project, thoroughly enjoying your videos.
Nice video of your detailed machining on your belt grinder. So good to see that you have all the machines to create it, especially the lathe and the milling machine. Thanks for making the video.
What absolutely beautiful work. These results are why you have a mill and a lathe. The precision of finish and fitment is very enviable. Very Very well done.
Phil Vandelay! You are an amazing craftsman, you helping to justify the cost of a milling machine for me, Love this type of project. I was "surprised" to see you use a pair of pliers to tighten the axle twice.
They're knipex wrench pliers and some of my favorite tools. Grabs clean and parallel like a wrench with a lot of holding power so it doesn't mess up the surface, and if you're lazy one of those can replace half of a toolbox. Trust me if you get those, you'll understand why I use them so much :) And yes, a mill is an awesome machine to have!
@@PhilVandelay the only thing i see wrong so far .. not your work or how it's built all great ,, the one thing wrong is i don't have one yet ,, great work ,, keep it up ...
Part 1 is 37 minutes 58 seconds and part 2 is 37 minutes 33...together, probably the best 75 minutes and 31 seconds on TH-cam. Outstanding work, outstanding. Looking forward to part 3.
bro found this by accident and this is by FAR the best belt grinder build on youtube that ive seen . holy crap your video was just hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm love the build just wish i had the ability to copy just 1/10th of our skill bro
Hey Phil... this is turning out to be THE BEST beltgrinder design and build on You Tube... and there are some pretty damn good designs out there (I've watched all of them!)!! Very well done Sir! Greetings from Southport, UK.
there are "surface grinder" attatchments for this type of belt grinders. its just sliding magnet chuck you attatch under a large-ish diameter wheel. alec steele uses it. it does achieve pretty good flatness and finish tbh. sorry if i just added quite a few hours of work to your porject hahaha.
very nice, and you did the right thing with the crowned pulley. there's no controversy, just physics. the crown creates small differences in tension in the belt which keeps it centered.
@@PhilVandelay y, either works. as long as one of the wheels is crowned, the belt will track. tensioning wheel is usually easier to make. my big band sander has a crowned tension wheel, drive wheel is rubber. having a crown on both is unnecessary and might be problematic if they aren't precisely aligned.
Awesome build! I once worked in a asphalt shingle factory. We would glue ceramic tile to wear surfaces. As I recall it worked well. They too had to be replaced once in a while.
Hadn't even thought of ceramics but it makes sense. Most people use tempered glass, but I've heard of a few cases where it broke regardless which sounds quite scary (glass pieces being shot around).
@@PhilVandelay yeah we would glue them on with epoxy. They never broke in service. When they were worn we would heat them up and break / grind back to fresh steel where we could install new ones.
As someone who is currently building a belt grinder..and using it as my excuse to learn how to weld...this thing is so far beyond anything I could imagine making it is unreal.
Fine looking grinder! In fact it looks so good that may be you should just sit it up and admire it. Guess I just see the well used variety of bench grinders to often.
A showcase in amazing talent! I just subscribed to your channel. Regarding the 2 degree angle, I've personally found insignificance. If you have an adjustment, it seems to track just fine, at least what I found in my own design and build. But to each his own. Your craftsmanship is second to none.
This project is so cool. I'm also having an idea to make something for myself too that could make my day easier at needed points. Nice job mate, you've done pretty good job modeling the model in Fusion 360, i am also modeling, but haven't done nearly that large projects as yours.
I don't need a belt grinder and I don't own any of the tools required to make one, but I really want to make and own this belt grinder. It is a work of art!
Congrats, you really push those small machines to their limits. Lucky you have power feeds on the lathe or that wheel would have been a nightmare. Thanks for the video, great content and good humour too.
True, reversible (!) power crossfeed was a lifesaver for this thing. And yeah it was a good project to find the limits on those machines, both size and power wise. I think they did admirable, considering the bad rep that "hobby" import machines get.
Here's a tip if you are worried about the part causing balance problems Use a thick packer between the jaw and the job to make the weight either side of the centre more even
Hi bro i impressed with your machine it is mind blowing,it like company finsh,really nobody can do like you.thanks all the best bro i admired in your machine,i love this too👍👍👍👍👍
FABULOSO YOU ARE BRILLIANT IT IS A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU CREATING A TOOL MACHINE I WISH TO BUY ONE OF YOUR CREATIONS IT IS OBIOUS THAT YOU HAVE AGREAT KNOLEDGE OF OF THE ELEMENTS THANK VERY MUCH
If I may suggest; the clamp blocks that are tightened onto the channeled shafts with only loctite between the threads-drive a roll pin into them. Vibrations & use over time will definitely loosen those threads. Unless you're into grinding knuckles off.
@@PhilVandelay I think tacking them in place would make them 'too' permanent. Since the trouble of making threads on the mating parts are already established, putting a hole through them wouldn't be that much more work. A roll pin just allows them to be taken apart with ease, if a reason arises.
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Got to be the finest built belt grinder I've ever seen.
Hands down. I bought the plans. His are metric so I’ll be converting to imperial and using mostly aluminum. But this is night and day better than anything I’ve ever seen.
@@Jraksdhs Of course they're metric! That's how most of the world runs ;)
Could say this is gunna be one fine grind.
Lol. Why would you machine a belt sander like this?
Jon Smith because he can
@@Jraksdhs Dude just learn metric you will hate imperial once you do so. trust me i'm 100% born and raised in the USA.
imperial was all i used up till about 5 years ago when i started 3d printing. once i got into machining I didn't want anything to do with imperial anymore.
Just, jaw dropping, I mean woah. Wasn't expecting the ball locks, those snappy clicks... dammm... so satisfying.
Certainely the best inovative and precise job I ever seen building belt grinder
Definitely one of the greatest build I've seen. Insanely well documented and wonderful editing. Love that you show each time what part you are machining.
This is absolutely fantastic. Already watched part1&2, but I'll leave part 3 for later. I love watching metalwork/machining channels, and in my opinion this seems to be the best so far.
The machine is fantastic! I love the overkill. Your running commentary is humorously informative.
Thank you so much for all the effort you have put into this series.
It’s hard to wait for what’s next!
说的好
Some of the best content Ive seen recently, Been looking for Part 2, and now waiting for your next video!
Oh man I just watched the first part of this video yesterday and was so ready for part 2! Thank you!! Your videos are amazing, perfect blend of awesome machining and great shots as well as narration.
I had to stop the video just to comment that your solution for securing the drive wheel stock to the lathe is nothing short of genius. You’ve raised the bar for me and what I can do with my small lathe.
Apart from that, watching this series was like watching a feature film. Amazing engineering.
That's not a grinder, that's a work of art!! Well done fella, outstanding!!
Elegant design brilliantly executed- A genuine pleasure to watch-Thank You
I've got shit to do, but now I'm going to sit here for 37 minutes and watch this.
I watch it only 18.5 minutes - play speed 2x. 😉
Me as well... :))
Restoring some Wadkin old table saw
same man, same. and I can't wait for the next video...
@@DPTech_workroom You can also get twice as much out of it if you watch on 0.5 speed, just tried that and it's really funny to hear myself as a sloth
@@PhilVandelay The time is money. 😉
First time TH-cam algorithm didn't let me down and recommended this! More than a hour passed with the part 1, and I didn't even realize it.
I really like the fact that this is a machinist’s sander and not a welder’s 👍🏼
Welders use sanders?
Nah just quick and dirty angle grinder🤣
If it was a welders sander he would of cut it out with a Zip disk and welded it together.
I am from Qatar, you are really cool. Wonderful performance, explanation and way of thinking of distinguished people. May God reward you. I am one of your followers
The most clean and neat work, this machine will last for years.
I had to machine a similar piece of angle recently. I stopped the chatter by placing wooden wedges under the overhang, just some lengths of timber with a 45 degree mitre, clamped at the back of the vise so as not to interfere with the table movement. They only need to make light contact, otherwise they can flex the material but it worked very well.
Great work on this project, thoroughly enjoying your videos.
Nice video of your detailed machining on your belt grinder. So good to see that you have all the machines to create it, especially the lathe and the milling machine. Thanks for making the video.
This is the best belt grinder build and a fantastic video - excellent narration, skill, etc.
What absolutely beautiful work. These results are why you have a mill and a lathe. The precision of finish and fitment is very enviable. Very Very well done.
Thank you for sharing this very high quality video with great comments. It must be so much work !
Pretty trick features on this tool. Definitely high-quality machining and design input. Thanks for Pt.2!
So well done. I'm so jealous. Finest built belt grinder I've ever seen.
Holy crap that is one solid bench grinder with some exceptional features!! Very very impressive build.
Phil Vandelay! You are an amazing craftsman, you helping to justify the cost of a milling machine for me, Love this type of project. I was "surprised" to see you use a pair of pliers to tighten the axle twice.
They're knipex wrench pliers and some of my favorite tools. Grabs clean and parallel like a wrench with a lot of holding power so it doesn't mess up the surface, and if you're lazy one of those can replace half of a toolbox. Trust me if you get those, you'll understand why I use them so much :) And yes, a mill is an awesome machine to have!
I wish I could hear the discussion of the archeologists who will dig out this machine 5000 years from now....
Fernando the SpaceCaptain it will be Jimmy Direstas great great great great great grand kids doing a restore video.
@@vfxsoup It's gonna go viral for sure on the neuralnet hypertube
This is like the modern-day Antikythera mechanism.
@@PhilVandelay the only thing i see wrong so far .. not your work or how it's built all great ,, the one thing wrong is i don't have one yet ,, great work ,, keep it up ...
@@vfxsoup '
I remember from last video "if you can't make it perfect, make it adjustable." My friend you're doing a great job. Keep it up. 😊
Now I want to see Tony do milling operations on his shaper, for karmic balance with you shaping keyways on a mill.
So satisfying to watch how it comes together :) GREAT JOB
Part 1 is 37 minutes 58 seconds and part 2 is 37 minutes 33...together, probably the best 75 minutes and 31 seconds on TH-cam. Outstanding work, outstanding. Looking forward to part 3.
Never seen someone doing awesome thing like that. Good job
bro found this by accident and this is by FAR the best belt grinder build on youtube that ive seen .
holy crap your video was just hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
love the build just wish i had the ability to copy just 1/10th of our skill bro
Hey Phil... this is turning out to be THE BEST beltgrinder design and build on You Tube... and there are some pretty damn good designs out there (I've watched all of them!)!! Very well done Sir! Greetings from Southport, UK.
I love these 3 part videos. I watch them over and over. Respect for the craft and the effort you put into it.
Loving the detent concept:) Very nice work.
Thing of beauty Phil ,very elegantly narrated 😊👋
Phil Bro!!! You Are A BAD ASS!!!!! Wow, I feel like I'm still in 3rd grade. Your previous life lessons and training have paid off. Very Nice Sir!!
Opening the cardboard box and taking out the part, isn’t the type of video we want watch either. Excellent work!
there are "surface grinder" attatchments for this type of belt grinders. its just sliding magnet chuck you attatch under a large-ish diameter wheel. alec steele uses it. it does achieve pretty good flatness and finish tbh. sorry if i just added quite a few hours of work to your porject hahaha.
very nice, and you did the right thing with the crowned pulley. there's no controversy, just physics. the crown creates small differences in tension in the belt which keeps it centered.
Yeah but the question is, do you taper the belt tension wheel, the drive wheel or both. I've seen all these options and they all seem to work 🤔
@@PhilVandelay y, either works. as long as one of the wheels is crowned, the belt will track. tensioning wheel is usually easier to make. my big band sander has a crowned tension wheel, drive wheel is rubber. having a crown on both is unnecessary and might be problematic if they aren't precisely aligned.
It's a brilliant design and well executed. Thank you for sharing your expertise. It's a pleasure watching.
This is in my top 20 builds on YT!
Innovative approach to chuck that big piece in your lathe.
Very elegant design worthy of my time go watch.
The moment you are about to go to bed but you check yt one more time and you see that part 2 was uploaded!!!!!!
I really love your dry sense of humour!
Stunning work and 100% commitment to producing a perfect build, well done wish I had a mill now, thanks keep up the great videos
Love your videos it’s a pleasure just to watch you work, you are a true artist!
Awesome build! I once worked in a asphalt shingle factory. We would glue ceramic tile to wear surfaces. As I recall it worked well. They too had to be replaced once in a while.
Hadn't even thought of ceramics but it makes sense. Most people use tempered glass, but I've heard of a few cases where it broke regardless which sounds quite scary (glass pieces being shot around).
@@PhilVandelay yeah we would glue them on with epoxy. They never broke in service. When they were worn we would heat them up and break / grind back to fresh steel where we could install new ones.
Outstanding work as usual, can't wait to see the finished product! 👌👍
As someone who is currently building a belt grinder..and using it as my excuse to learn how to weld...this thing is so far beyond anything I could imagine making it is unreal.
Awesome work Dude. And you seem to be a down to earth Person. It's always like that people who know more show off less.
Just phenomenal work… really beautiful!
It's so beautiful, I couldn't use it. I'd have to put it on my coffee table as art.
Great video and great work. Doing instead of talking. If I have more time, I would build same kind belt grinder.
Fine looking grinder! In fact it looks so good that may be you should just sit it up and admire it. Guess I just see the well used variety of bench grinders to often.
Great job and excellent videos
We want more designs for workshop machines 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
it is such a pleasure to watch your work great work keep it up please build a grinder where machining is not required so any one can build.
A showcase in amazing talent! I just subscribed to your channel. Regarding the 2 degree angle, I've personally found insignificance. If you have an adjustment, it seems to track just fine, at least what I found in my own design and build. But to each his own. Your craftsmanship is second to none.
Is this when I go to amazon and start buying everything to become a machinist cause god damn you make it look so fun and easy
ye, and after buying a lot of tools and started working you understand that this work is very difficult...
@@Paul_Kair nothing is difficult in life. Once you have the correct mindset you could pretty much achieve anything you want.
@@GearheadOutlaw Where do you buy these mindsets???
@@brucejacobson3350 it comes free If you stopped wasting time on meaningless things around you. Good luck brother
@@GearheadOutlaw I'll pay on that one. Cheers.
Great video Young man!
Oh what a wanderfull and clean JOB CONGRATULATIONS
This is amazing, you my friend are extremely talented.
I am so glad this showed up on my suggested after I forgot to sub during the first part. You get a sub.
Nice, this man has talent.
This is the kind of things you only need one of in your life. Lifetime warranty! Amazing.
This project is so cool. I'm also having an idea to make something for myself too that could make my day easier at needed points. Nice job mate, you've done pretty good job modeling the model in Fusion 360, i am also modeling, but haven't done nearly that large projects as yours.
I don't need a belt grinder and I don't own any of the tools required to make one, but I really want to make and own this belt grinder. It is a work of art!
The best! Time stamps it is perfect
Absolutely fabulous build and super video. Amazing work.
Love the ball bearing grub screw sliders.
Only downside I see would be grinding grit getting in there and the stainless steel could seize up.
Awesome project. Wow, that was a lot of aluminum wool.
thats just insane of a buid! love it!
just woww perfect job, i love this insane belt grinder
Congrats, you really push those small machines to their limits. Lucky you have power feeds on the lathe or that wheel would have been a nightmare. Thanks for the video, great content and good humour too.
True, reversible (!) power crossfeed was a lifesaver for this thing. And yeah it was a good project to find the limits on those machines, both size and power wise. I think they did admirable, considering the bad rep that "hobby" import machines get.
This is almost Stefan build quality machine :)
I love it
Perfect work and you can Make it again using waterjet cut... Cool.
chips humm melt it down and make your self a useful block of metal. great build like it a lot and all the thought you put in to it very useful design
I've been waiting for this! Gosh damn you're great at this.
OMG... This is engineering, machining and making pron.. The very best on TH-cam. Could you tell us the brand and model of your mill and lathe please.
Can't give this as many likes as it deserves!
Here's a tip if you are worried about the part causing balance problems Use a thick packer between the jaw and the job to make the weight either side of the centre more even
Вот что значит руки из правильного места. Красава!
What a quality project as well as the video!
So looking forward to part 3.
Damn. That is nice! Great watching your mastery!
Nice work my friend. Btw, I bought your build plans for a later project...
my heart sank a bit for you when it didn't fit in the chuck, but then you just handled the problem. nicely done :-)
Mine too, I thought I'd have to at least buy a chuck for sure. I guess now I have an excuse to get a bigger lathe 😏
Un genio, me encanta la manera de trabajar con mucha precisión. Me gustaría ver mas vídeos de estos trabajos. Saludos desde Argentina
saludos desde quilmes :)
👌🏻 30:00 You could place a counter weight, a piece of material, and speed up your lathe.
For a machine that has little advantage over a grinding wheel this is so incredibly overengineered... I really like it.
Hi bro i impressed with your machine it is mind blowing,it like company finsh,really nobody can do like you.thanks all the best bro i admired in your machine,i love this too👍👍👍👍👍
Bought your plans cant wait to start building
Same here. But going imperial and using most 3/4” aluminum.
Great attention to detail.
Love the design, nice job bud
Love your work and engineering.
FABULOSO YOU ARE BRILLIANT IT IS A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU CREATING A TOOL MACHINE I WISH TO BUY ONE OF YOUR CREATIONS IT IS OBIOUS THAT YOU HAVE AGREAT KNOLEDGE OF OF THE ELEMENTS THANK VERY MUCH
Simply amazing
Schaut toll aus... wie immer sehr sorgfältig 1A
If I may suggest; the clamp blocks that are tightened onto the channeled shafts with only loctite between the threads-drive a roll pin into them. Vibrations & use over time will definitely loosen those threads.
Unless you're into grinding knuckles off.
I actually thought about just tack-welding them in a few places just to keep them from coming loose. But I don't really think it's that big a risk
@@PhilVandelay I think tacking them in place would make them 'too' permanent. Since the trouble of making threads on the mating parts are already established, putting a hole through them wouldn't be that much more work. A roll pin just allows them to be taken apart with ease, if a reason arises.