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Hallo guys and girls.
I finaly had time to finish up my,well 50mm×2000mm,beltgrinder.That is the closest belts we get here to the 2×72 you guys have in the US and elsewhere.I am sorry to say,but unfortunately I did not take pics as I went,but there is a few pics of the final product.
I originally started this project because I converted my mill from single phase to three phase and wanted to use the old motor for something so....beltgrinder it is. It is a double cap 2HP induction motor running at1400 rpm. I made a 205mm (8.07") drivewheel, and that gives me 2960 SFPM according to this formula SFPM= (RPM×0.262)×Drivewheel diameter. Yes I would have loved a 3phase motor with a VFD and a little more speed and range but again this project started with me wanting to do with the motor I had.
I made the bedrest so it can tilt aswell just incase I needed it to. It locks with a clamping lever on the other side.
If you happened to zoom in,you would have noticed that it is a three phase on/off switch,but it was gifted to me from I client. I just wired it for single phase use. I must add I got the 50×5 tubing for the frame also free from a client. There is a side story to this build. Another client came by just as I started to build and asked what I was doing,so I told him. He then asked how much it would cost and I gave him a very rough estemate and he said but I must build him one too. That gave me a good reason to build mine during my work time,because now I just doubled up on everything. We also made a deal on the 38×5 tubing. He supplied that and I had enough of the 50×5 so no cost to me on that.
The handle is an olde angle grinder handle. The tention spring was also gifted fom the tubing client. It is a trampoline spring.
The DPDT toggle switch for forward and reverse box is made out of an old microwave shell.
Total cost to me was about $160 and my time.
Thanks for viewing.
I finaly had time to finish up my,well 50mm×2000mm,beltgrinder.That is the closest belts we get here to the 2×72 you guys have in the US and elsewhere.I am sorry to say,but unfortunately I did not take pics as I went,but there is a few pics of the final product.
I originally started this project because I converted my mill from single phase to three phase and wanted to use the old motor for something so....beltgrinder it is. It is a double cap 2HP induction motor running at1400 rpm. I made a 205mm (8.07") drivewheel, and that gives me 2960 SFPM according to this formula SFPM= (RPM×0.262)×Drivewheel diameter. Yes I would have loved a 3phase motor with a VFD and a little more speed and range but again this project started with me wanting to do with the motor I had.
I made the bedrest so it can tilt aswell just incase I needed it to. It locks with a clamping lever on the other side.
If you happened to zoom in,you would have noticed that it is a three phase on/off switch,but it was gifted to me from I client. I just wired it for single phase use. I must add I got the 50×5 tubing for the frame also free from a client. There is a side story to this build. Another client came by just as I started to build and asked what I was doing,so I told him. He then asked how much it would cost and I gave him a very rough estemate and he said but I must build him one too. That gave me a good reason to build mine during my work time,because now I just doubled up on everything. We also made a deal on the 38×5 tubing. He supplied that and I had enough of the 50×5 so no cost to me on that.
The handle is an olde angle grinder handle. The tention spring was also gifted fom the tubing client. It is a trampoline spring.
The DPDT toggle switch for forward and reverse box is made out of an old microwave shell.
Total cost to me was about $160 and my time.
Thanks for viewing.
