Surface grinder washer for wheel adapter

[woodchucker]

You're looking for just the washer that has the tab(s)?
I have one and made four arbors without them. Not necessary for them as long as you never reverse the wheel. You probably have an arbor not made for the thin wheel you wanted to use.

I was never even considering the reversing.
yep, but I don't see that they made different one. Maybe they did.

 

[Illinoyance]

You want to be sitting down when you get the quote from Sopko. The adapter for Delta is a special and priced accordingly.

 

[woodchucker]

back when I was looking at the grinder, they were asking a lot... I think $150.. , I decided to wait until I rebuild the grinder to see how it worked before investing. Then they didn't have them. So once I heard that I planned to make my own. Picked up a piece of 1144 .. I figure it will make 3 or 4 adapters. That should be good for now.

 

[Technical Ted]

I made 6 for my Cincinnati tool and cutter grinder. See my post here on cutting the keyways:

Cutting tapered keyways with my Rhodes shaper

Man I love my little Rhodes shaper! It's a very handy item to have in a shop and the size is perfect for the bulk of the work I do. I only got one right hand grinding wheel adaptor with my Cincinnati #1 tool and cutter grinder so I decided to make 6 of them; 3 right handed and 3 left. They are...

www.hobby-machinist.com

Do you have a 3D printer? You can print washers with keys. Some of the ones you buy have plastic washers. I made a couple using 100% infill. You can buy some for a decent price here:

https://www.mscdirect.com/browse/tn/?searchterm=sopko+washer&hdrsrh=true&rd=k

I ended up buying 6 since I bought some other stuff from them and got the free shipping.

Save yourself some money and make some. It's a fun project.

Ted

 

[jwmelvin]

Out of curiosity, I looked at Sopko's catalog and see that catalog # 815 seems to be the adapter for my Toolmaker (LH thread). I emailed to see and Bill Sopko responded 6 min later. @Illinoyance wasn't kidding!!! They have a few in stock right now and they are $305. Wow. Turns out I got six adapters with my grinder, which seems like plenty now.

 

[woodchucker]

Out of curiosity, I looked at Sopko's catalog and see that catalog # 815 seems to be the adapter for my Toolmaker (LH thread). I emailed to see and Bill Sopko responded 6 min later. @Illinoyance wasn't kidding!!! They have a few in stock right now and they are $305. Wow. Turns out I got six adapters with my grinder, which seems like plenty now.

Interesting last time they were not stocking them. Mines a RH thread...
and guys, there's no place for the tabs to key into.
my hub is continuous without a key slot.

 

[Technical Ted]

Interesting last time they were not stocking them. Mines a RH thread...
and guys, there's no place for the tabs to key into.
my hub is continuous without a key slot.

That makes it easier yet!

Ted

 

[ddickey]

Does your wheel run clockwise or anti clockwise?
I thought you were talking about an actual washer that has tabs on the inner diameter to keep the wheel nut from unscrewing.
If yours is right hand thread your wheel should rotate anti clockwise.

 

[woodchucker]

Does your wheel run clockwise or anti clockwise?
I thought you were talking about an actual washer that has tabs on the inner diameter to keep the wheel nut from unscrewing.
If yours is right hand thread your wheel should rotate anti clockwise.

anti clockwise