Grinder

My grinder was fabricated by a local sheet metal shop out of stainless steel. The other frame was galvanize and starting to rust out. The wheels are diamond - 60 & 100 grit. They turn away from me with water injected at the bottom. Just a personal preference. The water (with a coolant added) returns to a baffled pan on bottom, where it is pumped back to the block valves. The belt driven pulley exits the back through a slot to the motor that is mounted to a board with a piano hinge on one side and a spring keeping belt tension on the other. You can make the same frame with treated plywood covered with an epoxy paint to make it waterproof.

... OK, hold the press, after being knocked in the head by a few of my buddies, I decided that maybe you really do have a little more control with your grinding, in the forward mode. So they switched me, I mean I switched. Actually, they were right. Ouch! You can still make it out of plywood but, I don't know how you can make the shroud out of anything but metal. And I mean stout metal, because the sponge that I fasten under the hood, has a tendency to grab when it makes contact with the wheel. The sponge is used to keep the wheel evenly wet while grinding, so you don't have any hot spots.

... the top is able to slide up and down by loosening one wingnut ... which is your adjustment for different diameter wheels. Certainly makes it easier to change them out. Thanks guys, what will you have me think of next? ...