Building a 2x72 Belt Grinder From A Kit
2024 ж. 8 Нау.
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I picked up this Revolution 2x72 belt grinder kit from Housemade Industrial. It cost about half of a production model belt grinder and took 8 or 9 hours to build. I wanted one of these to do some knife making, clean up blacksmith and metalworking projects, and to use for some of the Jeep fabrication work I do from time to time. I think it will be a great tool for the woodworking shop also. I made this video is to show my experience building up the belt grinder. If you are interested in getting one or building one, check out the Housemade KZhead channel below
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This is awesome. Thank you!!!!
Hey, Thanks!! It is a great machine. Great instructions and excellent service from you guys too. I think your forge is the next item on my wish list.
Man, what an amazing work! Really well done!!! 😃 Unfortunately there aren't kits like that here in Brazil... But some day I'm going to get one, I just don't know how yet. 😂 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Thanks! Hope you get a solution that works for you. Having a 2x72 grinder is making metal working faster and easier so far.
@@TwistedWorkshop77 I bet!
Thanks for the build video and the link to HouseMade. I've always wanted to get into metalworking and have bookmarked these for when I do. Hopefully you'll give an update in the future as to how it's working out for you. - Chris
Glad I could help!
I really want one of these. But how often do you rotate it to horizontal? Would you do this again or buy the vevor for $900?
Thanks for checking out the video! This may be a long response to your question but…. I haven’t used the vector grinder so i can’t compare the 2 but I was having the same thoughts you are before i bought the kit I have. I do have a vevor vacuum pump that came to me damaged. I contacted vevor and they said sorry but they couldn’t give me a replacement and to contact the third party supplier I bought it from (Amazon). I eventually complained enough that they did send me a replacement but it was a lot of trouble and 3 additional weeks to get a working unit. As for the grinders and price, the base kit is under 800 bucks. The motor and VFD are another 350 so $1150 total. It’s not much more than the Vevor grinder. I’ve been adding attachments and now starting to make accessories for my grinder but I didn’t have to spend that money up front to get grinding. For most of my life, I bought the cheap version of things and regretted it and in most cases ended up getting the better one anyway. Now days I’m in the buy once, cry once camp ( although I did like the Ameriprise grinder and set up but $4k is over the line for how much I will use the grinder). I don’t regret the revolution kit at all! I have used the horizontal feature twice in the last 2 months. It is in that orientation now. I’m making some hand plane irons and the sides need to be perfectly straight. The horizontal orientation seems to work well for that kind of work. I hope this helps but let me know if you have any other questions. Good luck!
@TwistedWorkshop77 thank you so much I think I will get to ordering