Bench grinder wall mount

[Maker]

Now I've got the garage as a workshop I have much less bench space (There was a fitted bench in the shed) and I needed somewhere to put my grinder. Wall mounting was the obvious solution but instead of make up a bracket, I just modified the grinder.

I started by unbolting the guards, they have 3 bolts holding them to the main body if the grinder so I rotated them up, 120° and angled the tables on it down so they were 90° to the base. Then I unbolted the base from the motor and put it back on backwards, so the power cable exits underneath when it's on the wall. I also replaced the switch with one with an indicator light on it so I can see it has power (and took of the horrible squishy plastic cover).

See the grove in the right wheel? It only ever gets used for grinding tungstens.

It somehow made it quieter, it used to get to a certain speed and then vibrate and shout like crazy, now it's quite bearable. It's mounted quite high up so I can see what I'm doing better.

Anyone done anything similar?

 

[Welderpaul]

Just the wheels going the wrong way round now then

 

[Maker]

Haha, but no, the motor is upside down so the wheels do go the right way.

 

[CRB]

The heavier the mounting base the less vibration gets out. Bolting it to a wall is always going to help.

You are still going to need a solid working surface for grinding drills and so on. You cannot mount a grinding jig in thin air.

Jolly nice job though.

 

[CRB]

Haha, but no, the motor is upside down so the wheels do go the right way.

....so the switch is on the top....

 

[Robotstar5]

Just the wheels going the wrong way round now then

First thing that crossed my mind too.

 

[Maker]

You cannot mount a grinding jig in thin air.

But you can probably mod one to mount to the wall.

The switch is on top because the base is on backwards.

 

[daleyd]

Reading makers description of how he did it they should be going the right way?

That right hand wheel must mean you need one of hudmuts tungsten grinder attachments!!

 

[Maker]

That right hand wheel must mean you need one of Hudmuts tungsten grinder attachments!!

I'd love one but I have neither a Dremel, not the money for one.

 

[daleyd]

You sound like a switched on kid, I'm sure you will soon enough!

 

[dannyp]

did the same with my bench grinder, best thing i ever did with it. tho i just moved the gards round and put a switched outlet on the wall so on mine the switch is underneath but its permantly left in the on position so dosent matter

 

[Pete.]

I'd love one but I have neither a Dremel, not the money for one.

Get one of these and mount it on your grinder. It's what I use for tungstens, you can use the face or the edge to grind and the corner to cut them off if you get them contaminated too much.

http://r.ebay.com/ril0lJ

 

[captain-destructo]

(and took of the horrible squishy plastic cover).

i think thats there for a reason!!!!!

to stop grinding dust getting into the switch????

 

[Maker]

i think thats there for a reason!!!!!

to stop grinding dust getting into the switch????

Think it's unlikely anything will happen, if it does then the MCB will trip indoors and I'll replace the switch. It was full of holes anyway, someone had a hot, freshly sharpened tungsten, and they wondered what would happen if they poked the cover with it.

 

[DanielW]

Haha, but no, the motor is upside down so the wheels do go the right way.

How can it be? the label is upside down so should me mounted the other way for the label to read right and that would be the correct mount on wall for grinding.

What WP means is you're grinding/sharpening things opposite way to the normal way.

 

[rikrobson]

The wheels are going the correct way. The Base has been rotated 180 degrees so the switch is at the back under the label. The unit is then rotated 90 degree forward. That means you are looking at the label upside down. Just imagine you lookedcovercthectop of you grinder at the label on the back
.

 

[DanielW]

 

[MattF]

By eck, some of you lot are making this thread hard work. That's the data plate on the back you're seeing in Maker's photo Dan. Look at the safety icons. The way Maker has it set up is correct.

With regards that dust cover CD, likely won't make a jot of difference to the switches longevity. Those thing are practically worthless at the best of times, and rarely last too long before they're damaged and split open anyhows. Hateful things, IMHO. Grinders had unshielded toggle/rocker switches for donkeys years before they started shoving those things on there. Switches are easily and cheaply enough replaced in the worst case scenario.

How some of you can have such a hard time understanding his first post is beyond me. Neanderthals. Nice way of getting it usable and out of the way Maker.

 

[Peloquin]

I went the easy way and just made 2 brackets and fixed them the wall.
I'm lazy and unimaginative though.

 

[cumbriasteve]

I went the easy way and just made 2 brackets and fixed them the wall.
I'm lazy and unimaginative though.

That makes two of us then