Post by cobbledstones on Oct 28, 2015 11:32:27 GMT -5
captbob and I got to talking about my setup in another thread, and I thought others may be interested, so here is a photo of my grinding setup. The basic idea is to reduce affected floor space in my garage since I still want to park my car inside, to use gravity to help with cleanup, and to keep water and electricity separate.
Switched power in the garage to GFI, then built a 5' false wall to provide a barrier to keep water and electric separate. Bonus is that I can clip stuff, like the lights, to the top of the wall.
Motors and poly arbors are bolted to individual pieces for easy removal. Link belts are used because I was lazy and didn't want to take apart the arbors a bunch of times to get the belt to fit right, Water system is gravity fed from a 3 gallon bucket that you can't see in the far cabinet. I just siphon the water, so in the foreground, you can see a terminal brass valve on the water tubing that is at the lowest point. This keeps enough water low enough so I don't have to suck on the end to start a new siphon after swapping the water supply bucket.
Backsplash below the grinders is aluminum roofing flashing
How does it work?
I put the tall plastic trash bucket below the wheel I want to use, place the stool in front, then put on an apron. I let the lower part of the apron go into the plastic water catching can, so all of the water that hits the apron goes into the can. There is some splash, but it is small enough not to matter. After I am tired of grinding, I water some plants with the water, cleanup done.
After using this a year I would change a few things:
It would be awesome if I got the motors closer to the grinders so there was some room for shelving above the grinding wall. I will probably install some @5.5' anyways. Under-shelf lighting would add a lot of illumination, and there would be a convenient place to store all of the little projects in progress. Belt guards would be a nice safety addition. Floor drain maybe. If anyone had ideas I would love to hear them.
7/20/2017 ADMINISTRATIVE EDIT: Repaired broken PhotoBucket images
Switched power in the garage to GFI, then built a 5' false wall to provide a barrier to keep water and electric separate. Bonus is that I can clip stuff, like the lights, to the top of the wall.
Motors and poly arbors are bolted to individual pieces for easy removal. Link belts are used because I was lazy and didn't want to take apart the arbors a bunch of times to get the belt to fit right, Water system is gravity fed from a 3 gallon bucket that you can't see in the far cabinet. I just siphon the water, so in the foreground, you can see a terminal brass valve on the water tubing that is at the lowest point. This keeps enough water low enough so I don't have to suck on the end to start a new siphon after swapping the water supply bucket.
Backsplash below the grinders is aluminum roofing flashing
How does it work?
I put the tall plastic trash bucket below the wheel I want to use, place the stool in front, then put on an apron. I let the lower part of the apron go into the plastic water catching can, so all of the water that hits the apron goes into the can. There is some splash, but it is small enough not to matter. After I am tired of grinding, I water some plants with the water, cleanup done.
After using this a year I would change a few things:
It would be awesome if I got the motors closer to the grinders so there was some room for shelving above the grinding wall. I will probably install some @5.5' anyways. Under-shelf lighting would add a lot of illumination, and there would be a convenient place to store all of the little projects in progress. Belt guards would be a nice safety addition. Floor drain maybe. If anyone had ideas I would love to hear them.
7/20/2017 ADMINISTRATIVE EDIT: Repaired broken PhotoBucket images
